stevecham
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| When an amp puts out 90 watts.... As Zd says, and I just confirmed, it's a tube amp. This is how tubes amps typically spec. Nothing to get worried about. And by the way, only a very few solid state designs with massive power supplies are able to double power into halved impedances... | |
| VPI Traveler vs Pro-ject Xpression III? Then if speed stability is a determining factor to PRAT, please provide data demonstrating lack of such stability in VPI's products.Yeah, I thought so.Most, if not ALL, so-called "speed instability," comes NOT from the table, but from the off-cent... | |
| VPI Traveler vs Pro-ject Xpression III? There, if you don't trust a biochemist/molecular biologist (me), then for goodness sake trust a physicist! | |
| Which USB Cable do you like using sorry, AQ Cinnamon | |
| Cart Before the Horse: Signal Path Help Please I just set up a compueter music system and my solution was to use my Macbook Pro and external Passbook HD, connected via USB, to play hi rez files via Fidelia software, output via USB to a Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 then into my preamp. Great system! | |
| I'm lost...Recommendation for an amp/receiver? Denon is a good choice and has HDMI and the Audyssey system for room set up. | |
| Is the V.P.I. Traveler made in China The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. James Branch Cabell | |
| Is the V.P.I. Traveler made in China VPI is foundational as to what is still outstanding about US ingenuity, design and manufacturing, and to suggest otherwise, is, at the least in my opinion, in poor taste and judgement. | |
| Do you think LP needs break-in to sound its best? Depends. A very few new LPs have surface noise that is the result of poor flow or fill in the stamper, or poor quality non-virgin vinyl to begin with, and nothing will help. An example of this was Peter Gabriel II on Classic where the outer lead i... | |
| Speakers for Bryson 4B sst2 I had a new 4B-ST that I bought in Montreal for about a year driving a pair of used Thiel CS7s and, though the combination worked very well, on some recordings with a lot of bass, I could get the amp to start lighting the clip LEDs at not very hig... | |
| Better sounding after 1 hour Tubes 1 hour; solid state 2 hours. | |
| Which headphones?? Senns are excellent phones; I've been using a pair of 600s for the past 15 years and they are sonically satisfying and comfortable. If you can find a good pair of used 600s or 650s you might want to consider. | |
| DIY question on a preamp problem could use help... You haven't told us what the noise is like when the preamp is simply idling without a source and the volume is at zero, so we don't know if it's the source or the preamp, or even the amp itself. | |
| Best Preamp with Phono $2300 Max? Bryston B25P is a very good preamp with MM phono stage. I owned one for several years and it got me back into vinyl. | |
| Suggestions please about turntable belt Are you sure that the platter is spinning freely and not jamming so as to cause undue friction for the belt and pulley? Perhaps lubricate the spindle/bearing with some white lithium grease? |