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| Balanced Interconnect Recommendations So your contention is that the benefit of common-mode rejection inherent to an XLR connection may provide an advantage over single-ended connections in some cases? No, that is not what I was saying. By "common mode rejection" I assume you are ref... | |
| Balanced Interconnect Recommendations If the circuit topology of your components are not fully differentially balanced from input to output then there is zero sonic benefit of using balanced ICs. While this belief is held by many audiophiles, and I believe it is true in the majority ... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? The 6B4G is a 2A3 with a different base. A minor point, but for the record it's probably worth noting that the 6B4G is a 6A3 with a different base. Both of those tubes, in turn, are electrically similar to the 2A3 except for their filament vol... | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. To add to my previous post I'll mention the several recordings of various classical pieces performed by Paul Badura-Skoda on fortepiano/hammerflügel instruments from the early 1800s, that were issued on the French Astrée label in the late 1970s ... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles "More Money For You And Me" -- The Four PrepsWell, perhaps in itself the title isn’t as amusing as some, but combined with the song’s fantastic impressions of diverse groups from the early days of rock n’ roll the result is one of the most amusing... | |
| Luxman dealers Under pressure from the states major online sellers, including eBay, Amazon, and many others, are increasingly collecting sales tax at the time of purchase, at a rate corresponding to the purchaser's home state, and remitting it to that state.Rega... | |
| Luxman dealers Jetter is correct, at least for residents of most states. In my state it is known as "use tax," which is numerically equal to the state sales tax. And there is a line-item on the state income tax return for it to be declared. If one enters zero o... | |
| Favorite Recordings Featuring Odd Selections of Musical Instruments. Many recordings of music from the Renaissance period feature instruments that are not usually encountered in modern times, and can be a lot of fun to listen to. One favorite:"Images Galantes de la Renaissance," performed by the Polyphonia Antiqua ... | |
| switching between two amplifiers; issues of power As indicated on pages 15 and 24 of the ICEpower300AS1 datasheet its + and - output terminals both have 27.25 volts of DC on them. (A number of other older ICEpower modules are like that). So **if** the physical arrangement of the connectors on the... | |
| 1625 to 6l6 tube help needed please In addition to pinout differences the 1625 requires a filament voltage of 12.6, while the other two tubes operate at 6.3 volts. So I would expect the answer to your question to be "no."Regards,-- Al | |
| XLR adaptor advice From the preamp XLR out to a pair of Krell Evo 600 mono amps To add to the good comments the others have provided, most (but not all) XLR-to-RCA adapters short pin 3 (one of the two signal pins) to pin 1 (ground). Depending on the specific design... | |
| Religious music for less than devout @bigwave , no, the recording I referred to is in stereo. It was originally released in 1981 on a digitally mastered LP.BTW, I noticed after I posted that the Wikipedia writeup on Gothic Voices states that "A Feather on the Breath of God" "remains... | |
| Religious music for less than devout I would suggest "A Feather on the Breath of God; Sequences and Hymns by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen" (born 1098; died 1179). Performed by "Gothic Voices" under the direction of Christopher Page, and featuring Emma Kirkby, soprano, among others. Eng... | |
| Quick Compatibility Question I looked at the manual for the H-1200, and the reference to 30 ohms in its specs is confusing. The manual states as follows: In the Specifications at the end of this manual, you will read that the moving coil (MC) input impedance for the H-1200 is... | |
| Integrated amplifier help I have no directly relevant experience. But if the impedance curve of your Avior is similar to that of the Avior II, as shown in the measurements section of Stereophile’s review, I would have my doubts that the Ypsilon Phaethon would be a suitable... |