russ69
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| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? Wonder how many of the responders on this thread actually HAVE equipment with balanced/XLR connections and have tried them. Well, on my big Mac amp the extra gain of the XLR circuit raised my idle hiss to an audible level. I had to pad that dow... | |
| Recommendation for Headphones under $250 Grado | |
| Speaker to amp pairing KLH Model Five loudspeaker Specifications | Stereophile.com | |
| Best new audiophile rock album Thanx, I ordered two CDs. | |
| Is this the entrance to my rabbit-hole? I decided to connect my original passive crossovers and finally make a choice on one set or the other. Keeping the actives would see them installed inside the top hat and out of sight. I got confused. Do you have both crossovers in use at the s... | |
| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? Just to be an old curmudgeon, RCAs have worked just fine for me over the last 55 years. | |
| Indentical measurments = Identical performance? Measurement is a good thing to help us understand what we are hearing but measurements don’t tell us much about how a loudspeaker sounds. ASR’s long list of budget loudspeakers tells me all I need to know. ASR is not interested in exploring the li... | |
| Do Quad Electrostatics Come To An End of Life? No experience with Quads but electrostatic loudspeakers do not like to have dust on them. I cover my panels when not in use. If you have your system turned on all the time, I think another type of loudspeaker would work better and last longer. | |
| Rotel RC 1590 mkii Pre Ampifier I most cases gear from the same manufacturer will mate well. | |
| What are songs where people or instruments sound closer to you? @curiousjim I’m trying to understand how I can get depth without stereo imaging? Back in the mono days you can easily hear a lot of depth in a good recording. Distance to the microphone is one way they did that, also using reverberated sound. N... | |
| Musical Fidelity A3.2 dual mono integrated amp repair Check the speaker fuses also. A little tuner spray/lubricator will cure your volume static. | |
| Connect Harman Kardon Citation 25 Preamp to bridged Citation 22 amplifiers You are GTG. | |
| Socket savers for tube amps and preamps Good idea. Some socket designs are very suspect for surviving long term. Sockets soldered on thin circuit boards with little support being one issue. | |
| Volume level of commercial CD's. Wavegain sounds interesting but you can do the same thing by adding attenuators on the DAC output (or other places). | |
| Musical Fidelity A3.2 dual mono integrated amp repair Did you check the fuses? |