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| Best affordable Surge protector home stereo and my TV? A number of members here use the BrickWall PW8R15AUD ($279) and have reported excellent results in terms of sonics. And the writeups and specs for it you'll see at their site on that and other pages (such as this one) seem technically sound and a... | |
| Which 300b amplifier for Devore O/96 Atmasphere 5-15-2019 The O/96 is a great speaker; 2dB less efficient than my Classic Audio Loudspeakers.Ralph, if I recall correctly your speakers are 98 db/1 watt/1 meter, and the O/96 is indeed spec’d 2 db less than that, at 96 db. However John ... | |
| High definition vs. tonal balance RV, I agree with you and some of the others who consider tonality and timbre to be the most important of the various sonic traits that can be attributed to a system. And I agree that those are the keys to making "a violin sound like a violin, an o... | |
| Icon Audio or PrimaLuna? Thanks for the very nice words, Nick.When I respond to a question I try to focus as much as possible on the specifics of the questioner’s situation, and sometimes that necessitates getting into considerable detail. In the process, I sometimes lea... | |
| Is there an affordable long run XLR preamp to amp cable out there? My point was that the talk about pin 2 vs pin 3 in terms of signal polarity is irrelevant when it comes to balanced cables. Since they are wired 2 to 2 and 3 to 3, they will work with either pin 2 "hot" or pin 3 "hot", and there are no special c... | |
| Is there an affordable long run XLR preamp to amp cable out there? To add to Ralph's (Atmasphere's) comment, although the following paper is oriented toward pro audio equipment, I've quoted an excerpt that seems relevant: https://www.rane.com/note110.html Since standard XLR cables come with their shields tied t... | |
| Icon Audio or PrimaLuna? P.S: Here are examples of what I was referring to, about the output impedances of some PrimaLuna amps:From Stereophile’s review of the DiaLogue Premium power amp: The output impedance varied widely, from an extraordinarily high 15 ohms with EL34s ... | |
| Icon Audio or PrimaLuna? The answer could very well depend on which specific model you were to choose, especially among the PrimaLunas.I see in another thread that you are using Klipsch Cornwall III speakers, and you are presently driving them with a solid state McIntosh ... | |
| DACs with High Voltage Output First, when you said… Even though the manual states 1.5 v gets maximum output, increasing the voltage input from there continues to increase the volume, all the way to 10 v rms… …Is that with the volume control on the amp at max, or with it turne... | |
| DACs with High Voltage Output What is the specific model name of the Burson DAC? And can you provide a link to a description and/or manual for it?Regards,-- Al | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp Soundermn 5-10-2019His dealer brought over a Primaluna HP Integrated to listen with his [AR9] speakers. It was not a good match. I don’t know the technical reason - it was definitely plenty of output power. But the bass was kind of flabby and weak... | |
| Kimber 12tc incompatibility with ayre my-r twenty Cardas recommended clear reflection internal biwired configuration 30 ft as an ideal capacitance load for the amp and tonal balance match for the blade 2 speaker.... looking for more advice Electrical parameters aren’t specified for Clear Reflec... | |
| Help me understand how to optimize bass on the Zu Definition Mk IV @temicxoch As a SET amp the 300SE is neither balanced nor bridged, so you're fine in that respect.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| Help me understand how to optimize bass on the Zu Definition Mk IV By any chance is your amplifier either bridged or "fully balanced"? From one of the writeups provided for the Def IV at the Zu site: Definition Mk.IV is designed around conventional or parallel mode amps, bridged amplifiers are not recommended (bl... | |
| Kimber 12tc incompatibility with ayre my-r twenty I would definitely recommend NOT choosing Cardas Cygnus. While electrical parameters don't appear to be provided for it at the Cardas website, its design is stated to be "based on our flagship Clear & Clear Beyond conductors." Those cables... |