minorl
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| Just got Audible Illusions L1, but it sound harsh quite honestly, I don't know if this is a brand new (never used) pre-amp or one that needs new tubes. If brand new, then hook it up, turn it on with a source whenever you get home and leave the room while letting it play. this needs to be burned (... | |
| Looking to simplify What is missing in the sound reproduction quality of your current setup? That is the most important question I believe. If something is missing or you find yourself not sitting for very long or something is driving you out of the room, then you ha... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? Based on what you have been reading, you have two lines of thought and advice. 1). Audiophiles that really no nothing about electricity and grounding that advise doing the quick and dirty fix by lifting grounds and 2) people that understand electr... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? I understand what you are saying. However, in terms of electrical design and safety and codes, you never, never, never lift grounds. If there is a problem, hum, ground loops, etc. isolate the faulty piece of equipment or cable and fix or replace i... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? the human body is an impedance. resistance, inductance and capacitance. You have an impedance. If there is a system fault or a lightning strike, or some such, very high voltages can pass through the equipment through you to ground. Since you lifte... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? I again want to reiterrate that removing grounds is not only unsafe, it is irresponsible and the potential is not for electric shock, but for death. People are minimizing what could happen here. As an Electrical/Electronics Engineer, I am telling ... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? Absolutely never lift grounds. You are taking out of action the method used to protect you. If you have hum or noise, then you should investigate each unit individually until you isolate which piece of equipment is causing the ground loop or hum a... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Interesting conversations. The original conversations changed from the definition of power to sound quality of tube vs. solid state amps. There is an amazing bias here between the tube lovers and solid state lovers and music lovers. Personally, if... | |
| Power Conditioner Assistance Thanks for the response. Personally, I would send it back to Monster for repair of the hum. But if you don't want to. your best bet is individual dedicated power lines as I suggested. I also have a Signature Monster unit (got a great deal I couldn... | |
| Martin Logan Source with Rotel 1052 What is the power per channel rating of the Rotel?If it is 100 wpc or over into 8 ohms or 4 ohms, the answer is yes. I have heard Martin Logans driven by other mid-fi level amps, such as top end Yamaha's or Sony's and quite honestly, they drove th... | |
| Power Conditioner Assistance You really haven't said why you are not happy with the Monster.enjoy | |
| Connect 3 High Current Amps to a Power Conditioner What is the maximum current draw from each amp? Can the power conditioner handle it? can the wires back to your service panel handle all that current/power on one line? this is really not a good idea electrically. I know this is not what you may w... | |
| What to do next . . .? Please do one change at a time and get confortable with that one change first. I would not get rid of the CD or DVD player. What I would do first is get a good DAC and use the CD player or CD player as a transport. The DACs that are in CD players ... | |
| tutube or not tutube There are tube pre-amps better than solid state and solid state better than tube. It really isn't a question of tube sound vs. solid state either because each product sounds decidedly different than another, solid state or tube notwithstanding. It... | |
| Good Amp for Martin Logan Monolith II See, the problem with not being in the amp of the month club is that if I go to my favorite stereo equipment dealer, Stereo Design in San Diego, borrow two mono tube amps and take them home and use them instead of the ML3, and they sound better (w... |