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| Preamp advice The lower the power amp gain, the higher the preamp voltage required for a given output. The higher the preamp voltage, the farther it is above the noise floor, and that equals improved signal to noise ratio for the system overall. This is called ... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? Let me make it simple. Biwiring is nonsense. It is exactly as effective as the gauge of the combined cables. Nothing more. Biwiring sends the exact same signal down both sets of cables. Any field effects are equal in both cables. Single wired spea... | |
| Maggies and subwoofer integration @erik_squires Couldn't agree more about 'speed' in subwoofers. Speed=bandwidth and subwoofer bandwidth requirements are low. What does matter is room integration, but also the ability of the woofer to stop. Brakes, if you will. Mistuned subwoofers... | |
| Portable DAC/Headphone Amp Recommendations You might find the Topping DX3 Pro+ is a good fit for your requirements. At 4.75 X 1.25 X 5.5" it's pretty compact, it uses a decent ESS ES9038Q2M DAC chip and supports coax and optical inputs up to 768/32 and USB up to DSD512; and Bluetooth 5.0 w... | |
| Newer Blues Artists or Recordings Anna Popovic. Electric blues from Eastern Europe. Go figure. | |
| Borresen Loudspeakers Having heard the 'next big thing' more times than I can count in the last 50 years, I'm sure Borreson makes a fine product, but the Laws of Physics being what they are, a 5" driver is good for about 50-60Hz, with a max output of around 104-106dB(1... | |
| Accuphase E-5000 factory power cord good enough? So Accuphase makes a cost-no-object nearly $20,000 integrated amps, with hand selected components chosen for sound quality then cheaps out with a Two-Buck Chuck power cord? I'm kinda thinking not. | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? Linkwitz-Riley | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? @erik_squires I think you were thinking of Linkeitz-Riley crossovers which are nominally -6dB at the crossover points. And as far as the ASR crowd, I have a sneaking suspicion the individuals commenting have never heard the JBL 4349 or heard o... | |
| Where to go next with the turntable I think going from the low-mass Rega design to a high mass VPI would likely do two things: 1) Give you the warmth and solidity you're looking for and 2) Put you in the unique - and enviable - position of being able to speak authoritatively on the ... | |
| How noisy is my line? Audio Prism Noise Sniffer @eric_squires Any test test equipment that provides quantitative data will require some degree of technical capability by the user, but I agree, many do require a little too much Electrical Engineering background, not to mention significant capita... | |
| How noisy is my line? Audio Prism Noise Sniffer Buy a digital oscilloscope for under $400 and learn how to use it. Way more informative and useful, way less woojum. | |
| Ribbon cable inside amplifiers I have a hard time believing that in a product at the level of a Pass Labs the design team would compromise SQ in the name of assembly expediency. If Nelson Pass thought for one minute that a construction technique compromised his amp, do you real... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K JBL 3900 $11K/or or JBL 4367 $16K/pr. And I'm a British speaker and Magneplanar guy mostly. But if you want to rock with something that aren't rip your ears off harsh, these bigger JBLs have got it covered. Especially with 25 (tube) watts per chan... | |
| Lowest priced MC thats better than a Premium MM? I have - and love - a Hana SH. Yet some people dismiss all HOMC carts, Hana Dynavector, Sumiko, with a wave of the hand and not so much as a whiff of reason why. Care to explain? |