atmasphere
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| Class D Amplifier(s) for SWARM Subwoofer System @peter_s I'm puzzled why the sub output is so low. My main speakers are 98dB and the Daytons with the Swarms have no troubles keeping up. With the limited power you have with the VAC and the 87dB of your speakers, this should be a walk in the park... | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? More great minds! My amps are singing beautifully. The DEQX Pre 8 should be arriving shortly. I'm going to cross to a Bricasti Design M25. Roger West recommends 5000 Hz. What do you think? @mijostyn Try it and see what you think. | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? If you run a cartridge "balanced" (technically, it's floating) into a differentially balanced phono preamp such as an ARC Ref Phono 2SE, you will have 6 dB more gain in balanced mode than unbalanced. @cleeds Emphasis added, and no, you don't. ... | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? You muddy the waters when you mistakenly claim they aren’t balanced. @cleeds I've not once anywhere on the web made the claim as you suggest above. I think you misunderstood something, since what I posted previously did not contradict this sta... | |
| Class D Amplifier(s) for SWARM Subwoofer System @peter_s Why not get the sub amp that Duke recommends? It works quite well (I use one in my system at home) and has the crossover built in and its far less money. | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? Sota’s mat is also the same durometer and mechanical impedance as vinyl and 1/4" thick. I do not think they sell them separately. @mijostyn SOTA used a platter pad designed by a friend of mine- he sold rights to the formula to them. They never ... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K I could not disagree more.. @mofojo Big myths die hard. So this does not surprise me- I get pushback on it all the time. But it comes down to something very simple, which is can you find a designer who can say what parameters exactly will favo... | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? What balanced gets you, mostly, with phono is a few db of gain. I say, residential, short runs: no advantage, RCA single ended is just as good as balanced xlr unless your running long spans of cable @willy-t , @elliottbnewcombjr , @rmd... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K It’s obvious that a few here have never really listened to Rock, otherwise they would not be recommending Vandersteen, Volti and other speakers that were voiced with Classical and Jazz. @stereo5 This is nonsense. Speakers are not 'voiced' usi... | |
| Grounding System Dissection @davetheoilguy I stay away from these sorts of things. But the equipment in my system all has proper grounding systems internally. I suspect that even if they didn't, a few diodes would be of no help at all. | |
| Earth (isolated) ground vs. wall outlet ground. Puritan Audio offers a product Ground Master that requires adding a seperate ground rod that connects direct to the Puritian PSM156 power conditioner. They say it is safe, any thoughts? ’Yikes!’ is a thought... | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? It does. But the one you got probably doesn't do its job. A lot of mats are intended for DJ 'scratching'. For home hifi, the pad has two jobs: damp the platter from ringing and damp the vinyl from any resonance. If the platter pad is doing its j... | |
| Good Speakers for Rock and Roll Under 15K I don't think you are going to be in a room and picturing where the lead guitar is vs the bass guitar. @willgolf This suggests to me that you've not heard every rock recording out there. I run a studio; we pay attention to where we place instr... | |
| Harman Kardon A300 @ccogopher 'upstream from the power supply' means the AC power switch and power cord, so I'm thinking you meant something else. The power supply is shared by both channels. So I think the power supply is OK. Since you have a schematic, check the... | |
| Eliminated my preamp with amazing results @arhgef There are plenty of switches that can do the job. |