phomchick
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| Should I eliminate my preamp? Fake newsReal news. Google ‘Carver Stereophile Challange’ | |
| Infinity RS 2.5 The lower set of speaker terminals is for the woofers. The upper set is for the mid-range and tweeters.Is this what your speakers look like?http://www.infinity-classics.de/models/Reference-series-1+b-2-10+A+B-1981-86/Reference-Standard-2.5/RS2.5-1... | |
| Infinity RS 2.5 It is very strange that this is the case with both speakers, as the tweeters are all the same, and the front and rear tweeters are wired in parallel. | |
| LS-50 Speakers (Passive) I have a pair of UB5s, as well as a pair of ~1978 Chartwell LS3/5As. I should compare them some time.40 year old caps are probably suspectOriginal LS3/5As can be worth $1,500 to $2,500 a pair. Modified ones ain’t worth sh*t :-) | |
| Infinity RS 2.5 They are easy to R&R. You can check for loose connections without an ohmmeter. Is this problem in both speakers? | |
| Infinity 8Kappa Low to Mid Crossover Frequency None of those choices will work. The internal crossover for the RS 8 Kappa is 80Hz. With any of those choices, you’ll be rolling off the mids/highs way too high. http://www.infinity-classics.de/technik/manuals/Kappa_8_technical_sheet.pdf | |
| Infinity RS 2.5 Here here is my guide to 1980s Infinity EMIT tweeters:490125 is the rectangular EMIT with the thick magnet structure. 490126 is the same except for a round faceplate. Later versions of 490125 were labled 902-5086. Later versions of 490126 were lab... | |
| Infinity RS 2.5 Both tweeters are supposed to radiate. Here is a schematic of the 2.5shttp://www.infinity-classics.de/technik/manuals/RS_2.5_technical_sheet.pdf Loosen the front tweeter mounting screws and make sure the wiring isn’t loose. If it’s not that, check... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? This discussion reminds me of the time Bob Carver made his non-audiophile solid-state amplifier sound exactly like a Stereophile Class A Conrad Johnson tube amp by adding distortion. | |
| LS-50 Speakers (Passive) ELAC UB5s are 1/3 the price of the LS50s. If you think they are equivalent, that makes the ELACs the bargain of the century. I have a pair of UB5s, as well as a pair of ~1978 Chartwell LS3/5As. I should compare them some time. | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote There is some math in this article, it may be over your head:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction The result is a CIRC that can completely correct error bursts up to 4000 bits, or about 2.5 mm on the disc surface. Th... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Uh, but the two states are not (rpt not) accurately decoded. Not completely accurately, anyway. That’s why the Green Pen, painting CD tray and CD Treatments and vibration isolation and vibration control improve the sound.Sorry, not true. CDs inclu... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? This is exactly what I recently did. I bought an Oppo Sonica DAC and asked myself "what do I need a preamp for?" Like you, I have an ARC pre-amp (SP-6B) but since I no longer listing to vinyl, I was just using it as a volume control. The Sonica DA... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote phomchick"Peter’s article seems correct to me, though it is a bit excessively emphatic in some of its points."And yet their is no proofs that is the problem with the naysayers and self-proclaimed objectivists the burden of "proofs" always fall ... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote In fact, Peter was right all ten times. Guess who is the troll.Peter’s article seems correct to me, though it is a bit excessively emphatic in some of its points. |