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| Audiophile newbie A preamp is where you select the device you want to listen to i.e.. Vinyl, CD, Server, it also serves as a volume attenuation / gain device and it drives the cable and the power amp. Its the control center of your hifi system in short.A integrated... | |
| North Creek Kits: good good to be true Speaker KitsTheres a few kits here too, very high quality drivers combined with superb crossover design. The Pennywise parts are available form Parts Express, the B741 and the XmaX are available from Madisound. Click back to the main page then spe... | |
| Need help RCA Interconnects but new Balanced Gear I'd recommend the Canare L-4E6S from Bluejeans Cable, in addition they are an excellent company to work with.Blue Jeans CableGood ListeningPeter | |
| Meadowlark Kestrel: Model Number of Woofer? Vifa and ScanSpeak was the same company way back when, ScanSpeak today resides in the same buildings that Vifa occupied. They have all the tools etc to make the old standards by Vifa many of the folks that worked a Vifa back when it was a a Danish... | |
| Help ... AES EBU vs XLR for digital CD player ? A dedicated AES-EBU cable - should - have a impedance of 110 Ohms. With a Audio XLR there is no standard for cable impedance.Good ListeningPeter | |
| Meadowlark Kestrel: Model Number of Woofer? Just did an ebay search, Hurry on this one, there is a pair of the Shielded Version available for $ 35 + shippingVifa M17Best of luckPeter | |
| Meadowlark Kestrel: Model Number of Woofer? The Woofer in the Meadowlark is the ScanSpeak P17WJ-00P17I cannot recall any paper version made by Vifa in this basket and with the J magnet system, they made one with the smaller G magnet system but I don't think you will be able to find that any... | |
| Of all your gear, what piece impresses you most? Ait,Very impressive, Congratulations !Good ListeningPeter | |
| Looking for "realistic" speakers Any picture I googled on the Silver Oak used two Seas 7" Magnesium cone drivers flanking a Millennium tweeter. Then you must have the older models that used the ScanSpeak 8" Clear Polycone woofer the 21W8553. Happen to have three of them :-) , Sen... | |
| Looking for "realistic" speakers They used off the shelf drivers, you can get 4 new woofers and 2 new tweeters from Madisound for approximately $ 1200Pull the drivers out and check the stickers on them for the exact type, the excel woofer comes in two versions. The Millennium twe... | |
| Pass A vs. AB amps No, the X serves have a higher rail voltage, so if you crank up the bias current they will run hotter. Heat dissipated in the heatsink is Current times Voltage = WattsWith the lower Rail voltage in the XA series you can crank up the current and en... | |
| how do I switch voltage on amp? The common colors on a dual primary transformer are Black White Brown and Orange. For 220V operation Phase is applied to the black lead, white and Brown are connected together and Neutral is connected to the Orange lead. For 110V operation Phase i... | |
| Review: Audio Desk Systems Vinyl Cleaner Tweak Oh, I was not at the controls, the folks whom demonstrated the machine was. Good ListeningPeter | |
| Kl Audio LP200 ultrasonic record cleaner insights I absolutely love it too - no magic potions to use and it gets the discs completely clean. Good ListeningPeter | |
| NRG amp concerns Can most likely be rewired for 120V Operation - where are you located ?Good ListeningPeter |