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| Tuners and Antennas Depending on the quality of the splitter used, you can end up with a loss of 3 - 10 dB's. As such, try to use a splitter that is rated for the widest bandwidth possible. The higher the frequency that the splitter is rated for, the chances are that... | |
| Can balanced cables be linked together? To follow up on what Corona said, I agree that cables can be linked together. Bare in mind that each connection will cause signal loss to occur. To top it off, one can run into some weird impedances when linking multiple cables of different design... | |
| hifi as investment? Wheeler: As a case in point regarding the Marantz gear, i recently traded my original Marantz 8 ( serial number just above 1000 ) that was in very good shape for some test equipment. While the Marantz 8 is an item that seems to be in less demand t... | |
| Easiest way to compare ICs I mentioned this as the Philips SACD 1000 actually has measurably different responses between the 2 channel analogue outs and the multi-channel analogue outs. I can't remember if the manual makes mention of this or not, but according to JA's test ... | |
| Advice on MM/MC phono pre-amp please. Twl mentioned the first thoughts that came to my mind i.e. front end overload. While you will get greater volume out of the MC section, the sound will end up being more compressed and / or distorted. That is, unless you are playing recordings that... | |
| hifi as investment? Obviously, items that are hand built in limited quantities by "masters of the trade" are the most likely candidates. The early tube based pieces made by Marantz are a prime example. Once you start working your way into more modern gear, there are ... | |
| Power cord? Why? Eldartford: How are you going to configure this wire geometrically ? Are you including a ground in this buch of six or are you using 3 hots and 3 neutrals ? Sean> | |
| Have you tried the ART SLA-1 amp yet? Pm: You forgot about the best sounding attenuator type i.e. the "shunt" method. This places only one resistor and far less solder joints / points of contact in the signal path at any given time. Obviously, this results in the shortest signal path ... | |
| Easiest way to compare ICs Depending on which multichannel player you have, it is quite possible that the outputs that you are switching between may have differences in frequency response or noise characteristics. As such, one set of cables may be at a disadvantage to the o... | |
| Differences between Sunfire I and series II and 7? From what i understand, and i could be wrong, the 17" versions actually have slightly different circuitry than what the 19" versions do. I don't know why, but that's what i've been led to believe. I'm curious myself, so i'll try to find out more i... | |
| Try this simple DIY interconnect cable. According to Walt Jung and Richard Marsh, solid core 20 gauge is linear out to 20 KHz. Above that point, one may begin to experience skin effect. This will vary with the shape of the conductor though, so some conductors may be better suited than o... | |
| How do these room dimensions look???? To keep things simple for future reference as there are TONS of different combo's that are out there, one should try to use dimensions that do not share a common divisible factor. If you use dimensions that share a common denominator, you'll have ... | |
| Power cord? Why? Eldartford: I hope you realize i was just joking. I'd have to hear and see the results of something like what Corona is talking about to even remotely think about spending that kind of money on "wire". Sean> | |
| Differences between Sunfire I and series II and 7? Jotter: I just spoke to Robert Levy at Sunfire the other day about this. The funny thing is, many of the suggestions that i had made to Sunfire technical staff in the past that they had stated "won't do a thing for the amp" are now incorporated in... | |
| Power cord? Why? Corona: As i previously stated, if this product is already for sale, people are ordering it, etc... WHY can't you provide at least a link to information on this product or materials that go into making this product ? Even if it only contains gener... |