nsgarch
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| Amp recomendations for WATT/puppy v6. Well, John and CZ pretty much said what I was going to say after I found out where you were at!!I'd stay away from most SS amps for the reasons CZ said, unless you can find a used Class A SS unit like a Levinson 20., 20.5, or 20.6 ($5k used +/-), ... | |
| Amp recomendations for WATT/puppy v6. . . . . . and so you want to consider only digital amplifiers? | |
| Quad ESL or Soundlab? A note to Tennis : A friend of mine had BOTH an original pair of 57's in great condition and a pair of Wayne's rebuilds bought on A-gon, also mint. He was driving them with a Marantz 8b. We both expected the rebuilds to sound better (?) in some wa... | |
| Amp recomendations for WATT/puppy v6. What's your (new/used?) budget range? | |
| SME record clamp causing convex playing surface Peter, when I used my SOTA clamp, I kept about 3 different thickness washers handy and woud use the thinnest one I could to bring the outer edge of the record down to the platter (which you can never do 100% -- even 50% closure is enough to damp o... | |
| Mac 275 questions........ Rick, I'm glad you're happy with the TFK's, (and that's ALL I'm going to say about that!) And the rest of your plan I think represents the most bang for a *sane amount* of bucks. I just hope you can stop there; I couldn't. (But then, I only have o... | |
| SME record clamp causing convex playing surface The famous SOTA reflex clamp comes with a washer and does the same thing. The idea is to force the outside edge of the record tight to the platter, even if it isn't perfectly flat. If your records are pretty flat anyway, just use a thinner washer;... | |
| Sanders ESL Speaker Cable Sunny, all I can tell you is the Cardas GR is about 217 pF per foot; about 5 times the recommended capacitance for loading electostats. I'd have to do some research to find out those AQ cable specs. But if you can borrow a pair of Purist, Siltech,... | |
| Is two Subs better than One? Baam, one v. two depends on the high-freq at which one plans to roll off the sub(s). Once that decision has been made, the size of the unit(s) regardless of whether using one or two, really depends on what SPL (sound pressure level, in Decibels) o... | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Merlinus, I'll bet before long, we'll be be able to buy a little Yarmulke with electodes that plug into your DAC's digital out; and with properly recorded discs, you'll be able to actually experience BEING Glenn Gould playing Bach, as you listen t... | |
| Is two Subs better than One? Foster, OK then my answer is "not necessarily". Which way is actually "best" I think depends on the sub's selected low frequency cut-off point.For filling in low frequencies up to 50Hz, one sub is better. Since the brain can't localize a source be... | |
| MC Pre-preamps It's my understanding that Koetsu outsources the manufacture of the Black. You might want to pin someone (like the distributor ;-) down on that one! | |
| Is two Subs better than One? How many "general concenses" would you like? There are definite criteria for either choice ;-)If your mains peter out at 100Hz or higher (or need to be high-passed above 100Hz to avoid distortion) then you definitely need two subs to preserve ster... | |
| Optimal loading for the Orpheus Hickory, the thing is that if you are looking for a load anywhere from 0 ohms to say 2000 ohms, you can do fine by just inserting a loading resistor of the desired value -- since having a 47,000 ohm resistor in parallel with it won't reduce its va... | |
| Optimal loading for the Orpheus I don't see why (and apparently neither does Mr. Yoshioka) with today's very powerful magnets that there's any advantage to making a lo-output MC cartridge (meaning anything less than .4 mV.)When magnets were weaker and you needed more coil windin... |