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| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks It occurs to the casual observer that if your power conditioner is doing it’s job, and the power cable is equal in size to the circuit cable, no change is necessary. Likewise, there is no advantage in swapping component cables either, as their pur... | |
| Choosing between 2 preamps I'd pass on both and consider the Audio Research SP-14 that's listed on eBay right now for $1400.00. Especially since you have an Audio Research power amp. I don't have a horse in this race, and I'm not getting anything from the deal, but this s... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? Audio Research SP-9 $1250 on eBay. Seller notes recent service and excellent overall condition, manual and spare tubes. This is a screaming deal from a recognized high end brand. I would add that the adjustable gain allows proper gainstaging and o... | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? In the Puget Sound area KNKX (NPR) has great programming lots of jazz, all- blues Saturday and Sunday from 6pm, and great signal. KUOW (NPR) has even better non-musical programming but as others have mentioned, terrible coverage. I stream both wh... | |
| If your CD's are harsh, try this Whatever changes you may be hearing are occurring in the analog domain. Your analog copy is made from the Digital source converted to Analog and back to Digital, so you have both a DAC and an ADC along with associated filters, analog line stages, ... | |
| If an amp has 4 ohm taps Speakers are a complex load with resistive, inductive and capacitive components, as well as a back EMF generated by the speaker and damped by the amps out stage. More sensitive speakers have greater back EMF. All that rolls up into a goat rodeo ca... | |
| looking for bookshelves - Another usual boring speaker discussion Monitor Audio Gold 100 6G. 8" 3-way, Port tuned to 38Hz, 3" midrange, ribbon tweeter. 500W power handling. All combine for greater range and dynamic range than are possible in most standmount/bookshelf. The fact that the also have great soundstagi... | |
| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? Leave the PSBS for later. At $4k you're getting into some pretty nice gear. I'd start with a Hana SL MkIi. That leaves $3200 for the table. VPI, Clearaudio, MoFi, Rega, for starters. Not flaming, but no Technics 'cuz they ugly. Their design was ma... | |
| BS meter is pegged! What a joy to read a comment from a technically competent audiophile. Perhaps the time has come to acknowledge that in the digital realm virtually all of the product differentiation comes down to casework, reconstruction filter implementation, a... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @mylogic You point to car dealerships as comparable to the Linn ecosystem, and I agree. For decades Linns have appeared to fall into the same category as owning a British sportscar, complete with oxcart suspension technology and adapted industria... | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? @rfagon Clamping voltage is a single dimensional specification, It means very little unless the clamping time is also specified. In the case of SquareD, their whole house surge protectors have a clamping time of 4-6 nanoseconds. When you consider ... | |
| Tube Sound With Equalization? Equalizer have their place - in the frequency domain - but what youre looking for isn't in there. | |
| Does You Subwoofer Settings ?? Room acoustics issues are static, more or less, and variances are most likely in individual recordings, particularly if the differences are in quality, e.g. definition not just qiantity. Also, If you are listening at only 75 dBA, you're also well ... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable Short answer: Buy it. It is a quality classic turntable. With those upgrades, $2400 is a value. And, a safe investment - it is unlikely that it will ever be worth significantly less than $2400.. | |
| Question about high current amps versus "not high current amps" Speakers are current driven complex impedance devices. They are not a purely resistive load. Because of that complex impedance speakers require more current at some frequencies tha others.Ohms law applies, but only at a given frequency will the ca... |