russ69
Responses from russ69
| Eminent Technology tonearm ET--2 ET phone home.... | |
| Preamp recommendations for my system please I'm not a big AR fan. I would get a top of the line Conrad-Johnson or Cary preamp. | |
| Amp hum. Sometimes transformers can hum. I'm not an expert but you can tighten the mounting screws and/or the plate screws if it has plate screws. | |
| Headphones vs full range speakers ghdprentis has it 100%. | |
| Our the special release CDs that offer you several bonus tracts Bonus tracks do not affect sound quality. There is a finite limit to recording space but the CD standard has set that limit, you would have to lower the standard resolution to record more stuff and it would not meet the CD standard at that point. | |
| Garage Listing room From what I just read on the web, the STC rating is a limited frequency power rating apparently measured in dBs. Acoustic power says 10dBs is approximately what we perceive as twice as loud (or half as loud). So a rating of 43 vs 33 would be twice... | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? Parasound A21+. | |
| Hearing loss Age is the biggest factor. | |
| Next upgrade? Yes, you have a nice system. The next step up will not be cheap but you should start looking at loudspeakers over the next few years. | |
| Triangle Alphas The hybrid amps like the Unico are nice amps but a Quicksilver is a big step up from that. | |
| RCA interconnect recommendation Tube amps are all about the sweet midrange. I like Kimber solid copper. I would try a PBJ. Not too expensive but a nice sounding cable. | |
| Triangle Alphas Triangle owner here, sorry. Triangles love tube amps, I'd put a pair of Quicksilver KT Mono blocks on it, you will love it. | |
| How to Improve Gain for RCA on Preamp. Can it be done? "...Even with an XLR adaptor it will remain unbalanced and I believe voltage remains the same?..." On my Big Mac, the output of the XLRs was twice the RCA outputs. It didn't matter that you adapted it to RCAs. | |
| How to Improve Gain for RCA on Preamp. Can it be done? "...Is there a way to improve gain on a preamp using RCA? ..." Use the XLRs. Use RCA to XLR adapters from your TT into your pre.. | |
| Replacement for current speakers suggestions Vandersteen C2e with tweeter controls. |