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| Kimber 12tc incompatibility with ayre my-r twenty It's possible that the amp was not happy with the rather high capacitance of Kimber 12tc (494 pf/meter), especially if the cable is particularly long.Presumably the high capacitance of that cable is a consequence of its low inductance (0.09 uH/met... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp In a nutshell since your speakers are 4 ohms the efficiency is 3dB less than the stated 87dB. Hi Ralph (Atmasphere),In this particular case the 87 db spec is stated to be based on an input of 1 watt, rather than on an input of 2.83 volts. Als... | |
| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp @bestbaker, as mentioned earlier the speakers are spec’d at 87 db/1 watt/1 meter, with an impedance of 4 ohms nominal and 3.2 ohms minimum. A brochure I found at HiFiEngine.com indicates that an input of 8 watts will produce 96 db at 1 meter, whic... | |
| Power amps into surge protector/Conditioner or DIRECT to wall? Final verdict? A point some may wish to consider is that it is possible for potentially harmful voltage transients to be introduced not only from outside the house, but from inside as well. For example, the only time I’ve ever had the power supply of a desktop ... | |
| Power amps into surge protector/Conditioner or DIRECT to wall? Final verdict? I still keep everything plugged in through a surge protector which I care about. Likewise in my case. FWIW, I have my entire system protected by an Audience aR2p conditioner/surge suppressor ($695), and with my system at least it has no adver... | |
| Conrad Johnson ART amps - Watts at 8 ohms vs 4 ohms Can anyone shed some light on what these amps put out at 8 ohms? Would be appreciated. Plan on asking CJ directly as well and will certainly report back what they say, if it’s of interest to anyone. It appears in this case that the particular amp... | |
| DACs with High Voltage Output Thanks for the mention, @david_ten , and for your good catch on those specs.I agree with the comment by gs5556, and in fact I was suspicious of that 70 watt number as soon as I saw it. Class A amplifiers typically do not provide dynamic headroom a... | |
| Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ? Thanks for the mention, MrD. I agree with the mastering engineer, at least as a general rule of thumb. And especially if we define "distortion" as "deviation from accuracy," rather than more narrowly as harmonic distortion. Here are reasons that o... | |
| Balanced XLR Mogami Gold vs Canare Star quad cable sound differences? I too suspect that there won't be much if any difference. However the various versions of the Canare star quad cables have significantly higher capacitance than Mogami 2534 wire which is used in Mogami Gold Studio cables. If you will be using ... | |
| DIY speakers of solid/reclaimed wood? Daedalus Audio has been making solid wood speakers for use in the home since 2002, and for musicians and other professionals since 1992. I have owned a pair of Daedalus Ulysses speakers for 8 years, and they are as good as new physically and sonic... | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice A minor correction to something I said in the first of my posts dated 4-27-2019. When I said: Since the power amp only provides balanced inputs, it will interpret 0.567 volts provided to it in single-ended form as 0.567/2 = 0.28 volts. Usually th... | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice @uberwaltz,I'm sure there are online calculators that can be found which when either number is entered will provide the other number. But I do that calculation manually, using a hand-held scientific calculator.As you may be aware the ratio of t... | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice @yogiboy The ">10 volt" maximum output spec of the Saga means that it is capable of putting out more than 10 volts before it will clip, when its active mode is being used. (In passive mode there is presumably no practical limit to its maximum o... | |
| Increasing gain for your vinyl front end when pre-amp doesn't quite have enough juice After looking over the specs and descriptions of the equipment, it appears to me that the root cause of the problem is that the Saga does not provide any gain, even when it is used in its active mode. (Or putting it more technically, its gain is 0... | |
| Replacement Amp For Audio Research Classic 60 In my research the one that has caught my eye is the Pass XA25 but I am truly not sure how this would be with the ProAc’s. I would hate to buy this Blind. As you may be aware, Reno Hi-Fi, which is apparently the leading Pass dealership in the USA ... |