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| What is your approach to system fine tuning with cables and cords ? If you haven't spent the better part of a weekend moving your speakers a quarter inch here a quarter inch there while toeing in a degree or two at a time, then you haven't even met your weak link. | |
| Accuphase c3850 VS Cat SL1 Pre If you get the Cat SL1, make sure it has the 6922 driver tube instead of the 12AU7. Those would be from the models SL1 Signature Mk III and up to the present day.Caveat: the older Cat preamps do not have a high/low gain setting and their 25 dB of ... | |
| Added AC line chokes inside CD changer... This will work, too...https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/te-connectivity-corcom-filters/3EAH1/3EAH1-ND/758826 | |
| Is it just me or has Quboz crashed? I'm on the beta (in the U.S.) and I have glitches such as some HR albums play at 16/44.1 along with some of the newer releases (especially Chandos) only have 30 seconds of each track. What I'm hearing is that these go away once you are on full sub... | |
| Krell KSA 250 amps I disagree with your assessment about charging more if you have them repaired. You still have an amplifier that is pushing 30 years old (think of it as rebuilding an engine on a 30 year-old car -- the transmission can go next, followed by...). The... | |
| How I would measure cables Here is Nelson Pass giving it a go:https://www.passlabs.com/press/speaker-cables-science-or-snake-oil | |
| One Amp To ‘Rule’ Them All.... The same amplifier will sound different with different speakers and the same amplifier and speakers will sound different in different rooms. So how is "standard" then defined? | |
| Dumb lo-fi question. The amplifier will still be rated at 25 watts per channel no matter if one or both pairs of speakers are connected.The sound output level will correspond to 25 watts of power being consumed. If one pair is connected and playing at full power, the ... | |
| Cat SL1 Preamp It most likely was the Honeywell AML91LA73. It is expensive at about $6.50 each and it doesn't last any longer than any other 73 bulb. The reason it's expensive is because the base is tinned for soldering.I purchased a 10-pack of bulbs from Amazon... | |
| Does streaming defy the laws of physics? If anything is lost in that transmission you will hear a drop out or a discontinuity in the music, not a change in the sound. | |
| Who owns Ayon amps? I was always wary about that company. They have over a dozen amplifiers and digital, half a dozen preamps and a speaker line. All extraordinarily expensive. Usually, a high end company specializes in one product line and makes only a couple of exp... | |
| Help! Power question Surge protectors do not guard against voltage sags, they absorb the punch of a voltage spike. Do the lights dim? Not just a tiny bit, but a lot. If that is the case, then have the electrician to check -- in addition to the HVAC contractor's wor... | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? My 100W class A Levinson 20.6 mono draws 500 watts at idle (4 amps measured at the breaker). That’s 20% efficient and it is most definitely a push-pull, not single-ended.The 100 watt Pass XA100.8 mono draws 420 watts at idle. I am pretty sure that... | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? Class A amps draw approximately 5 times their rated power at idle (and at load). The 100 wpc SA/4e will probably draw about 1,000 watts or a kilowatt hour of electricity when it’s powered on. | |
| Isolated Ground causes ground hum. The problem is not the CJ amplifier, it's the extra ground. The earth is a poor conductor and that results in steady state potential in the ground -- which is the source of your humming.An extra ground is not a good idea. Lightning surges isn't th... |