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| A Question About Power-Noisy See if you can audition a Richard Grey Power Company, Chang Lightspeed, PS Audio, Audio Magic Stealth(what I use), Audio Prism or some other actual power purifier with your system. If the "sibilance" is power related, one of those will take care o... | |
| Unfamiliar tubes for a preamp The EC88 is a European designation for the 6DJ8/6922/E188CC/7308 family, and is a dual triode. The Holy Grail of the family being the Siemens CCa. The WY4P is a chinese voltage regulator tube like the RCA OD3 (http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-0d3-VR150-JAN... | |
| loudness level? If you want the analog to sound as loud as the digital, you'll have to get a cartridge with a higher mV output or a MC pre-amp with more gain. Are you having to turn up the volume to the point at which noise becomes an issue? If not: don't worry a... | |
| Speaker db rating? Groundhog- Refer to the websites cited for the facts. Also: Remember that tube amps always provide more listenable volume than their rated wattage will indicate. Happy shopping and listening. | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? Sugarbrie- I was stating that I (personally) would remove the four spades from the speaker end of the cables, mate the conductors and install only two spades or bananas. This would lessen the chances of the post loosening from cable vibrations(thr... | |
| Speaker db rating? This site is a bit more in depth in it's presentation of the facts: (http://www.analogrules.com/dbwatts.html) The tool that Hemihorn posted takes these factors into consideration. | |
| Speaker db rating? Groundhog- Read this before you get too confused between amplifier output power, SPL and perceived loudness levels: (http://www.audioholics.com/education/frequently-asked-questions/relationship-between-watts-and-dbs) You'll notice that it actually... | |
| Slate vs Granite vs Maple? Research "Corian" It's completely non-resonant in the audio/audible bandpass. It's available in a bunch of thicknesses and colors: (http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/products/corian/corian_use_gallery.html) | |
| bi-wire cables on single binding post, sonic loss? You shouldn't have any problem/audible degradation at all, as long as you can assure a snug connection at the post(that won't loosen). Personally- I'd mate the separated conductors back into one spade or banana(WBT) on the speaker end. | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt That's music to my ears!! | |
| Acme silver fuses Most of why cables/interconnects/capacitors/etc have to "burn-in" is that their dielectric/insulator takes a charge after a time. Once that process has stabilized, they're "burned-in". Fuses have no dielectric, and should sound the same after 1hr ... | |
| Speaker db rating? Hemihorn- That's a really cool tool. Thanx for posting it! | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt Mr. C- A few threads ago Mr. E and I had some discourse concerning the integration of Behringer and Bose systems. We just sort of picked it back up for a moment in here. Sorry if we offended by hi-jacking your thread briefly. Mr. E- I've got nine ... | |
| Cables Are Crazy, what do you think? Sounds like a little piece of heaven to me(Harley, Kimber and a musical wife). Better watch it with the G-string jokes though: You might get your A__ in a crack! HMMM- Wonder if my girl would sound any more musical, tied up with my KS-1130's? | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt LOL- I was thinking about RIAA EQ right after I sent that post(pretty sharp E, KUDOS). Nope, I've never tried the mic pre trick. Some EQ(like what goes on in a phono stage or in production) is an unavoidable evil. Curving venues was always a pain ... |