oldrooney
Responses from oldrooney
| Test LP? Yes, there is. “The Ultimate Analog Test LP” by Analog Productions. Produced by Clark Williams and Barry Wolifson. I believe I got my copy from LP Gear, or Turn Table Labs. The tracks on Side 1 can be used to to set up a cutting lathe; Side 2 is ... | |
| Why do I need power management if I have a great power cord? To Holmz: Thank you for the clarification regarding ‘what he did there.’ I lost sight of the fact that the amp’s input signal is used to modulate the power supply being output to the speakers via tube or transistor. After digesting the Audio Scie... | |
| What am I missing? Pre/power gain and input sensitivity. Upnorthsound: Thanks for the link to Steve’s ramblings, I’ve spent a valuable hour perusing his musings. I especially liked his discourse on ‘the weakest link.’ dentdog: +1 on the value of some of the contributors to this space. I have been surpr... | |
| Why do I need power management if I have a great power cord? To atmasphere: I’m puzzled by your comment that this Nelson Pass quoted 48 Amps is “how much current is present when the power supply of the amp is shorted. It’s available to the output section in the form of charged capacitance. This is used to h... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges Skyscraper: I had a similar experience with the High Output Moving Coil Sumiko ‘Songbird’ cartridge, moving from what appears to have been a worn-out Stanton 500-II moving magnet cartridge. I also changed phono stages at the same time, but I’m pre... | |
| Recommendations on small ESL speakers for tiny room Glad to hear you got it working for a lot less than $7,000.00. :-) | |
| Rogue RP-1 or Schiit Freya I’ve run a Schiit Freya+ through a Rogue Stereo 100, and I had no complaints about the sound quality. I did have a problem with the user interface: no balance control, no mono button, source selection can only move to the right (meaning you have t... | |
| I am enjoying my analog system, but what can I do to improve? I don’t have the experience and knowledge of those who have been advising you, but I know ‘too much gain’ when I hear you describe it. I’m in the camp of, ‘the speakers aren’t the problem’ — the amplification is. From what limited experience I do ... | |
| What a pile of Schiit One item missing from my list above is (5) a ’Mono’ button. Older recordings, and the CDs that transcribe them to the modern era really benefit. I have the mono option on my phono preamp, but having a ’mono’ control on the preamp allows me to get ... | |
| What a pile of Schiit As an owner of two piles of Schiit, and a new Forum member, I thought I would chime in on this thread and offer my thoughts on all matters Schiit. First off, Schiit has a GREAT website, easy to navigate, well thought out, all the information you n... |