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| Perhaps a dumb question... To reproduce the sound on an LP you must use either a built-in or stand alone phono preamp. Basically a phono pre-amp does two things. One, it converts the information embedded in the groove according to something called the RIAA (Recording Indust... | |
| Pass Lab X1 and X250 - Which XLR? Kimber Hero's will fit the bill. I never got the feeling Nelson Pass was much of a fancy cable fan. His intentions seem to focus on the engineering to such degree as to make their use an indulgence. But hey, I've heard beneficial differences just ... | |
| old Jbl's distorting I had a pair of Dynaco A-25's that I kept stored in a hot attic for several years. When I decided to re-animate them they seemed fine for about the first half hour. After that they both exhibited scratchy sounds. Pushing gently on the cones with o... | |
| Harm in using a power strip as an on/off switch? Back in the seventies, alot of popular preamps came with switched and unswitched outlets. It was like having a built in power strip. You plugged your turntable and tape deck into the unswitched ones and your power amp and tuner into the switched o... | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... Mara, pianos differ from organs because when you strike a piano key it hammers a string and bounces off. If you want to hear that note again you must restrike the key. In an organ the note sustains itself for as long as the key remains depressed. ... | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... Here is another example: to hear an Oberheim synthesizer listen to Birdland from Weather Report's Heavy Weather. If I stumble across a clear example of a Fender Rhodes electric piano I'll post it too.Here's some general information I've gleaned fr... | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... Mara, to hear a Moog synthesizer listen to Switched on Bach by Walter Carlos. To hear a Hammond electric organ listen to In Memory of Elizabeth Reed by the Allman Brothers. Other than the way each sounds, I'm not sure what kind of explanation you ... | |
| need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues For acoustic blues, one album comes immediately to mind: Hot Tuna (RCA LSP-4353) features Jefferson Airplane's Jorma Kaukonen on acoustic guitar, Jack Cassidy on bass and Will Scarlett on harmonica. It's a live album from the modern era - 1970! | |
| need more smoothness Once upon a time my rig suffered from tonal hardness (aka distortion) of upper register piano, soprano sax, flute and, as you mentioned, violin. Turns out it was the preamp. Switching from a Forte 44 to a Threshold Fet ten solved the problem acros... | |
| Theta Data Transports The Data II spins CDs and LP-sized laserdiscs. The Data Basic II spins CDs only. I'm not familiar with the Data III. There is no such thing as a Data Basic III; the Pro Basic III is a DAC, not a transport. Last year my nine year old Data Basic II ... | |
| Help I have not bought equipment since mid 80's WTS, yep they've re-invented the wheel several times since 1985. Not to worry. My guess is you have too much of a good thing going there. I like the Energy sound alot but I'd say it's better suited to making softer electronics shine. You might try... | |
| What qualities do you look for in a good amp? I think of a power amp as the producing element in my system. Preferably it will be the strong, silent type which can execute the most demanding of tasks without complaint or hesitation. Extending the analogy, the front end source component is the... | |
| Idler-wheel drives I occasionally use my idler-equipped Dual 1219 turntable. I bought it new 33 years ago. The clip-in plastic headshell wore out after 15 years. This was no surprise because up until 1989 I replaced my cartridge once a year! Other than that, the Dua... | |
| Digital vs. Analog a reasoned comparison For about 15 years I listened to LP only - no tuner, no tape, just LP's. Today I've got LP, cassette and CD working in my system. I use the CD daily. I play tapes maybe once a week. I spin LP's maybe once every three months. I have absolutely no u... | |
| Advise requested on cleaning the laser in a CDP When my 8-year old transport developed some erratic skipping behavior I gently cleaned the lens using a Q-tip dipped in 99% isopropyl alcohol and dried it with a clean one. The result: the transport wouldn't even initialize CD's. A call to the man... |