panzrwagn
Responses from panzrwagn
| 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... | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? Max speaker output is limited by a number of factors, but as a rule of thumb speaker sensitivity +20-23 dB is about the practical limit. So, a KEF LS-50 is about 84dB sensitivity and is capable of peak output put of 104dB at 1M distance which req... | |
| Surge protectors--how many $ make sense? Defense in depth: Absolutely begin with a whole house surgeprotector. It is the cheapest insurance known for everything electric in your home, especially if you lie in thunderstorm prone areas. If you have sub-panels, but one in their as well. Nex... | |
| Turntable Quandry Start with a Hana MC, maybe the Hana SL MkII for $850. You simply wont do better for under $1000. Then, if you decide to upgrade your turntable, you'll have the cart decision already made. Changing o e component at a time makes it easy to assess i... | |
| Where's the next weak link in my analog chain? Bang for buck? The new Hana SL MkII. For $850 it is hands down the best under $1000 cart on the market, and maybe even $2000. It carries a lot of features of their higher end Umami carts and leaves enough money in your wallet for cables, if you ar... | |
| Streamer output options @mclinnguy Thank you for the Laugh of the Day. Although I'm sure there are many here who don't get the joke. 🙄 | |
| Streamer output options @mclinnguy OK Will do. And while I'm at it I'll ask about this, too: "At each end of the cable you can see a pair of “speaker kegs”. These are similar to the kegs we use on our powercords. However they are quite different – the power cords kegs ... | |
| $1,500 Amp budget - Best options? Paramount or NAD. Both have the power, the sound quality, and good service and support. | |
| Streamer output options @mclinnguy "noise that piggybacks on the data itself" Somebody is going to have to explain that one to me. USB-Audio uses isochronous, interrupt, and control transfer. Characteristics of the Interrupt Transfer mode are: Guaranteed Latency ... | |
| Can you damage your speakers by plugging bass port vent? A ported speaker will roll off at 24 dB/Octave below it’s tuning frequency. A sealed box rolls off at 12 DB/Octave, typically a half octave higher. An optimally tuned system that’s flat to 40Hz will be -24 dB at 20 Hz. The sealed box will be flat ... | |
| All-in-One units for retiring audiophile & music lovers in 2025, say what? My audio journey began in 1971, my freshman year of college. My methodically researched Dynaco A25/Sansui AU-717/ Dual 1219 Shure M91Ed never materialized due room a dock strike and so I ended up with a Sony All-in-One that had about 12 W/Ch and ... | |
| Is anyone here still into live concerts these days? In the Seattle area we have an awesome venue at Chateau Ste. Michelle. They have a great sound system, and on a warm summer afternoon, with a picnic an a bottle of CSM wine, we've seen some great shows. Diana Krall, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon (las... |