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| Balanced XLR Turntable / Tonearm I have rewired my alphason tonearm with discovery stranded Cu cable directly soldered to Kimber Silver streak balanced. I used a silver wire to the + & - for each channel. On the rca end I attached the Cu ground to the outside rca. The other e... | |
| Fancy wall plugs? I agree with HDM and a long time dealer has also recomended this to me. He was very specific to get the 5262 model and not the hospital grade. I would guess the cryoed Porter Port version would be very good also. | |
| Pass Aleph: which one to get? I have an Aleph 0s with which I have been satsified for 10 years. The Aleph 3 is a little lower power with 2 gain stages instead of 3, and is reputed to sound more tube like, but it delivers a little less current into low impedances. the aleph 30 ... | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? I'm still using a Marantz 20 which I bought new in 1970. I had it updated about 10 years ago with new caps and rca.It was the transistor version of the 10b and was one of the last items designed by Saul Marantz team and built in USA before Marantz... | |
| Any way a preamp can drive small speakers? I went to a Threshold demo many years ago and the rep had hooked up a Threshold FET 10e to small speakers to demonstrate the robustness of their separate power supply.This particular preamp had a very low output impedance and put out a few watts o... | |
| AudioPrism Quiet Lines Yes they work. I was a non-beleiver until a dealer loaned me their Noise Sniffer and some filters last weekend. I was surprised to find that some of my components generated noise. The worst culprits in the house were the light dimmers on the dinin... | |
| Threshold "T" vs. "S" - whats the differences The S and SA series were designed by Nelson Pass when he was a co-owner of Threshold. The SA3.9e and SA-4e series in particular were great sounding class A amps.The T-series were designed after Nelson left Threshold. They were also good sounding a... | |
| Tube Preamps with Bass? I don't know about the PASS X-150, but the older Aleph series amps had a low input impedance and if this is the case with the X150, you may lack some bass with many tube preamps. Try a BAT tube preamp with the 6-pak capacitor package. (See Drubin'... | |
| Cable TV High Definition converter I am a novice at HDTV, but I understand that the FCC has only recently set the final standards for cable and satelite transmission interfaces and the industry is only now starting to get their act together. I would be cautious until this fall. | |
| floor vibrates like a speaker I have just moved into a new home with my stereo in the bonus room over the garage. The only mod (other than a dedicated breaker for the receptacles) I was able to do as we built the home "long distance" was to the floor. The av4home dealer in Col... | |
| Suggested speakers to take the place of Dunlavy Dunlavy was on my short list to replace Apogee Duettas when they went out of business.I ended up with the Green Mountain Audio Continuum 2i which I felt compared well with the Dunlavy 4 at less money, but i never got to the hear the Aletha. A 2nd ... | |
| Muse Model 9 Signature vs Model 10 I also have a Muse 9 Sig v3 and have also asked this question with no reponses. I have called Muse and of course they assure me it is better, but I can't find a dealer to compare and no responses from audiogoners makes me think it may only be a pr... | |
| Green Mountain Audio Continuum 2i----any owners? I upgraded the crossovers on my pair of Continuum 2 to 2i status and Roy Johnson also sent me the new packing for the midrange and tweeter. I am very pleased with the speakers. I heard the Vandy 3 sig at a dealers with a totally differnet system. ... | |
| Pass Labs Aleph Amps and Tube Preamps I am using a BAT VK30 with an Aleph 0s. it replaced an Aleph P. I am happy with the bass, but a BAT preamp with the 6 pak caps should easily drive any solid state amp. | |
| Best sounding: Aleph 0s or Aleph 3 ? Depends on the speaker load. For 8 ohms the 2 gain stage versions are reputed to be better, but they will not drive a lower impedance as well as the 3 gain stage Aleph 0s which can put out a lot more current. |