russ69
Responses from russ69
| Unplugging preamp, amp and cable while music is playing Not a good idea to mess with cables if the power amp is powered up. You can easily ground the input and put a high volume BLAAAT through your speakers. | |
| KEF LS50 Meta vs. Golden Ear Triton 3 I'd try the Triton3s. I have LS50s and I don't find them all that compelling. | |
| PS Audio Lambda transport making a 'tick tick tick' sound when playing CDs Out of balance CD perhaps, it happens. | |
| I had a question related to Class D Specs say 80 watts into 8ohms at 10% distortion. Just guessing but the 1% distortion level will be quite a bit lower so it's not a real powerhouse. | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? in an industry that often seems bedevilled by sharks, starry eyed cable enthusiasts and the dreaded snake oil purveyors. You need to find a new place to buy gear. | |
| How do you get Happy as an Audiophile? Listen to music? | |
| Biamp question You do not need a crossover- just let the speaker do the work. The crossover allows you to set the crossover frequency, adjust levels, and remove the unwanted frequencies from going to each amp. It's the most flexible setup. | |
| Does reducing gain setting on power amp increase chance of clipping? I'm not sure how the amp controls power output. If it is just an analog volume control device, no issue. | |
| Biamp question Do you need to pay attention to the crossover points or are they going to be pretty standard? You will have to figure out where the crossover points are for your speaker. Looks like 2.8 K is where your speaker splits but double check that. | |
| Biamp question I thought I could. I’m just not sure about the logistics exactly. It's not hard. Out of the preamp into the crossover. Out of the crossover into each amp. DBX makes a very affordable crossover. You can spend more but the DBX does the job. | |
| Default standard for speaker "sensitivity" measurement listings? Anechoic? In-room? Other? Jim Salk told me his measurements were anechoic because in room measurements are meaningless. Except that is where we all end up listening to their products. | |
| Biamp question Why not. You'll just need a crossover, the amp, and some cables. I like simple systems but you have a nice combination and maybe some tube rolling and a tube amp for the top end will get you to the next level. Not a fan of bi-amping (even though I... | |
| Advice for Amp to Drive Klipsch Forte IVs Topping PA5 will sound better than anything listed above. I have a little class D amp on my Heresys. 65 wpc, I think. It plays but no balls. Not the same as the Rogue with 250 wpc and a good power supply. Plus, the tube front end that puts it i... | |
| Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money? Keeping ego out of things is hard. I have a very healthy ego, but years of competition have taught me to respect my competitors and enjoy the process of competition. | |
| Dang it, I'm Deaf.... Update: Like an idiot, I’m half deaf and I bought a Rogue Sphinx to run my Triangle Antals. My big system is out of service, the things that it did are lost on me so for now it just sits. Just to recap I have my loudspeakers about 3 feet apart and... |