Recent content by kleinbje

I preferred the Chord for my 52. No Morgana for the 500, but the Chord's were a huge step up. I have music all around except Morgana Snaic from SC to 52. Both excellent, but 500 level, look used and go piece meal. Probably 500's first then 552 and source. You are in for huge improvements, BUT...

I've used Witch Hat and Chord Music/Burndies. Expensive but zero regrets. Didn't like SL and got used Musics for same price as my second hand SL's speaker and xlr>din*2.

My TT3 and Azule didn't match, hang ups, skips. Need a LOMC cart, recommendations for the TT3 thanks

Any thoughts as to why this guy is so interested in having the input and output impedances seeing the same load? I innately agree that two resistors in series should be avoided, not sure why he thinks the impedances seen is most important. I have a bigger gradient at 75k and 200r...

Can someone tell me what happened, I need to ketchup?

from the Gold note website Using resistor voltage dividers and other methods of signal attenuation (such as transformers, solid-state volume controls, or using active amplifiers/preamplifiers) generally change the original signal sound a bit. Sometimes, the original signal can take on the sound...

I've spent way more on a dram, not that I condone conspicuous consumption, but its worth the 40$ to me to have the "best".

Thanks for weighing in. I cancelled those resistors. I kept thinking there must be a better way to do it internally. I also did not want to modify my Preamp if possible. I remembered my straight through cards for the phono section to be used as a bnc input. Several other inputs can accept these...

So I'm talking to one of the techs at Parts Connection. He is leading me towards 100k both shunt and series. He told me matching the input impedance to the shunt resistor and the series at 100k would give 9.5 db in attenuation. Not doubting the recommended values, just want to understand the 2...

Thanks for the explanations, appreciate your time. I'll definitely check out that book, if you know of a particularly good tutorial do let me know. My system has a lot of gain and the pot on the preamp goes from 6:30 to 5:00 roughly. I was listening comfortably at 7-8 max with the Ruby H. Sound...

I really appreciate your last paragraph. As for the former. Chris West who has been servicing my Naim equipment for the last 12 years or so, very clearly told me that the pot in my 52 had channel imbalance issues below 7-8 o'clock and around 9-10 exhibited the most accurate channel balance. Yes...

you would be wrong. Where in this post is there anything other than genuine interest and gratefulness? YOU are the one on this thread with nothing productive to say and plenty of insults. I did not realize better understanding L-pads was akin to wearing babies faces. Ok buddy thanks for your...

Are you saying different connectors and resistors don't sound different? Its my money and for an extra 50$ I actually think parts with tighter tolerances and plugs with more copper in their brass and 100% copper or silver conductors sound better. If you know the physics of what I am doing I...

Thanks very helpful.

Thanks so much for replying. Could you explain the impact of the input and output impedance on sound reproduction and why we would not just use the 100k input impedance in our calculations? Given the way current is flowing. I assume there are more than one combination of series and shunt...