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| Least Controversial, Reasonably Priced AC Upgrades Dedicated lines, yes yes.Surge protectors: I don't know of any that won't limit available power and thus have a negative effect on the music. Maybe someone else does. If lightning strikes on the power line are a problem (and they are at my country... | |
| Please explain gain Gain is measured in dB but it is a difference between input and output for the whole amplifier. Your Negative Voltage Feedback figure is a different animal, a measurement of the voltage in a part of the amplifier's circuitry.(Negative feedback sho... | |
| First time for this, opinions please. Thanks for the update, Muzikat. I think we'd all like to know how things turn out, if you can keep us posted. | |
| paradigm titans and which stand? Those Parts Express stands should work very well. I have my Titans on 28-inch single-pillar Atlantis stands. The Atlantis cost a bit less but judging from the picture are probably less rigid. The 28-inch height was because my couch was high. Moral... | |
| First time for this, opinions please. I can only relate the one experience I have had which seems roughly similar.I bought a CD transport from a friend in a neighbouring city. Before heading for home 500 miles away, I drove to my brother's house, closer, where I had arranged to stay t... | |
| Please explain gain I appreciate Slv's clear definition of gain. Mine is less precise. Although I tried to simplify for a first-timer, I am not highly knowledgeable technically, and to simplify well, you have to have mastered something sophisticated first.I think it ... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Ensemble Fonovivo is the best I've heard, and nobody's mentioned it yet. | |
| Please explain gain Gain is a measure of the difference in amplitude ( " volume " ) between the input and the output signal of an amplifier. Not all amps have the same gain, that is, they don't all amplify as much.When amplifying with two boxes, you want to process t... | |
| Tuff decision, need help My very humble opinion is like Marakanetz'--to me, your speaker change looks like a sidegrade. Different sound, yes. The PSBs I've heard had OK highs, though, and that makes me wonder about your source.You don't mention your source. My second humb... | |
| Ported, Sealed or Transmission Line Sean, thanks for the detailed description of your setup. It sounds absolutely fascinating.I certainly agree about TL being the best way to deal with the back wave if you are going to build a vented design--that is, for all the little I know about ... | |
| Tube Amp Suggestions I'd heard of Linkwitz (smart old me) and could even connect his name with that of Riley, except I always get them mixed up with the Fitzgerald-Lorentz contraction. Serves me right for reading sci-fi instead of hi-fi.For Lirpa I had to do a search.... | |
| Tube equipment reviews My pal has consigned his AE-3 to a local dealer for sale :-( This means I won't get to hear it with the Brimars.He did like it with NOS Raytheons, and the 60's flavour, not even the premium support rod kind. He thought 60's GE side getters sounded... | |
| Ported, Sealed or Transmission Line Infinite Baffle sounds like a cable manufacturer's technical White Paper. :o)It's also what you get when you set a speaker in a wall, or in a floor like some subwoofers of the fifties. ( Think of the low end from an 18-inch EV hung just under your... | |
| Ported, Sealed or Transmission Line Thanks for the correction, Metralla.I knew about the spider design ( and the more resilient cone surround ) but I hadn't absorbed the back wave concept. Needed more stuffing, possibly. | |
| Advice on Budget System for newbie Thanks for sharing about the op amp upgrade, Sfar. My brother has my old S100 and the mod will make a nice gift for him.I agree with you that this particular upgrade is probably the most cost-effective. Another good one for the player is a better ... |