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| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. Can anyone tell me how this “automatic load impedance” works? Does the phono have a sensing circuit checking the internal impedance of the cartridge? Thanks! | |
| Why so few balanced phono inputs? Hi Ralph, I always have this question in mind and you are probably one of the best persons to answer. I noticed that some supposedly full balanced phonos, even when offering both XLR and RCA input jacks, actually have single-ended circuit for the ... | |
| Rewiring 220v to 120v If it is an AC synchronizes motor, you also need to worry about the Hz. Most 220V regions use 50Hz, while 110V regions use 60Hz. If it is a belt drive TT, you may need to change the motor pulley as well! | |
| A little set up help,please Just a thought, are you using the same arm wand for both cartridges? If you are using different arm wands, then one of them may be having wiring / contact problems. | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Hi Lewm,Yes, the shootout was meant to get a feel on the basic characters of the units rather than serious comparison, which you really cant do in a short time. If I understand correctly, you can order the complete phono from Thomas Mayer, with t... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Hi Lewm,Nearly a year back, we did a phono shootout, including a Thomas Mayer LCR phono, please see some of the write up in the following thread (mainly in the 2nd and 3rd page from the most recent)http://www.1pekingroad.com/zaspx/replies.aspx?Pag... | |
| Looking for Tube Pre-Amp Recommendations Just to share my experience, I also have a pair of Sonic Frontiers Power 3, and I believe it performs much better matching with a balanced preamp with balanced connection. I am getting good result using the Aesthetix Callisto, which you may find a... | |
| Phono/Preamp Discussion: The Missing Link I dont think the price/cost has anything to do with full active MC gain vs mm gain + SUT, after all you can find ultra expensive and no so expensive samples of each. Just look at the Kondo MM phono + SUT, and you can see this route can get very e... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? The Balabo BC-1 MKII preamp has the most advanced Potentiometer pot and four stage Attenuator assembly on Planet Earth.I am really interested to know what is so advanced about this volume control? Thanks! | |
| Apogee Acoustics Scintilla - fair market value? The buzz is caused by the deteriorating foam between the bass driver (foil) and the frame. The foam is going to go bad sooner or later, and with the age of this speaker, even if it doesn't have the buzz now, it will have it not long into the futur... | |
| Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA? I believe there are more than one fabricator! I got mine through Audiogon from a vendor in Taiwan, it was nice and tight. My friend got one through Yahoo Japan, and it was loose. There were some minor cosmetic difference between the 2 also. | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere I am also using the IO and Callisto Eclipse, both with dual power supply, and it is a magical combination!As Albert has mentioned, adding the Callisto to the IO do improve on the dynamics considerably. Even with my previous Callisto Sig with 1 pow... | |
| spring loaded platform non-suspended turntable I put my Rockport Capella II on a pneumatic anti-vibration table, similar to that under the Sirius III, and experienced considerable improvement in term of background blackness with no negative effect that I could hear.My friend put his Technics S... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? However, the same chip was used in the SL1500, 1600, 1700 series, and some of those are so cheap that it is not a problem to buy a whole tt and cannabalize it for that part, in order to keep an SP10 in service. If you need specifics, I can try to... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Lewm, intested in you comment on the L07D vs SP10MKIII, but not to take this thred more OT, I will bring the discussion to your system thread instead. Thanks! |