rickjames
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| what will make the greatest differance in sound. I owned the Prodigy's and loved them with tubed gear. I had them hooked to a Mac MC2000 and a Hovland preamp. I used Alpha Core Goerts M12 Veracity speaker cables (very inexpensive & good)and had a mix of IC's. My CD player was a Sony SCD-1, w... | |
| AC polarity Polarity can be an important safety issue, especially if the ground is floating. Reversing polarity on some tube equipment I've personally owned will place 110VAC on the chassis. If you touch the chassis and another part of your body is grounded, ... | |
| Faraday cage - suppressing stray EM fields The Faraday Cage is used today in some Audio gear for shielding. The Dodson DA217MKIID DAC has a Faraday Cage located inside its enclosure. | |
| Amp recommendations to drive Martin Logan Prodigy? I owned the Prodigy's and used a McIntosh MC2000 & Hovland HP100 combo. The Prodigys took a long time to break-in, but when everything came together, the combo was magical. All quality electrostats will reveal your weakest equipment link. I us... | |
| Hum problem with Alpha Goertz Sapphire cable - RCA type I agree with the above listing. A poor solder connection can cause hum, but generally only on the amp that has the poor connection. Hum is also caused by ground loops. Power down and run a temporary insulated copper wire connecting the chassis of ... | |
| SCD-1 v. 777ES I have owned both & could not hear any difference between these players in A/B testing. I had them both hooked up to the same preamp (Hovland HP100) and I used the same exact cables. I simultaneously played two identical CD's on both machines ... | |
| Sony SCD-1 balanced or unbalanced? My SCD-1 is used with RCA's. It is noise free running straight to a standard wall outlet. I could not detect any change using balanced connectors, which I A/B tested on a Classe DR5 pre-amp. Regarding tube products, the SCD-1 is connected to a Hov... | |
| McIntosh MC2000 vs. Goldmund 29 I recently upgraded to a MC2000 from a Classe solid state amp. No contest, the Mac is vastly superior sounding to the Classe amp. The Mac is not only superb looking, it is musical, clean & very dynamic. I use the amp with my Wilson watt/puppy ... | |
| Tubed preamp for MAC MC2000 amp? I have the Mac2000 amp (love it). I am using a Classe DR5 preamp (non-tube), and it sound very good. However, I am going to purchase A Hovland HP100 (tubed)in the near future & try it out with the MC2000. This preamp has gotten rave reviews ev... |