rodman99999
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| Straight wire and gain linestage? OOPS- You wanted it with gain? I don't think you'll ever find the Placette Active Linestage for under a $1000.00(or $2k for that matter). | |
| Straight wire and gain linestage? I had a Placette Passive Linestage for a few years. The transparency is wonderful. No signature at all!! Can be had as rack mount or stand alone, with remote(power supply for remote in separate enclosure). All Vishay resistors. (http://www.placett... | |
| How do you know when to replace the stylist? OH- On the Van den Hul site: You have to click on "phono cartridges"(left of page), then "extra services" at the bottom of the cartridge list. | |
| What exactly causes clicks and pops on vinyl? At the time of pressing, release agents are used that can/will collect dirt from the atmosphere and the cheap paper liner records come in. That's why it's good to use one of those nice record cleaning machines before ever playing the disc(bought m... | |
| How do you know when to replace the stylist? At one time: Every serious audio salon(not going back to the "stylist" thing- honest) had a microscope which which to inspect your stylus. I'm certain(if you live near a metropolitan area) you could still find one. Really- any decent microscope wo... | |
| tube amps sounding like solid state and vv Typical tube circuits have very few components in the signal path, and are therefore much more transparent than SS designs. Victor Khomenko of Balanced Audio Technology has simplified the circuits of BAT's SS units, re-thought/re-designed their po... | |
| What is a passive preamp? OBVIOUSLY- The manufacturers(with VERY few exceptions) consider a linestage that CAN provide gain(requires a power supply or "active" circuit) to a signal passed through it(AMPLIFY said signal), whatever the source, a "PREAMPLIFIER." A linestage w... | |
| How do I go about bi-amping Martin Logan Ascents (http://sound.westhost.com/biamp-vs-passive.htm)(http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/biamping.html)(http://members.djcafe.com/djmapy/Biamp.html) Some pros & cons in those.(http://www.avahifi.com/root/audio_basics/ab_pdf/ab1989.pdf) Page 13... | |
| How do I go about bi-amping Martin Logan Ascents Trumpetdoug- This thread contains discourse that you may find helpful: ( http://www.martinloganowners.com/~tdacquis/forum/archive/index.php?t-460.html ) Especially the last five posts to the thread. If it IS your intention to retain the internal p... | |
| How do I go about bi-amping Martin Logan Ascents An Attenuator would match the sensitivity/gain which is one of the main issues of bi-amping with two amps that I mentioned. What about the overlap in frequency that he WILL have without a crossover or filter? Some of the greatest audible gains inh... | |
| What is a passive preamp? RWEAR- You'll have to stop using AR as a reference. Check the Audio Research Corporation's OFFICIAL website and look at the LS-26 page! Audio Research Corporation refers to the LS-26(Line Stage-26) as a PREAMPLIFIER, and it has no phono stage. (As... | |
| What is a passive preamp? ARC(see the LS-26 page), Lamm, Levinson, Edge, Van Alstine, Herron, Joule-Electra, Conrad-Johnson, Aesthetics, Musical Fidelity, Ayre (to name a few) If you visit the sites of the manufacturers I've named: You'll note they ALL refer to their pream... | |
| How do I go about bi-amping Martin Logan Ascents Any time two amps of different power outputs and/or sensitivities are used to bi-amp a speaker system, a matching x-over must be used to retain a correct freq. response. Anyone that tells you differently simply doesn't know what they're talking ab... | |
| What is a passive preamp? No- Because they have the capability of amplifying(adding gain to) the signal. In some countries they are referred to as a, "control Amp." That is, perhaps, a more accurate description. | |
| what can I get by with? What can you lose by trying them? As stated: It all depends on your room size and the volume you require to be happy. |