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Re: Tinkering with the office rig.....
Not leaving well enough alone I had to go back down the tube rabbit hole. I have been keeping an eye on various Schiit gear. The idea was to try and keep things simple by using a pre/dac. A compromise, but this is a secondary rig. I don't ask as much from it and I love finding inexpensive gear that gets the toes tapping and allows one to "see into" the music.
I decided on trying this.
With the AK4490 Delta Sigma dac.
It uses one 6SN7. The one (actually 2) tube I don't currently have or use in anything. Going down the rabbit hole. So far the few I have purchased, they seem to mirror my 6SL7 experiences. I have 6 - 6SN7's so far. They all sound different, for sure.
I also have to shout again - CABLES MATTER!! I had to switch back to my Signal cable I/C and Canare 4S11 speaker cables. The MIT Terminator 2 I/C and MIT AVt 3 speaker cables don't play nice with the Pass Amp Camp Amp. Very bright, too bright, IMO.
So far I am blown away with the Lyr3 and the Pass ACA. 8 wpc of pure bliss.
I need to get on building my pair. If one sounds this good, I can only imagine what a parallel mono pair sounds like.
This is so much fun now that I have a larger room to mess around with stuff.
H9
I decided on trying this.
With the AK4490 Delta Sigma dac.
It uses one 6SN7. The one (actually 2) tube I don't currently have or use in anything. Going down the rabbit hole. So far the few I have purchased, they seem to mirror my 6SL7 experiences. I have 6 - 6SN7's so far. They all sound different, for sure.
I also have to shout again - CABLES MATTER!! I had to switch back to my Signal cable I/C and Canare 4S11 speaker cables. The MIT Terminator 2 I/C and MIT AVt 3 speaker cables don't play nice with the Pass Amp Camp Amp. Very bright, too bright, IMO.
So far I am blown away with the Lyr3 and the Pass ACA. 8 wpc of pure bliss.
I need to get on building my pair. If one sounds this good, I can only imagine what a parallel mono pair sounds like.
This is so much fun now that I have a larger room to mess around with stuff.
H9
heiney9
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Re: SDA 1A What to do now?
For practical purposes, your receiver does not "have" ohms. It is rated to DRIVE (power) a range of loads measured in ohms.twnandcntry wrote: »How do I tell how many ohm my receiver is.
The most-common FTC spec is "maximum continuous Watts into an 8-ohm load at a given THD"; sometimes there's a spec for max Watts continuous into a 4-ohm load, usually at a somewhat higher THD. Because the nature of receivers is to be cost-cut, and lower-ohm loads require more copper, more iron, and more capacitance in the power supply than 8-plus ohm loads, low-ohm loads (under 6 ohms, more-or-less) are--generally speaking--outside the comfort zone of most receivers. Either the watts goes down, or the distortion goes up, or in extreme cases, the smoke comes out.
Capacitance and inductance of the load matters, also...but there's no standardized spec for those, and it's not like the speaker manufacturer is likely to tell you that anyway.
If your receiver does not have an FTC spec for 4-ohm loads (which is likely but not guaranteed)...start looking for a more-suitable amplifier/integrated amp, or--maybe--a just-plain-better receiver.
Schurkey
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Re: SDA 1A What to do now?
Make sure you are correct in which speaker you have. Polk boxes & tags on SDA's weren't the labeled the best. Post pictures if you can. Also do you have the IC cord ? Is it blade/blade cord
boston1450
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Re: Removed carpet .Installed LVP. What should I use under SDA SRS2?
There's 24k nickel? Who knew?
pitdogg2
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Re: Dizz Knee Land
I have that CD somewhere in a box. I thought it was great back in the 90s. Sorta forgot about it. Must dig it out and rip to my server.
Edit, found quickly along with a few Joe S that need to be added. Love rediscovering music that I had forgotten.
Edit, found quickly along with a few Joe S that need to be added. Love rediscovering music that I had forgotten.
billbillw
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