westcoastaudiophile
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| Solid state preamp with a mono switch and remote I would recommend to look for an Accuphase C2420/C2450/C2300 one.. Japan’s 100V AC version of first two can be easily converted to US or Europe, not sure about newer C2300. C2420/C2450 has good sounding optional two inputs MM/MC Phono. Built-in (f... | |
| How can different CAT5/6 cables affect sound. @calvinand.. "Is error recovery instantaneous? If you read my post, I'm not talking about errors in the data. I’m talking about the timing of errors." As long as USB Phy level FIFO is deep enough to cover resending bits, who cares! | |
| Open Reel Curious @devinplombier +1 "Using a reel to reel deck to preserve rare vinyl on tape is certainly a reasonable use of the technology” yeah, expensive and inconvenient way though! My Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck captures vinyl-record's sound for long ti... | |
| Class of operation for Tube Power Amps @atmasphere my comment was related to “real” class A design, not hybrid (pseudo ab) A2/A3 with enabling output tubes grid currents! | |
| Class of operation for Tube Power Amps that’s simple! just plug amp into ac power (or current) measuring unit, and dial the volume control.. class A power consumption is not sensitive to volume, while AB will consume significantly more with volume increase. | |
| What's ideal size for a listening room? @kofibaffour +1 LOL .. at 6’ deep? "A room with these ratios is ideal:Height - 1m Width - 1.618 Length - 2.618m" | |
| Footers under new speakers @ OP "heavy shag carpet and padding over a cement slab floor" why bother? additional pads help to reduce motion to the floor, which is not possible to shake in this case | |
| How competitive are you with your system? Do you try to rank your system with others’? NO Or are you content with enjoying your rig for what it is? YES | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables "Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables” will create Frankenstein speaker cable! LOL also, higher price of cable not always related to (technical) performance thereof, mostly aesthetics. | |
| Integrated that blew you away good sounding integrated shares too much thermal and noise stress from PA (power amp) to Pre., through shared power delivery design and shared enclosure. thermal has huge impact on preamp lifetime/performance.. that’s why I prefer to “integrate” s... | |
| which turntable or how to convert to balanced phono setup? congrats audiocanada w/ pe505! phasemation explained well how to connect rca to balanced phono-amp: https://www.phasemation.com/product/cc-1200r.html https://www.phasemation.com/product/t-550.html | |
| Finally heard Accuphase "I was pretty shocked at how bad they were” OP is really bad, unethical! just move on and buy what you really like! | |
| Audio Technica AT-ART1000X "Would I be crazy to mount a Audio Technica AT-ART1000X on my new Technics SL1300G?" not really, if you like the sound’ why not! there is a good synergy btw audio-technica carts and technics spinners, they match well. | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? surely @bdp24: discrete capacitors and inductors can be represented in circuit simulator as RLC first/second/third order models, where R is ESR (equivalent series resistance), which in ideal capacitors/inductors is very low (TanD below ~0.01). h... | |
| How good is the crossover in your loudspeakers? as analog engineer, I would advise to be careful to just switch existing x-over components w/ “better” ones, because in many speaker designs x-over components parasitics are counted in speaker’s design optimization process. in my speaker design fl... |