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I am indeed using plain RCA from the TT to the MC Pro but from there, I'm currently running balanced. I suppose it can't hurt to try going back to all RCA to see how much difference that makes.

It's a Dynvactor 20X2 L with a spec'd output of .3mv which should yield 1.34V RMS (if my math is correct) at the output of the phono preamp with a gain of 73db on the high setting. This is pretty low actually and certainly part of the "problem" if one defines it as such.

Nope. It will be 5db higher so I would expect if would help the volume control issue for sure. I'm not sure it's worth moving from balanced for the 5db gain over the less precise control of the volume level.

This is going to be kind of off topic I think but might be helpful in general so I'll try and continue... It's not an issue with happy place really and I don't think it's an issue with speaker "drive". It's that the Kara has to be turned up A LOT in order to output enough signal to drive the...

The Kara has 3 settings... passive (zero gain, bypasses the pre-amp and provides passive resistive attenuation) and then active low & high gain selections. Not sure what the actual specs for gain are but passive mode is quieter than active low, which is quieter than active high.

My V3s finally arrived late Saturday. Lots of people are talking about how hot they get but mine do not get as hot as the Monarchy Audio (now defunct I think) SM-70 "True Class A" FET based amplifiers I had been using in dual mono for around 10 years or so. I can touch them and not burn myself...

I’m curious, did you try swapping the cables backwards on purpose? I wonder if the ZA3 could be out of phase from the V3 and while I could have missed this, I didn’t see it mentioned reading back.

Beyond annoying. They've still not responded to me or made any updates to my order. Needless to say my enthusiasm for the company or the product has waned dramatically.

I got a reply from Fosi that there was a delay for the 10A supplies (which I DID NOT ORDER) and that is why my order did not ship. Man oh man, not inspiring much confidence if they can’t even get THE FIRST order fullfilled correctly.

I also went with 5A supplies but have not shipped so that’s not it. I wonder if it’s not related to whatever “free gifts” one chose. If so, bad planning for sure. To not get my units shipped with the first batch definitely leaves a sour taste. I wasn’t trying to be backer #1 but I thought these...

Backer #1 for 2 units, dual 5A supplies, a shirt and some cables. No email either.

The most eye opening sound I've ever heard was an MBL demo at an audio show. The source was a 1/2" master of The Song Remains the Same (so I assume a copy of the original used to send to the mastering engineers for vinyl production) and they played the title track and No Quarter. I've never been...

Well, I should have a spare sometime this week (if I get the last few parts I ordered and have enough time) when I finish restoring the Luxman C-02 I had been using for years, but which started having channel imbalance issues due to failing power supply caps and loads of cold solder joints...

My Kara sounds (really… sounded) perfect but I too find the input switching, which requires stepping through each of them in order, pretty annoying. There’s no way to simply toggle between the two I would use. My Kara also broke. Left channel started making loads of static/crackling noise after...

Right after setting it up, I had mine stop passing audio in one channel while using the phono input and then it died in both channels for the aux and BT inputs too, not long after. In trying to troubleshoot I switched to the headphone output and it worked fine. Switching back to the speaker out...

I was looking for something that would perform well (enough) without the need for precise positioning and it seemed like this fit the bill. The speakers are in my workshop space kinda up on a high shelf, about 6-8” from the back wall and maybe 15’ apart. I quite like them. My subjective opinion...

I bought a pair of the Dayton MK402X as they seemed to have the best off axis performance (based on the Erin's Speaker Rec thread linked above) in the inexpensive categories. Should arrive next week.

Thanks for the link. I'll spend some time reading through.

I currently have an old NAD integrated in the space but I plan to replace it with a Loxjie A40 which can handle everything that does and has Bluetooth. Current speakers are some terrible vintage Pioneer's that I really really hate or a set of Zenith "circle of sound" speakers that I...

I'm looking for an inexpensive pair of small(ish) passive speakers (not much more than $200 ideally) for a fairly large workshop space. I will connect them to a class D amp with Bluetooth streaming as well as a cassette deck and turntable. The speakers will not be optimally placed and not for...