atmasphere
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| A question of bass... Several actually. If you want to keep the mids and highs of the Primaluna, and still get respectable bass, you have to have a set of speakers that are designed to allow the amplifier to do just that.For more information on matching equipment seehttp://www.atma-sphe... | |
| XLR interconnects? Dave_b, I agree with you 100%. My point is simply that if you want to take advantage of what balanced line operation has to offer, you have to adhere to the balanced line standard to get it.Not doing so is very similar to running a high performanc... | |
| XLR interconnects? Lacee, this is a good portion of the reason that we saw several of those letters to Stereophile in the mid-90s from 'audio engineers', wherein the engineer was convinced that the high end audio market was composed of charlatans. In the letters, th... | |
| XLR interconnects? Hi Lacee, do I understand right that in your post above, the cable shootout was going on between the source and the preamp?The preamp is designed to support the balanced standard, but its inputs are high impedance to make it easier to drive. The r... | |
| 6N8 tubes The Russian 'N' looks like an 'H' and so the Russian 6SN7s are often marked '6H8' when the actual number is really '6N8'. You may run across Chinese 6SN7s that have the 6N8 number on them.If this seems confusing its OK- it is :)So if this is what ... | |
| XLR interconnects? Lacee, I agree. I suspect that your CD player does not support the balanced line standard, and so the cables are making a difference where they should not have. RCA cables have a connection standard, but no termination standard. Balanced line has ... | |
| XLR interconnects? I've run a lot of cables as a manufacturer. Not only that but we made the first balanced line product for high end audio- the MP-1 preamplifier. Over the years one of the more obvious deals for an interconnect between the preamp and the amp has be... | |
| Daisy chaining XLR cables As long as the source supports the balanced line standard you will have no worries. If it does not, then you will hear the connectors. | |
| Attention Minneapolis Audiophiles Hi jd, I know at least one guy in Deephaven, but I don't think he's on audiogon. I wonder if a meetup for the local 'goners is worthwhile? Have you been over to other's places to hear their systems? | |
| Attention Minneapolis Audiophiles I had no idea there were so many goners in the area. You certainly don't see them at the audio society meetings.Shadorne- you're in White Bear? | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? The 'big players' prefer to sell convenience. IMO, their equipment sounds like it is built for that too :)So there is plenty of room in the market for smaller companies that base their marketing and products on higher performance features like Cla... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system If the preamp is dropping the ball with the signal, loosing detail and bandwidth, that sort of thing, there is no way the power amplifier will be able to restore it downstream. As a consequence the preamp is the heart of the system- everything ema... | |
| Please disclose your commercial affiliation With regard to the conflict of interest: in my own case, I simply respond to questions that I actually know the answer to. I try to avoid directly recommending our gear, though I am often tempted. It just seems to me that if you go for that bait t... | |
| Please disclose your commercial affiliation I always figured my moniker said it all. That's why I chose it. | |
| stillpoints question The way it works is, if you have to isolate from the platform you are on, use squishy stuff. If you have to couple to the platform you are on (it is acoustically dead), use hard points like the Stillpoints.A 1" thick hardwood platform is not likel... |