zaikesman
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| Cartridge Loading and Gain Your cart has a low enough output that it cannot be expected to work its best with a modestly priced phono stage and no step-up transformer. I think SD is right - if want to keep the cart, you should look into improving your phono preamplification... | |
| low cost integrated amp for newbie Although I don't have a specific recommendation (no recent experience with the catagory), I completely agree with your plan of action: You need an integrated right now - you already have a better tuner on hand, and your speakers can wait 'til the ... | |
| How to test a cartridge? Edle, though I think Consttraveler's cartridge test might cast some doubt on the cart being the problem, his swapping-out the preamp and phono preamp eliminates the preamps from being the problem. Consttraveler, since you say you swapped out all t... | |
| Best way connect. transp to DAC.Via BNC or AES/ebu I can't speak from experience, but BNC is considered a more optimal connector for use with the 75-ohm S/PDIF transmission format than the commonplace RCA's. In my rig, AES/EBU balanced 110-ohm connection is clearly superior to the latter, FWIW. Wi... | |
| Which speakers do you like in the $5K price range? I would suggest resisting generalizing about metal-dome tweeters when you audition and listen with an open mind, regardless of what sources you run - speaker choice should have more to do with your room and the kinds of music you listen to, and th... | |
| Differences between B&W Matrix 802 and801 When I was working in a shop that sold both models, I actually preferred the balance of the 802. The 801 will better it, though, for sheer bass weight and slam (but will require a brawnier amp). All in all, taking the size, weight, appearance, and... | |
| Song intros that really grab you? ? A couple of well-known song intros that I'll probably always listen to when they come on the radio, even if I often switch away from the songs themselves 'cause you hear 'em so much: "Honky Tonk Women", "Sweet Emotion". | |
| Best used dac under $2000 Pmavridis - Thanks, I'll assume you must be refering to my first post. I think things are worse in this regard now than when I made it. All the bellicose rhetoric makes me wonder:If France (or any other ally) wanted to go attack a third country fo... | |
| Understanding cartridges ? Hmm...Clueless weighed in earlier with a nice post that excerpted some authoritative-sounding info relating to the system resonance formed by the compliance/mass equation, replete with his customary link I believe, but I see he must've pulled it -... | |
| Review: Audio Logic 2400 DA converter Thanks for a nice article. I always find the use of passive transformer gain to be an interesting topic to consider, though I've never used passive gain in my system. Anyway, I have been making some changes lately to eliminate tube colorations and... | |
| Any experience with Dynavector carts??? Regarding the gain, the ARC Ref. phono has a built-in step-up transformer for use with low-output MC's, as I recall. BTW, how do you find your LO Grade Ref. to sound? | |
| Anybody heard the new Thiel 2.4? They weren't supposed to arrive in dealers' showrooms until right about now... | |
| Understanding cartridges ? Compliance is a term used to describe the suspension of the cantilever in a cartridge, specifically, how easy (high) or hard (low) it is to deflect, relatively speaking. Basically the same concept as how softly or stiffly a car suspension is sprun... | |
| Maggie 12 vs MMG I don't know about the 12's specifically, but I do know that MMG's are greatly improved upon by the more expensive models - and you get even more of that inimitably wonderful 'Maggie sound'. | |
| Bookshelf or floorstander? Warren, if I'm not mistaken, Eeerie1 acknowledges the need for stands in his question. Regardless, to try to 'answer' (ha!) the darn thing, I'm going to waffle - I think in some situations, it can be easier to integrate a sub when the speakers are... |