zaikesman
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| Preamps for dummies that would be me First, I have to disagree with Marakanetz about the output/input impedance ratios - a preamp output impedance to power amp input impedance ratio of 1:20 or higher will be sufficient. (For instance, if your preamp has a rather high output impedance... | |
| Preamp Output Impedance for my Amp "Low" input impedance for a power amp is more like below 10K ohms down to the 600 ohm pro standard. Agree with Paul, you shouldn't worry about this. | |
| Men & Women & Bass ...Don't even want to know what made your ex-wife scream like that once a week... | |
| grainy sounding high end system FWIW, several years ago when I substituted a C-J PV-8 for an 80's-vintage NAD component preamp, the sound improved in all ways. But I would expect there are likely many newer choices today which could handily exceed the Premier 7's fidelity in abs... | |
| Review: Plinius 8200 Amplifier JM is "what's-his-name" with the "beautifully rendered" cymbal work on Brubeck! Yeah, I would really consider .5mv to be closer to a low-output MC, and the gain on your BC sounds more appropriate for this. There's also bound to be some difference,... | |
| Review: Plinius 8200 Amplifier Cpdunn99, I made sure to click on this review when I saw your name next to it, and you do not disappoint! Nice article and effort. So, did you conclude that the week of leaving the unit turned on was a crucial factor? I have read in TAS that this ... | |
| Review: Meadowlark Audio Swift Speaker I auditioned these at a dealer's powered by a smallish SS integrated (possibly a Rega, but not sure I remember), and was generally favorably impressed. The sound was smooth, spacious, and dimensional, if not the most extended, neutral, dynamic, or... | |
| Audiolab 8000T faceplate bulbs All the bulbs in my 8000T are still working fine, but I can see another problem looming on the horizon the day one eventually burns out: I can't for the life of me figure out how to open up the case on the this piece without feeling like I'm about... | |
| SS Pre-amp -Tubed Amp. Does it make sense? Of course it can be done - I am running this type of set-up right now - what makes you question it's feasability? Although the reverse set-up seems to be more common, you're actually more likely to run into a less-than-optimal impedance match runn... | |
| Willing to be proved wrong. Dekay, you're definitely a man after my own heart! | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Anthony/Chichiuno: If I might presume to take a rather large liberty here and respond for Ernie, who is probably unable to do so himself at this time, while your heart is in the right place and you are *very* generous, Ernie already has himself a ... | |
| Men & Women & Bass No Judit, I wouldn't do that...uh, you aren't one, are you? ;^)(BTW, I don't really think you're wrong about the male/power thing, and not just about bass or volume or competitiveness or absolutist/perfectionist secret knowledge and supposed super... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Onhwy61, the manufacturer's customer is the consumer. The distributor's customer is the consumer. The dealer's customer is the consumer. Audiophiles are the consumers - if the consumers stop buying the product from the dealers, then the distributo... | |
| Willing to be proved wrong. Elmuncy, noise reduction processing is generally only used for transcription purposes of material old enough not feature a full frequency range, and rare enough and in bad enough shape for the inevitable trade-offs not to outweigh the benefits. (A... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Y'know, I do feel compelled to add that if Mr. Warshaw or the folks at EC ever consent to view this thread, they shouldn't just stop there, they should also read the archived one entitled "Companies who have gone above and beyond", where I don't r... |