swampwalker
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| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please If you are looking for a linestage only, I would urge you to consider the VAC Signature or Renaissance. | |
| Starter Dac for Headphones... Freb03- email me msklein52atcomcastdotnet. | |
| Where to invest I've never heard your amp but I would GUESS that upgrades there would be more bang for buck than the speaker upgrades. I had the speakers upgraded to lead-free MME and they are worthwhile but they are evolutionary, not revolutionary. What would yo... | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? Others w more technical knowledge than me will have more/better answers, but I think that one way to "know" (besides listening) is to look at the impedance characteristics of the speaker. Higher overall impedance and a relatively constant impedanc... | |
| How to isolate a gound loop Looks like your phono pre has either an internal SUT or active gain stage w sufficient gain to allow you to use it w/o an SUT. Total line stage and phono stage gain can be adjusted up to 97 db which means that there is no need to use an external S... | |
| BAT vk-p3 phono install Sorry, Last- Apparently I did not make a copy of the instructions when I sold the board. | |
| interconnnect for tri-planer arm? I would strongly recommend that if you make any changes, you have it done w a single run from the cart clips, all the way to the RCA or XLR ends that plug into your phono stage. | |
| Do I need an SUT w/ an EAR 868? It depends on the output of your cart and the total gain of your system. KAB has a gain calculator on their web site. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I can tell you that when I heard the Classic Audio Repro speakers at RMAF in a VERY big room, they could play rock at realistic levels (not earbleed, but real kick-a$$). And remember, the room size we are talking about is almost 21,000 cu ft., mor... | |
| How to isolate a gound loop Can you borrow a different SUT? Or since ground loops are not gain-dependent, try running the 'table output directly to the phono input. I wonder, tho, if a very low level ground loop involving the table or its cabling might not be audible unless ... | |
| BAT vk-p3 phono install My experience w the VK-3P phono board was the same as MofiMadness on all points. I'll check and see if I still have the paperwork that came w it, but its possible that I shipped it w the unit when I sold it. | |
| Best CONCERTS of 2012? Joss Stone w opening set by Vintage Trouble at Schubert Theater in New Haven, CT- She can set the house on fire!!!Alison Krauss & Union Station at Oakdale (OK, it's now named after a car company or something, who cares?) Theater in Wallingford... | |
| Slow speaker cables? B- He seems like a genius to most of us. | |
| Is Nagra BPS The Best Small Phono Pre? You may want to check out the ZYX Artisan. It can hold its own w some very good phono stages. Head to head it easily beat out a Rhea and was very close to the internal phono in a VAC Ren. It was bettered by the Doshi Alaap, but not by that much. I... | |
| no volume control OK, now I get it. so my recommendation would be USB out to DAC. DAC output to passive pre. since it does not appear that you need a source selector, I would recommend the Lightspeed Attenuator which you can buy from member Georgelofi. do a search ... |