holmz
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| To preamp or not to preamp. That is the question. Thanks for that soix. I'll keep my eye out for something like that. Being in Canada I'd like to try to source something up here to avoid high shipping, duty, taxes etc @alvinnir2 I think Bryson are made in the Great White North. | |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE MUST READ What else would one listen to at a square dance? 😎 | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable One thing to keep in mind is that RCA inputs prefer to see an unbalanced consumer -10 dB level. Most balanced XLR levels are at bare minimum +4 dB output. Without stepping down that level, it’s possible you could overload the RCA input, not to me... | |
| Odd subwoofer question. Has anyone else tried a Vandersteen 2W? They are around the OPs budget used, however it is uncertain whether the OP’s woofers are in polarity there, or whether they are inverted… in a 3 way the woofer and tweeter are often OK and the MR is invert... | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable OK that assumes good solder equipment and skills no? It is not very hard, but the custom cable (option 3) is easier. A good iron, solder, some desolder wicking, flux, and a vice is maybe $100. What lengths do they need to be? And how much d... | |
| DAC’s $7k is a fair chunk of change. I cannot hear much of a difference between the iPad coming out of an apple dongle and the same iPad feeding Spotify into an RME DAC… so I would be more tempted to shift the 5-6k extra into something else where it mi... | |
| So I was changing a lightbulb last night… Pretty interesting. I am assuming it is the electrical field. Is the tone arm grounded to anything? Do you know if the lights and the gear are on the same side of the 110v that makes up a 220v pair? | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable 4. make a custom cable. On a StarQuad I wired it as: XLR RCA Pin1 - Cable shield (And ran the shield out before the RCAs and tied it to the phono stage chassis ground. Pin2 - RCA Center Pin3 - RCA barrel It would be interested in to know how... | |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE MUST READ @kenjit earlier you were talking about: There are many sources of ringing within the speaker. The cabinet can ring, the driver can ring, the crossover parts can ring. We need to stop all ringing wherever it occurs. It needs to be able to reprodu... | |
| Low buzzing through speaks I don’t know if there a more irritating noise than hum unless it is static. I can even live with a little hiss. This is too common of a problem in audio. The cure or reduction of it can be anything from changing a cable or two, to rewiring the ho... | |
| Experienced only: What have you done with room correction? I’ve heard TacT (now Lyngdorf) completely transform a couple big $$$ systems to the point where you wouldn’t wanna listen to the system without their RC. Avoid it at your own risk. The ONLY reason I didn’t incorporate it into my system until no... | |
| Low buzzing through speaks Again it is faint and you have to put your ear up to the speaks to hear but it is definitely there. Maybe just try and ignore it, and keep the ear away from the speaker? Or downgrade back to the old amp? | |
| sub connection via high level output -> sound quality Looks like the same scheme that the Vandersteen 2W uses. Maybe a used one of those would work, and it comes with a crossover box to roll off (high pass) between the preamp and amp… so it only works with an integrated if there is a tape loop back ... | |
| What should I upgrade first on my budget system? @coryb are there aspects of the system that you do not like? Or things that you feel it should better? (that is where I would start.) Usually a highpass filter to your amp/speakers… and adding a sub to fill in the bottom would often free up t... | |
| Odd subwoofer question. Using the sub output, then a sealed box will have a lower group delay than a ported box, so it should be ‘tighter’… |