saki70
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| dedicated electrical line Both . It is called an 'isolated ground'.Quite often found on sensitive equipment in hospitals and computer rooms .WARNING , not every electrician knows how to install an isolated ground correctly !While dedicated lines and isolated grounds will g... | |
| matching components to speakers Speakers are designed and built with certain characteristics in mind . Finding an amp that is designed to work within those characteristics is what you want to do . It is called synergy . There are many threads here discussing synergy .Speaker man... | |
| Setting up speakers 45 degrees from sidewalls I don't know if this is relevant or not , but I have mine setup that way and do not get much soundstage depth or width .I am in a small square room , 12'X12' with 8' ceilings . I did this so as to not get any of the nasties associated with square ... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? I wonder if the output impedance of the balanced outs suits your amp better than the impedance of the rca outs ?Might be worth thinking about , for others , rather than accepting a blanket conclusion that one connection type sounds better than ano... | |
| Benchmark to amp direct question? Skipping a preamp is just like adding one . What I mean here is synergy . Just as preamps need to be matched to an amp , output impedence to input impedence , so does your DAC's output impedence need to match your amp's required input impedence ra... | |
| Ayre V-1Xe vs VTL 450 WARNING Kmiller5 WARNING , you are being seduced to the tube side !!!Resistance is futile !!! You will be converted !Once you submit , you may never return !Go with the glow .Enjoy the ride . | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "I wish that I could eat your cancer " | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "the sign said HELP WANTED - NO LONG HAIRS NEED APPLY . So I tucked my hair up under my hat and went in to ask him why .He said you look like a fine upstanding young man , I think you'll do !So I took off my hat and said imagine that , me working ... | |
| Denon 3805, muddy voices. I had the same experience as Javachip .I considered it just a part of the setup procedure !Auto setups , for me , are just a starting point .YMMV . | |
| Anyone heard the Consonance Cyber 800 amps? Trelja ;"it's quite convenient in that there is nothing to adjust."Do you mean that there are no bias adjustments for this amp ? I am not familiar with 'a cathode bias configuration.'Sounds interesting .Thank you . | |
| Dedicated Home Theater/Listening Room Suggestions If you are going to the trouble of running dedicated circuits , make sure that you additionally connect them towhat is called an isolated ground . This will segregate the power from the rest of your house and eliminate any noise from other items i... | |
| Best Speakers for 2channel Music Using a receiver may require you to look at easy to drive speakers . Receivers generally do not have much power . Their stated wattage listings are dubious at best . Try to find something in the 90db. range .I had some nice 88db. speakers on a rec... | |
| Looking for a first Tube Amp for under $1000 I will second Grinnell's recommendation of the Primaluna integrateds . These amps are very user friendly with the auto biasing feature . They will allow you to try many different tubes and , should you decide against tubes , will be very easy to r... | |
| 3a l'integral nouveau Vs. Verity parisfal encore I think that maybe some of the disparity here about the 3a's could be the amplification .When I was auditioning my De Capo i's they took on a remarkably different sound with a SS amp as opposed to a tube amp . They really did perform much better w... | |
| new to tubes My bust , sorry for the incorrect info .Facten ; welcome to the tube side ! Enjoy . |