tom_nice
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| Building dedicted listening room I agree with Niels, and would add that Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget", which covers all kinds of rooms, not just sound studios, and goes into "from the ground up" construction with some, is also excellent. | |
| Is a preamp necessary? An Accuphase DP-65 or DP-75 runs very well "straight in". I sold a CAT SL-1 III with factory-simplified signal path because it was SO much less transparent than a top quality DIY passive preamp. But the my Accuphase DP-75 "straight in" is OBVIOUSL... | |
| Argent Roomlens,s ? On how they work, the only info I've seen is on Jon Risch's web page. Email me thru Member Lookup if you need that address or if you're interested in DIY clones I can tell you how to make (in detail). I use two flanking my Quad ESL 63's and recent... | |
| phono stage or preamp suggestions I sold a CAT SL-1 III with factory simplified signal path and went to an AHT DM-P phono preamp, which I built a super high quality stepped attenuator into (making a chassis that held them both). In general, if you can do this or have it done, I'd ... | |
| Do I really need a preamp? Welborne Labs informs me that their steps are 2 db, which I think are unfortunately large. Every commercial stepped attenuator I know of uses steps that large, presumably to be able to fit in with a wide range of power amps and sources. But each s... | |
| cartridge for rega planar 3 - 800 range Did a hum, when the arm was nearing the center of the LP, bother you with the Grado Gold? Grado cartridges have this well known incompatibility with Rega turntables, for some reason. I've had it myself, and wouldn't get ANY Grado for a Rega 3, tho... | |
| Best SS Phono Stage? I have to agree on AHT, myself having the next down from the Nonsignature, called High Resolution, with the same external power supply. I have in effect built a high quality stepped attenuator into mine, and with its 66 db of gain--and it can be r... | |
| CAT Phono Stage Your problem should be curable, and I wouldn't give up on the CAT's great phono stage unless I really had to. Try calling Marty Reiss at CAT. Sorry, I no longer have his phone number, but if you have the manual, you will. He's been very friendly a... | |
| DIY Room Acoustics I should have paid more attention to your not wanting to use acoustic treatment devices. Would you be willing to use some in disguised form? E.g. a perforated panel absorber (which could help your bass) wall-mounted but covered with something that... | |
| DIY Room Acoustics First read F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget", which deals with listening rooms too and contains many DIY ideas. You need to understand things like resonant modes (and calculate them for your room), reflections, decay time,... | |
| Apt-Holman pre-amp I hate to rain on the beginning of a parade here, but when I replaced an Apt-Holman preamp by a PS Audio 4.5, I felt that I'd finally discovered the world of high end audio--the 4.5 was SO much better! I admired the logic and clarity of the A-H ma... | |
| New CAT owner with a few questions???? I'm a former CAT SL-1 III owner, and assume the cartridge loading is the same for the Ultimate. You'll need to learn from your Cartridge manufacturer (or someone else who knows) what loading your cartridge calls for, then simply plug in the pair o... | |
| Chase RLC-1 Remote Line Control Preamp. As regards the hardware (RCA's in particular), it certainly isn't audiophile quality. But just by being passive it is remarkably transparent. I found this out when I used it to replace an ARC SP-15 that was being repaired. There are better passive... | |
| Room or Speaker what s more important? Jkphoto is brief and very much to the point, IMHO. But "the room" is ambiguous: does it include acoustic treatment or not? If the room "measures up" half-decently, in that its main resonant modes (its three main dimensions) aren't too close togeth... | |
| where to use your best ic s. Before reading these posts, I'd always heard that the IC to the power amp was the most important. Of course if lengths are the same, or can be made the same (even temporarily), you can try it both ways, TO preamp or FROM preamp with the best. But ... |