johnmhuntbch
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| Is iPod Digital Output Possible? Stevewhat is the latest on our project? Have you completed a product that can bring digital out of the iPod to an external dac?Thanks | |
| How to balance tube on top, solid on the bottom? Works great with my Martin Logan SL-3's driving the woofer with a PS Audio GCC-100 & Cary SLAM-100 mono blocks driving the 'stat panels. The GCC-100 'gain cell' volume control drives both the power amp section of the GCC-100 and the Cary's via... | |
| Utah 18" Drivers with Alnico magnets I can't speak to the Utah 18" BUT if the Trusonic are Stephens FR 80 16 Ohm, they are legendary full range speakers that sell on E-Bay for $500 a pair & up, even now, 50 years after they were designed!I recently scored a pair in inappropriate ... | |
| Dedicated line What I am going to say here is based on 30+ years of experience with major manufacturers (GE, SqD) and a utility (Ga Power)in the electrical products market, from the high voltage switchgear utilized by the utility all the way down to the 15 amp c... | |
| Dedicated line #12 is good for 20 amps, plenty of amps for most audio gear. Standard house wiring is insulated fine for safety but has zero shelding for EMI or RFI, which is why the big buck power cable guys can draw such a following. If you have a very short ru... | |
| Help me Buy an LP-12 I have used the LP-12 in various versions for 25 years. The current offering is radically superior when set up by a Linn trained tech. If you go "cheap" you will end up nickle & dime-ing yourself to death for all the upgrades & wind up spe... | |
| Martin Logan SL3 You don't say what the 'noise' sounds like, so here are a couple of generic suggestions, items that have helped on my SL-3's. 1)Good aftermarket power cords. They don't have to be 'power amp' type, just better shielded than stock. I use NBS Dragon... | |
| Budget Tube Integrated amp? Look for a MINT Cary SLI-80 or SLI-50, Audio Research CA50, Conrad Johnson CAV50, or even an old McIntosh MA230. | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush I have had this problem. After lots of research I found that the tube phono stage as shipped by the factory had an input resistance that did not match my cartridge. The factory has sent me new resistors to be soldered in that will match my cartrid... | |
| PASS LABS ALEPH-3 the tube rush is usually due to incorrect impedence matching between the cartridge & the phono stage, or, if the impedence matches, the cartridge may need a step up transformer between it & the phono stage. the power amp cannot help with t... | |
| My pre-amp inverts phase--what's up?!? My preamp also has an inverted output, apparently tube preamps invert the signal normally but some mfgr's re-invert it ahead of the outputs. I asked Dennis Had at Cary why he didn't re-invert; simple, he said, why add unnecessary circuitry when it... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I recently changed from a highly rated 400 wpc @ 4 ohms solid state beast to 100 wpc (triode mode) Cary SLAM-100 monoblocks driving Martin Logan SL-3 hybrid electrostats. The sound with tubes is far superior at low, normal & loud listening lev... | |
| B&W 802 Nautilius really the best? I have owned B&W's for 20 years, & thought I wanted the 802's. To be sure, I spent months listening & comparing. I selected Martin Logan SL-3's over the higher priced offerings from B&W, ProAc and others. In my very large room, wit... | |
| Willl you spend over $5000.00 for speakers? Martin Logan SL-3's @ $2k to $2.5k used, or ML reQuest for $1k more, are way ahead of anything in the sub-$5k arena for a wide range of music. Their only shortfall is ultimate bass extention(sub 30hz), not a big issue for most music. The sound sta... |