Shakeydeal
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I would suggest adding a vinyl front end to your system. You would reap the benefit of better sound.
Shakey
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I don't have a reason for a phono pre, but cant wait to read your impressions on it.
You should correct that situation posthaste.
Shakey
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NAD, Acurus, NAD, Acurus..........
flip a coin.
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The drink of choice is Jack Daniels and coke.
The things in the corners are bass traps. Those are Room Tunes panels at the first reflection points.
Shakey
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As promised, here is a shot of Cornscalas NOT against the wall or in a corner.
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There really isn't anything wrong with the existing wire -- it should be tinned copper, which is pretty nice.
I rebuilt and refinished a pair of '64 Cornwalls this past summer and I left the original wiring in there. Wasn't any reason not to, really.
Well there was a reason, but not if you believe wire = wire. But I do not believe this.
Shakey
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I've got Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" on vinyl and that duet with Johnny Cash is very good.
Shakey
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Looks nice, I would not be afraid to use it with a high end system.
I wouldn't be afraid either. Not much in this hobby actually scares me. But I wouldn't feel as though I were doing justice to my source components.
Shakey
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Nice looking and will probably be fine for a mid fi system. I'm sure the lack of isolation would be noticeable on higher end gear.
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I don't have any recent pics, I will work on that.
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Mine is a dedicated room for audio.
No honking big screen television.
No A/V receivers
No huge entertainment center
I have tube traps, corner tunes and room tunes panels at the first reflection points. This is a well treated and very good sounding room.
I assure you the cornwalls and my current cornscalas sound better when not in the corner or against the wall. I could make a believer out of you in a very few minutes.
Shakey
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The beauty of Cornwall's is they need no wall for bass response.
Agreed. People that have them shoved up against the wall or in a corner dont' know what they are missing out on.
Shakey
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Start saving and add to that 300.00. You aren't likely to beat the Marantz for that kind of money. Something passive will be the most cost efficient.
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If less posting topics to start reading is Todays change, I'm 100 per cent in.
Huh?
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Welcome to the forum and Happy Birthday!
Oh, and congratulations in finding a wife on the second go round that appreciates your love of hi-fi and music. That is a rare find indeed.
Shakey
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Sometime people complain about an amp that someone else finds quite good and it may be the preamp. The amp input sensitivity can range from 0.7 to 1.25 volts. If the amp need 1.25v and the preamp can only do 0.7 then the amp will underperform. This is important when not buying matched components and vintage gear to be mixed with modern gear.
This is misleading. If your source component (seedee player) has an output voltage of 2v and your amp has an input sensitivity of 1.25 and a decent input impedence (50K is ok, 100K better), then you have no need for ANY output voltage on your preamp. My Sonic Euphoria uses autoformers as attenuators and I have NO need for any more gain with my digital front end or my phono stage (70 db of MC gain). Add in the high efficiency of horns and it's just icing on the cake.
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Important but not important if you don't need additional gain stages or any of the advanced features..
I've been using a Slagle Autoformer Volume Control. The device is passive with one autoformer per channel no resistive parts. This thing baffled me when I first got it as it doesn't even require power. All this does is attenuate the sources directly. I have not had a single device it couldn't properly attenuate whether digital music server, rtr, phono preamp, and cdp. TI'm not going back to a preamp even though I've used some very good one. In fact I am building another Slagle AVC with the autoformer that has more settings. In my setup I have found it to be more true to sources and source material. his is the less is more camp.
Here is an example.
I have owned a Sonic Euphoria AVC for many years now and it has beat others up to 6K. I have also owned a TVC, another wonderful thing fer sure. The efficiency of horns beg for devices such as these. Tube preamps costing many times as much have fallen to the Sonic Euphoria. The preamp outputs of a receiver have no business in a high end system.
Shakey
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many people use their avr with results
There, fixed it for ya.
Shakey
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Should we assume that you are not using phono as a source? Do you plan on ever using an equalizer or expander etc (eg. things that could plug into the tape loop)?I am currently using a Marantz 2265 as a preamp with a Haffler DH-200 Amp. Am I missing anything by not having a true preamp? I never listen to the radio so the tuner portion of the Marantz never gets used. What is the importance of a dedicated pre-amp?
Let's hope not.........
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I would say the preamp is extremely important. Maybe even more important than the amp in some situations. You can certainly benefit from replacing the Marantz.
Shakey
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Second the Heresy recommendation.
Shakey
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Thanks muel for the detailed report.
Shakey
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Got it, thanks!
Shakey
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HPower,
What tweeter are you using? What made you decide on the B&C midrange driver instead of the Selenium?
Shakey
Anyone using Decware ?
in 2-Channel Home Audio
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I wouldn't expect you to understand. But it beats the pants off digital.
Shakey