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| Building an AUDIOPHILE friendly PC from scratch so what is a must to consider in 2020? To add to the previous comments, a general rule of thumb is that larger fans tend to be more quiet than smaller fans, since smaller fans have to turn faster to move a given amount of air. I would avoid 80 mm fans, and generally speaking 140 mm fan... | |
| best phono stage under 10k What might help with respect to the radio signal problem would be purchasing a pair of inexpensive ferrite clamps, that would be placed on the phono cables near their connection to the phono stage. Many such things are listed here: https://www.mou... | |
| Does the length of cables really matter? Regarding the length of AES/EBU or coaxial S/PDIF digital cables see the excellent post by Kijanki near the beginning of this recent thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/using-a-short-coax-cable Regarding speaker cables and line-level an... | |
| My tube amp causes isolation transformer to buzz There is a gage on the front that as you increase the voltage goes up. It is labeled in “volts” and has a green “safe” zone (approx 105-120v).Is this what you mean? Yes. I don’t know what the accuracy of that particular gauge/meter is, of course,... | |
| My tube amp causes isolation transformer to buzz The full specs on the power consumption of the Classic 60 are:105-125VAC 60Hz (210-250VAC 50Hz) 500W at rated output, 700W maximum, 370W at idle. I suspect that the 700 watt number doesn't reflect normal usage, but rather is approximately based... | |
| Classe DR-3 impressions & reviews & impressions in bridged mode Do you know if that amp was ever review by the The Absolute Sound? I looked at the 1992/1993 TAS "Guide to High End Audio Components," which provides an index of all of the reviews in issues 1 to 81, and the DR-3 was not listed. Reviews were l... | |
| Classe DR-3 impressions & reviews & impressions in bridged mode I have the issue, but since it is copyrighted I would not feel comfortable copying and disseminating the review aside from brief excerpts which fall under the doctrine of "fair use." The review is very favorable, of course, noting the amp's abili... | |
| Classe DR-3 impressions & reviews & impressions in bridged mode The DR-3 was reviewed at length by Laurence Greenhill in Stereophile Volume 8 No. 8.Regards,-- Al | |
| Considering replacing my Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum with separates. A point to be aware of is that the unbalanced input impedance of the XA30.5 is on the low side (20K per Stereophile’s measurements), and the largest of the three options offered for the output coupling capacitors of the latest Don Sachs custom lin... | |
| Wavac MD811 + Headphone ... do you have any amp suggestion for these headphones I have no directly relevant experience, but based on some of the comments in Stereophile’s review of the LCD-4 as well as on its description and my knowledge of the Pass brand I would consid... | |
| Wavac MD811 + Headphone Hi Niko,I don’t think that would be a good idea, for different reasons in the case of the two headphones.Assuming the amp is set up with a 16 ohm output tap I suspect the 25 ohm impedance of the Denon headphones would be reasonably suitable, in it... | |
| Emotiva Xpa 2 as a mono block. To add to Auxinput’s comment, in stereo mode your amp is capable of supplying about 400 watts into 6 ohms, while the recommended range of amplifier power for the Wharfedale Diamond 250 speaker is 25 to 200 watts. So the speaker almost certainly wo... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs From the measurements section of Stereophile’s review of the BAT VK-51SE: The balanced output impedance was twice that specified, at 410 ohms over most of the audioband. This is low, though it did rise to a high 4.7k ohms at 20Hz, due to the size ... | |
| Any reason to go with anything other than Sanders Magtech for Martin Logan Summit X One reason to not go with one of the Sanders amps in some circumstances is that while their unbalanced input impedance is 100K, which would be fine with virtually any preamp, their balanced input impedance is only 1K. Many preamps, including most... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs My understanding is that turning off one of the amps stops the preamp from using that signal path. However it does not stop the preamp from being loaded by the combined input impedance of both amps, given that almost all preamps providing dual ou... |