spatialking
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| Thoughts on Schiit Mjolnor tube preamp/headphone amp I haven't heard that particular preamp, but in general the stuff from Schitt is good schitt. The guys who design that stuff have a lot of experience in audio and they are doing some very good things by thinking outside the box. | |
| Unplug or ride out the storm? Your assessment is spot on perfect! I like the analogy of lifeboats, since that is just about the best possible way to describe it. It is important to understand the average lightening bolt has enough energy to lift the Titanic 6 miles from the... | |
| Has anyone used the Woody Universal Tonearm? I'll do that, thanks. | |
| Integrityhifi TRU-GLIDER Pendulum Tonearm @tomwh Yes, I agree - ears count in the long run. But before I buy, the unit has to make sense to me that the manufacturer is onto something good. I skim through the audio ad hype and look for real meat in the ad, if I don't find it or what th... | |
| What are some of the better tuners out there? @ancient_tones Pay attention to the discrimination and selectivity circuits of the tuner, the old tube units don't have the good specs the newer SS units have. Regardless of how good the Sound Quality output is, if it can't handle bleeding in fr... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? "This forum…..first answer: absolutely no problem. Second answer: oh my god no. Third answer: perhaps yes perhaps no. Unbelievable." I think it depends on the education of the poster. When I got out of college I had a EE degree in analog ... | |
| Tube and Solid state Should not be a problem. Use a RCA female to RCA Y male splitter. I do this a lot since I have multiple subwoofers. Most preamps should handle the load, since amps have high input impedances and preamps can usually drive that without a proble... | |
| Pro-Ject Ultra 500 power supply Check the Pro-Ject website and if you don't see it there, call them. | |
| Stereo potentiometer tone controller It appears to be okay. The volume control appears it will work but I can't determine if the bass and treble will work. What is the reason to use this particular volume control? Given what I see here, a standard audio taper stereo potentiometer ... | |
| DIY cables question Back during the wild CB craze in which everyone who had a CB radio had to pump their power up to grossly illegal levels. I was just starting my quest for high end audio back then. My neighbor across the street was one of the those 1KW+ homebrew... | |
| How important is it to have identical speaker cable length? To the speaker, no, a small difference is not a big deal. But holmz is right, the additional pFd and uH could make a difference to your amplifier. Remember, the output is also the input due to the feedback network. As long as your cables are lo... | |
| Stereo potentiometer tone controller I need a bit more information to determine this. Do you have a datasheet for the CD device? This device is not in DigiKey or Newark, is it an obsolete part? | |
| What are some of the better tuners out there? A Sansui TU-777 is my favorite. I have had a few tuners over the years but this one seems to be the best of the lot. | |
| Paradigm Studio sub 15 vs Paradigm signature sub 25 I haven't heard that sub but I do own several sets of Paradigm speakers and they sound very, very good. Their performance is way beyond their retail price, so if you can spring for the bucks, I'd just buy a 25 and determine for yourself. Odds ... | |
| Does anyone else think that the Samsung plays music much better than the Apple? You know, with respect to sound quality, you might be expecting too much from your phone. Keep in mind, the "Market" for music via cell are teens, who predominately listen to mpeg music. I don't like Apple because of their business practices co... |