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| Sumiko Fluxbuster: How do I use this crazy thing? I may have the manual, but it's pretty easy. Assuming you're using the rca jacks, you push the rocker switch one way and leave it there, watch the lights flash until it glows a steady green (I think--might have been red), then push the rocker swit... | |
| Will the Big Ben improve the 24 MXL? I would agree that you call Jerry Ozment as well and ask about it. The Audio Logic has an excellent re-clocking interface, as I understand it, and likely won't need it, but he'll tell you straight. On isolation, I use a K-Works IsobaseK under my A... | |
| Kubala-Sosna Power Cables By the way, check out the threads by Macallan25 and Rgs92 (review) to see others' impressions of the cables and power cords. | |
| Kubala-Sosna Power Cables I have auditioned and bought their Emotion power cords, replacing a variety of cords including some old Full Spectrum monsters, Siltech SPX-10 and TG SLVRs. I still am using K-Works "Dynamo" power cords (probably the best power cables I've had for... | |
| Best rca digital cable for Audio Logic 24MXL dac? Sutts: There is a bnc output on my unit, so it's possible to re-wire it to become an input, I'd guess. I'm sort of holding mine available to become a DSD interface if and when a standard is agreed on and I get an SACD transport with that digital i... | |
| Recomendations for a line stage only tube pre-amp If you like the tube sound, I'd suggest you try a used Jadis JPL. Forget the CD input with its additional tube and use the tape input for the best sound. Very dynamic (slightly better on macrodynamics than my JP80 was, though not microdynamics) an... | |
| CES Rumors I believe that Day Sequerra may have some very interesting new items, assuming they make the show. | |
| Shahinian Oblisk I'm no technical guy, but Onemug is right. A tube amp, other than an OTL (output transformerless) design, uses an output transformer to match its output with the impedence load your speaker presents. A solid state design generally does not use an ... | |
| Shahinian Oblisk Your question is a little unclear, but I'd guess the OHM setting you're referring to is on the amp. If so, determine from the manual or the website what the nominal impedence of your speaker (expressed in ohms) is, then use the speaker terminals f... | |
| Why do mass marketed CD's sound so crappy? Sean's final point brings to mind the story, I believe true, of a record producer from the 60s who reputedly did the final mix of the records he produced over the telephone, because he was listening through the same speaker you would have in the t... | |
| Why do mass marketed CD's sound so crappy? Hammergjh: Yeah, they heard the difference; they could also easily hear the difference between the 24/96 master tape we got to hear in the control room and the 16/44.1 CD they mixed down from that tape. But they're really not the record producers ... | |
| Why do mass marketed CD's sound so crappy? Birdwizard is right on. In our audio society we went to a recording studio where we heard a local artist do up a first shot at a song he'd just composed, and got to see the various tricks they could perform with the pro tools software in the studi... | |
| Theil CS-5 They were and in my view still are excellent speakers, though there were a couple of things I recall both from hearing them and the reviews:1. They need a LOT of current and power, as they had a very cruel dip in impedance in them. Big Krells and ... | |
| Krell KSA 50 vs. todays ss amps? My recollection is that the Mk II had some changes made to it to make it more stable--I think if you shot an e-mail or made a call to Krell they could probably tell you pretty quickly. | |
| Dunlavy question Maybe a bit more "ease" on big orchestral climaxes. Just make sure you have enough of a room to accommodate them and their bigger sound. |