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[Decibel_116]

I am not certain how much signal breaks like tone controls affect the sound in the real world (my balance control knob, however, is problematic enough I wish it wasn't there), but radio and recording studios have historically followed thorough maintenance schedules, like changing tubes in short periods of time (back when they were CHEAP), opening up consoles and cleaning all pots and switches, etc. Not to mention it is almost always very well made gear to begin with. I mean, the Beatles engineers would create devices like analog time shifting modules on demand! These people were not only technically adept, but creative geniuses!

Sorry, I remain quite unconvinced. ..Only in audio play-back will you find people who obsess over minimizing signal breaks. If a tone control, WHEN ZERO'd, is audibly damaging the signal, then it's a poorly implemented tone control. Thankfully, in most cases integrated amps with Tone Controls have a tone defeat switch to take it out of the circuit. Now are you suggesting that the few signal breaks necessitated by the Tone defeat are ALSO audibly damaging the signal?? ..Sorry, I don't believe it.

Can you hear signal breaks in your speaker cables? ..To anyone reading this, I'd suggest this following experiment. ..Get 20 ft. of lamp cord to use as temporary speaker cable (don't worry, you can go back to your pricey fancy cable later), hook up one speaker with a clean 10ft. length, then the other I suggest you cut into 5 or 10 pieces then splice it back to gather using wire-nuts. ..Hook to the other speaker. Push both speakers next to each other. ..Now, play a mono recording, and use your balance control to switch b/w the speakers. Hear a difference? ..nope. B/c signal breaks don't affect sound. IMHO.

It's not the over-simplified scenario you describe. You may not be able to hear it. Fine. Many others do. The science is there to support it. Your opinion of science is just that - an uniformed opinion and a mistaken interpretation of the physics involved.

 

[Audiofreak71]

I did this WITH Vandy 3A Sigs and Bryston pre/ amp. ..It's not that.

Well like they say everyone hears differently some can indeed hear it some just can’t

Audiofreak71

 

[Audiofreak71]

I did this WITH Vandy 3A Sigs and Bryston pre/ amp. ..It's not that.

Also (no offense) but Bryson amd Vandersteen’s aren’t the best pairing , both excellent and I love my 3a sigs but careful pairing (synergy) is the key to all of this.

Audiofreak71

 

[Mr Boochie]

Back in 1978, the NAD salesmen reportedly demonstrated the little amp, driving the extremely low impedance Linn Isobarik speakers. They have the high current to drive difficult speakers with aplomb. Great little budget amp.

My old NAD 2600A had a nice tonal quality. Worked well with the old Sony 3000.

 

[432HzBob]

Yamaha P-22200. 220WPC. Recently recapped.
1st amp/Receiver i’ve had that feeds the 4Ohm Infinities and doesn’t blow.
Luxman R-1120 receiver, recapped, for most normal listening... nothing beats the all around Lux sound to my ears.

 

[ODS123]

Also (no offense) but Bryson amd Vandersteen’s aren’t the best pairing , both excellent and I love my 3a sigs but careful pairing (synergy) is the key to all of this.
Audiofreak71

Seriously? ..The reason I couldn't hear TEN splices in one of my speaker cables is "synergy"? ..Sorry, but I don't believe it for a second. The far more likely explanation: signal breaks aren't audible.

As I said, if every signal break caused incremental audible damage, how is it possible that what comes out of the other end of a mixing board is even recongnizable? ..Considering the signal has passed through hundreds of sliders, POTS, toggles, etc...

 

[ramjet]

Receiver, MAC1500. Integrated, Scott 299D.

 

[Audiofreak71]

Seriously? ..The reason I couldn't hear TEN splices in one of my speaker cables is "synergy"? ..Sorry, but I don't believe it for a second. The far more likely explanation: signal breaks aren't audible.

As I said, if every incremental signal break is audible, how is it possible that what comes out of the other end of a mixing board is even recongnizable. ..Considering the signal has passed through hundreds of sliders, POTS, toggles, etc...

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Yes seriously. Not going to get into a debate with you man , you keep doing you and have fun

P.S. Nice picture of Nora Jones love her music.

Audiofreak71

 

[yoho]

I'll put another one in the hat for Yamaha.
I'm running a restored A-1000 (actually a Japanese market A-950 but basically the same thing) and really like the phono stage. I bounce between a Grado Gold 1 with a newer 8MZ and a few vintage AT carts with new production AT stylus.
It seems to play nice with whatever I've tried so far. I don't have any MC carts but it does have a few loadings for those as well.
I've got/had quite a few Yamaha pieces over the years and have always been impressed with their phono stages. From reading here over the years, they seem to get good reviews all around.

Hello, I am getting a Yamaha DSP A-1000 and am looking for an OEM remote control and they are hard to come by? Any ideas?

 

[Audiofreak71]

Hello, I am getting a Yamaha DSP A-1000 and am looking for an OEM remote control and they are hard to come by? Any ideas?

Look into a Harmony universal remote they work excellent.

Audiofreak71

 

[mkane]

Aleph J