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| What does microphonic tube sound like? If the CD player is indeed overdriving the preamp what would be the remedy short of getting a new CD player?You simply need to attenuate the signal a little - a longer interconnect (12 foot or so) might do it as unfortunately your CD player outpu... | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers whereas orchestral recordings or recordings with amplified instruments can cover a lot of sin. Exactly. If you can't follow any instrument of your choosing on large orchestral or big band (due to their being too much going on) then that indicates... | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers No worries - I did read your post - I was just trying to clarify that some awful CD's do sound better on some systems in a sense that multiplying two minuses can make a positive. This means that a few bad recordings have the potential to be quite ... | |
| Jazz at the Pawn Shop... You want excruciating; listen to Barry ManillowDid you mean to say excrement? ;-) | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years i still can't understand how anyone can get excited by cones. i have never heard a full range all-cone speaker that i have liked.That is quite a strong statement. Have you had your hearing tested lately? I think most everyone would agree that it ... | |
| Why are most High End Amps class A If anyone is interested there is a master class lecture by Douglas Self on audio amplifier design. His talk is interesting for its lengthy discussion of distortion mechanisms and the new Cambridge 840 XD design which he mentions briefly (a kind of... | |
| The Next Level Yep, those who escaped the merry-go-round know exactly how you feel, every day, day in day out, hour after hour. For those who haven't got there yet - keep trying- as this place does exist. | |
| Focal and Dr Who? Have you seen the Beolab 5? | |
| great sounding cds to audition new speakers Precisely, bring the music you like. When I audition speakers I intentionally bring some CDs that I like that are garbage to see how the speakers handle them. Definitely useful but I'd be careful selecting speakers that way. If the audio quality ... | |
| DIY balanced interconnects I second Kirkus about the dubious need for 600 ohm termination resitor over short distances. However, I agree with Ralph that if you want to go exceptionally long distances then 600 Ohm should get better results. Horses for Courses.What length doe... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years Active Speakers have become more popular (this design topology has a lot of advantages in terms of lower distortion, better accuracy and eliminating the interface crap shoot issues between finding the right amp to suit a given speaker). Speaker tr... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- Your are at a hot strip club with the boys and they are drunk, rowdy and ogling. Meanwhile you sit back and close your eyes simply enjoying the music. Later you remark - I think that was the original version of "The Stripper" recorded by David Ros... | |
| Why are most High End Amps class A tests show that underbias and overbias causes increase in distortion Agreed but I don't understand the point? Of course you have to match the bias precisely between both sides as otherwise you'll get loads of higher harmonic distortion. However y... | |
| What does microphonic tube sound like? Mofimadness,Good point. I stand corrected. The higher gain stages will make pre and pre-preamp microphonics more audible. However the bigger tubes are actually more susceptible to it.Most people like the microphonic sound. In David Gilmour's studi... | |
| Why are most High End Amps class A And you're correct in the assertion that increasing bias doesn't improve the problem, it just increases the signal level at which it occurs. But it does reduce the audibility of the problem. You now have distortion only when the output signal is ... |