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| Have AR sp-16 preamp need one with more features 1) What do you mean, distortion when you run another room off of it? Are you trying to drive 2 amps? This could be a problem if the resultant impedance of the two amps is less than 20k or so. You need to check the values for each of these and then... | |
| Tube Pre with remote and 2 pairs of outputs Pretty much all the ARC preamps from the mid-to-late 90's have 2 sets of outputs and a remote option. The same is true for BAT products. But in the case of the Bat 3 series, there is one XLR output and one RCA. With the 5 series, there are 2 XLR o... | |
| General transport Question Sundance45: Did you actually listen to the Sony compared to each of those standalone transports and hear the Sony that far behind the others? I have what I consider a top-notch DAC and my little dismal Pioneer PD-65, with or without the Genesis Ti... | |
| all preamps gain and phase. Yes, Newbee pretty much explained it right on.For years, I had an ARC LS5 II which had a 30/12 db switch. For LP as my source, the full 30db gain in the line stage was needed with lower output cartridges as my phono stage at the time only had 48db... | |
| tube preamp for Linn/ARC system??? If you like the sound of the older ARC SP series, and you have MC cartridges of less than 1mv output, the SP-6 will not work at all unless you also have an MC step-up device. The SP-8 is an incredible performance step up from the SP-6 but it too d... | |
| System Components are Warm but Synergy is Bright? Hello,I try not to put too much credit to cables for dramatic changes, but Straightwire has a reputation for being bright. I had the SW Virtuoso XLR cable years ago and I was amazed at the improvements, i.e., HUGE loss of fatigue, when I switched ... | |
| balance and single ended what I heard Metralla's first sentence says it all. What cables were you using? Were they the same model? What gear was being used? Even though a product has XLR connections, it may not at all use a balanced circuit topology. For cases where a single-ended sig... | |
| 1970's Audio Research Equipment, worth having? If you want older ARC gear, I feel the peak of ARC was from 82-85 or so with the SP-8, SP-10, D70, D115, D250 models. Once they headed into the hybrid line, their sound became way too analytical for me. If you want a sound that is a refinement to ... | |
| Cables-how can you be sure of authenticity? I suspect that if one can copy the product, they can just as easily copy the packaging. And therefore, "Certificates of Authenticity", purple silk bags, beautifully painted wood crates, etc., don't guarantee much either.My experience with cables p... | |
| What's The Best Blooming Tube Amp? The ARC VT130 is one heck of a bloomer .... especially with KT88s. This is an absolute incredible performer at the often seen A'gon price of $1700. Even today I wish I had kept mine. | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 Opinions Bombaywalla,Hopefully you will get a chance to hear some of the products, that you did not like in your friend's system, in the context of another system.....perhaps your own. Claiming that because you heard one power amp from a company, you know ... | |
| Tube pre-amps: what defines "better" Gs5556: I would agree very much with the importance of power supply design in tube preamps. But unfortunately high cost does not always imply a beefy power supply. Take the covers off the ARC LS25 and the BAT31SE, very comparatively priced product... | |
| Pass X 250 supersymmetry:can i do vertical biamp? What do you mean by "allow"? Pass has a very impressive active crossover, the XVR1 I think is the model number. I do not know what would stop anyone from using an X250 amplifiers for each speaker. Just send the hi/low signals of a channel to the t... | |
| Why do intelligent people deny audio differences? Highly educated neither infers common sense nor open-mindedness. | |
| Dartzeel or Audio Research VTM200??? Wow Mes, that's a lot of amp changes with some very top models. Out of curiousity, did you ever try the CATs? |