rodman99999
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| Is the best power cord no power cord at all? I forgot to mention: Most gear(those with outboard power supplies excepted) will have an AC power transformer within the chassis which will generate RF and/or vibrations/resonances as well. By utilizing pure DC: this potential interference source ... | |
| Is the best power cord no power cord at all? Every noise source connected to the powergrid(from the generator to you house) contributes interference to whatever you plug into your wall socket. When running on battery power, these noise sources are eliminated, as well as the RF that an unshie... | |
| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode See if you can find one of these for sale: (http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/1200cary/) You won't do much tube tasting as far as the output tube(T-1610) 'cause there's only one company that makes them(KR). Then again there's the price of a... | |
| ARC Reference 3 preamp: tube character? You could probably better be served/pleased(based on your description of what you like) by a unit that could be stuffed with some of the British tubes(IE: Mullard, Brimar or Ediswan), or perhaps the RCA grey plates from the 60's. I always think of... | |
| Is there such a speaker...(loud but smooth)? Find a pair of Dick Sequerra's Metronome 7.7's: (http://www.sequerra.com/electronics/data/index.htm)(http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=36370) These small monitors sound good at low inputs yet will remain very linear/undist... | |
| Are tube watts equal to solid state watts? Kjweisner- For a better understanding of how Watts, DB and perceived loudness relate, read this: (http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/voltageloudness.html) | |
| Are tube watts equal to solid state watts? Those meters on the old school receivers were(with few exceptions) NOT peak reading meters. They only showed average power output. Peak outputs easily exceed 10X the average output for a given listening level. | |
| 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... |