pwerahera
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| XLR Turntable @dunham_john Please check Thorens TD 550, TD 1600 series tables. These have both RCA and balanced XLR outputs. Special features include: Stabilized sub chassis on three conical springs Polished precision belt Two part platter Adjustable be... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? If your speakers are anyone of Thiels, Dunlavys, Vandersteens, etc., with first-order crossovers and time/phase aligned, then you cannot throw away accuracy. These speakers give an accurate reproduction of music. So, you have to throw away the sp... | |
| DAC DIRECT IN TO AMPLIFIER OR TO PREAMPLIFIER I had tried both ways. While my preamp (VTL TL 2.5) was in service, I was forced to feed the Cary Audio 303/200 CD player directly to my ML 23.5 using the built-in digital volume control. Music sound up-front and I enjoyed it for a little while. H... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp Don't use this amp until you get it tested. Smoke means, something got fired. It could be a resistor, capacitor, or anything. It may look like working, but you need to check it. Open the amp and see if you can see any dark burn marks on your circu... | |
| Need help from you acoustical experts @newbee +1 You have two issues that needs to be resolved: 1. Your speakers are too close to the back wall. I know you said they are designed for placement close to the rear wall. Specification says you can move up to 2 feet. I would even bring ... | |
| Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes The following information was taken from Joe's Tube Lore posted back in 1999. I have some of these tubes and confirm his descriptions are fairly accurate. Only issue is tracking down these as they are hard to find and could be pricey. Siemens 692... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? What is an electrical fuse? An electrical fuse is a safety device that operates to provide protection against the overflow of current in an electrical circuit. An important component of an electrical fuse is a metal wire or strip that melts when e... | |
| If the DAC is the same, how different do CD transports sound? +1 @jasonbourne71 and @2psyop You are limited by the data stored in a CD regardless of what one do how to extract, decode and play. An audio compact disc consists of one or more stereo tracks stored using 16-bit PCM coding at a sampling rate of ... | |
| I'm going to buy my first tube amp. I need honest blunt opinions +1 @decooney Your speakers needs a good SS amplifier. Some may not agree, but when your impedance drops below 4 ohms, it is a problem for tube amps to drive it. Even though specified sensitivity is 90dB, looks like actual sensitivity is close to... | |
| Duntech Sovereign, Dunlavy IV, V, VI purchase make sense today? I have heard two models if not three when I was trying to find the speaker for my setup. I am a fan of first-order cross overs due its inherent properties. Those days, there were only three designers who produced such quality speaker Richard Vande... | |
| Is it all phasing or is it something more? I have several CDs with one or two tracks recorded out of phase. This is a technical mistake, and easily corrected changing the phase of one channel. However, I have also heard some New Age music and some instruments were recorded out of phase to ... | |
| What's the point of reviewing? Reviews in audio magazines including Audio, Stereophile, Stereo Review, etc., helped me a lot when I started to put together my system many years ago Also hours of listening with an audiophile friend of mine in his system gave me clues what I nee... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? Correct questions should be "why some speakers need more powerful amps whereas some other speakers don't?" Because choice of a speaker is a highly personal one like finding your spouse. Once you find the speaker of your choice, next you try to ass... | |
| TV audio into DAC via eARC or better Several year back I had both DirecTV and Xfinity. One day out of curiosity, I compared the same program from both providers switching back and forth. Sound quality and picture quality was way better by DirecTV compared to Xfinity. Picture and soun... | |
| Looking for an Amp Replacement I have ML 23.5 in my main system. This was services by George Meyers AV, Los Angeles. They replaced the capacitors and some resistors (unmarked). I cannot say enough good things about this amp which is driving a pair of Thiel 3.6 speakers. My reco... |