dshoaf
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| Tunning Tube amplifier Do you mean that you want to "align" the tuner? If this is the case, you will need:- Small plastic slug tuning tools. - The service manual that _should_ have the alignment procedures and the equipment required.- The test equipment will also be req... | |
| Recommended power cords with Musical Design amps Before you dink around too much with the power cords, I'd contact Musical Design about any improvements they'd recommend for the secondary side of the power supply - not the AC side. I know that John H, there, is always improving the driver boards... | |
| McIntosh Amp Ratings Seems to me that there's a fair amount of mis-information being batted around, here. The use of autoformers on the output end of an amp is used to ensure that there is the best transfer of power from the amp to the speakers when the speaker load i... | |
| MC240 HELP PLEASE There's a good possibility that the thermistor used to slow the current inrush during power up has left this earth. They work by heating up as their resistance drops.If they're original, the heating/cooling cycles will cook them over a 40 year lif... | |
| Worst Name for A Piece of Equipment Yep, I had to go and look up the word, Dreadnaught, when I saw it back in the 70s. It means, essentially, Battleship.This was a huge - at the time, anyway - SS amp that delivered all of 200 wpc, IIRC.Loved the name but never actually heard one.Che... | |
| HD Radio- Why no home tuners yet? I'm not interested in HD/XM/etc because right now, I'm getting excellent fidelity and a variety of feeds directly from the internet. Most notably, a number of the university FM stations are now on the 'net with excellently-engineered streams. I fi... | |
| Simple near state of art laptop solution wanted Given the investment you've got, I'd be looking at something like an Apogee Mini - USB based - plus a laptop similar to Audioengr's recommendation.Right now, I'm using a Dell Inspiron 6000 with a separate PCMCIA Firewire adapter into a Presonus Fi... | |
| Mcintosh transformer hum I'd suggest you contact the McIntosh factory for suggestions. They're quite responsive and there's an email address on their web site for this type of request.Also, I'd suggest you post over at the Mac board at Audiokarma.org. A good bunch of folk... | |
| USB outboard sound card comment I, too, did research when I bought a USB-based sound device - M-Audio Audiophile in my case - and discovered that the worse problem was contention on the USB bus rather than an issue with 1.0/2.0.I ended up getting another USB controller card for ... | |
| What amp do you use with your QUAD'S? When I had my ESL 988s, I used 3 permutation of Mac MC-225s wired for monoblock mode or a HK Citation II. I did use one MC-225 as well but found that the 30+/- wpc wasn't enough for an 86db efficient speaker in the size room I had.BTW, all these a... | |
| Mcintosh C2200, which tubes are line vs. phono? The phono section is in the back corner closest to the Phono inputs. The other set of tubes is the preamp section. Hope that helps.Cheers,David | |
| Vinatge Analog Audio Cheapskate Survey ... These DD TTs came out in about 1978 and can be had for less than $100 when they do show up. They weigh in at about 25 lbs but this is due to the deadened plinth.Cheers,David | |
| Creative Audigy 2 ZS-Problems Haven't attempted to mess with the Audigy but have installed the Extigy (earlier generation) on both XP and Win2K. My wife also has Creative's Jukeboxes for her MP3s so we're well-invested with Creative software.The biggest problems with Creative'... | |
| Which sub $1k phono stage to go? This may not be for you, but I've built one of the Nelson Pass/PassDIY Pearl phono stages. You can find techincal details at www.passdiy.com.For about $250 in parts and a case, I've got an excellent phono stage with low noise and fabulous dynamics... | |
| Advantage of Rega Motor Upgrade I've done it to my P2 as well. The original motor, suspended as it is on the rubber band, caused sufficient wow to be evident on any recording that had sustained notes or chords, like pianos and organs. In the old days, we used to call that 'wow'.... |