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| What replacement cartridge for BSR Quanta 400? I think that you are WAY over-estimating the capabilities of the BSR and wanting to spend too much on a cartridge for this arm. Having said that, i would second Viridian's recommendation of the Ortofon Super OM-10 or Super OM-20. If you were to st... | |
| Long interconnect or short Speaker Cables I've publicly recommended / been quite vocal about the use of longer speaker cables / shorter interconnects for 10+ years on various internet forums. Glad to see that some of these "expert" cable and equipment manufacturers are finally catching up... | |
| Installing dedicated lines. Which cable to use? Since you have such short runs, you might want to think about making your own cable. Using two individual runs of solid core 10 gauge, simply twist them together i.e. make a twisted pair out of them. The twists don't have to be consistently spaced... | |
| Subwoofer strange noise I've been tearing apart / repairing a lot of drivers for other folks lately. Most of these drivers were thought to be on their last leg and beyond reasonable repair. After careful inspection, i've found that many manufacturers are not using strong... | |
| Spectral vs. McIntosh Taking the original context of this thread into perspective, a Mac user checking out Spectral would probably be initially quite impressed by the attack, detail, imaging, powerful yet tight bottom end, separation of notes, etc... That is, as compar... | |
| Spectral vs. McIntosh VERY different house sounds with quite a bit of differences in how each "camp" views things. A Spectral based system has to be VERY carefully matched whereas the Mac will be more forgiving. Chances are, if you REALLY like one of these brands / hou... | |
| Do you believe everything you read on the internet This is why one should do their own research and come to their own conclusions. Having said that, it is not hard to seek out and find those who's opinions you can trust and respect, even if you don't completely agree with them. Sean> | |
| Unused channels on a multi channel amp I tried to explain how signals could enter the unused channel(s) through extraneous and / or internally generated sources. I also tried to explain that most amps do generate "leakage" from their output stage on their own, albeit very small quantit... | |
| Unused channels on a multi channel amp How much of a difference is either audible or measurable will depend on the design of the amp, how much internal cross-talk it demonstrates from channel to channel ( primarily due to poor circuit layout and / or internal cable routing ), the abili... | |
| Unused channels on a multi channel amp For optimum results, unused channels should have their inputs shunted with a reasonably low value resistor ( 100 - 500 ohms or so ). The unused output stages of those channels should also be shunted. You can use the same value resistors as you use... | |
| Alfa Core Goertz MI2 ALWAYS ask for and use the "impedance matching" device aka "Zobel networks" that Goertz will provide free of charge. This protects the amplifier and helps to reduce the potential for RFI to enter the audio system via the speaker cabling acting as ... | |
| Downside of sensitivity? High sensitivity typically comes at the expense of wide bandwidth, power handling, convenient size, etc... So long as the other criteria can be met within reason i.e. speakers that will go low enough, don't go into dynamic compression rapidly and ... | |
| Speakers for Marantz 7 & 8B I used to run a Marantz 8 into some highly modified Klipsch La Scala's. Their high sensitivity really helped to ease the load on the amp, allowing it to sing. Lower efficiency speakers may not be best for this amp, as they really only produce abou... | |
| And now for something completely different.... These were designed by Professor Lirpa, but never released to the public. After his death, a former employee of Lirpa Labs "liberated" this design approach and sold it overseas to the current manufacturers. I only post this so as to give Prof Lirp... | |
| 20 amp dedicated lines Ultra short speaker cables are only a benefit when the speaker cables themselves are of a poor design / implimentation and / or the run is simply WAY too long. Since most all speaker cables are of a poor design / implimentation, those factors are ... |