elizabeth
Responses from elizabeth
| Preamp or power amp has more impact to resolution? Neither!! the power line is where you can pick up resolution easiest.Get a good power conditioner. | |
| Maybe Get a New Electrical Panel I am pretty certain for the deal price all you get it the panel they offer.And i guarantee that panel is going to be a chunk of crap from China.(no such thing as a 'free lunch') | |
| What is the average lifespan of a phono cartridge? Tough question. a lot of variables.In general cart makers usually say 1,000 hours of play time.That can vary. If you play 'dirty' records with a lot of snap crackle and pop your stylus is going to wear faster.If you play perfect clean Lps and use ... | |
| Why is the market for used Levinson amps so slow? Bravo Trelja. I have to agree. Anyone who watches this stuff know exactly what has happened.. Pity.More cannot be said about that particular topic.And I also agree with the first two responses... | |
| 12AX7 preamp tube failure last night Usually preamp tubes go out slowly. But if you move it around all the time, the trip may have 'helped' the tube to have a sudden failure.Most of the time preamps just sit in one place forver.If you move the stuff in your car etc, then the banging ... | |
| Need understanding on amperage Think of each part as a tank of water.Now the spigot/hose opening from the tank when fully open is the 'amperage'So your wall can only dump out at full opening 100% of the time 20 amperes (this is all the time 100% without melting or starting a fi... | |
| How does an... If youu get another power thingy, do not plug your current tranny into the new thingy.You will be unessessarily burdening the new thingy with your old one.PS I use a Furman REF20i for all my alalog stuff.Love it.I would say if you go for a Furman,... | |
| Do your speakers have enough "freshness" Yeah I too would tend to call what is described as 'air'.The fact you can sense the 'air' around the instruments and the musicians in that space.Add in speed, and I would call it "Fresh" | |
| PA Speakers for Parties One point is whatever speakers you buy, the volume controls should be modified so they never can go to 100% volume. make the volume coontrol lock/top out at 70% of full volume. Then they will be way less likely to ever just be blown up at some fut... | |
| Percentage of cable cost I never decided ahead of time I was going to spend "X" percent on cables.. I bought cables I found to be good for my needs. After many years i have added up all my currently used cables, and my current system costs, and gee as if by magic the cost... | |
| Stand alone dac vs built in dac what's the better The nice thing about a separate DAC is you can buy a couple of CD players and use all of them with the DAC.I use several five disc changers with my DAC. | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? When the Op goes out to buy speakers: Do you just go read a pile of specs? or do you listen carefully to the speakers with a variety of music?If you acctually believe in specs, then the first should get you a perfectly satisfying set of speakers.M... | |
| 240 VAC 60Hz amp running at 230 VAC 50Hz - safe? Ngjockey answer is great. | |
| KRELL Mono Class A amp problem Probably the BIAS has gone off due to capacitors and such.The red one the bias is probably far enough off the make it self warn you.I would find a GOOD serviceman to replace the power supply caps, and check any others, and re-bias the amplifiers.T... | |
| What is the best speakers for Used or new?And what are the sonics you love?Do you want hard Rock slam? Or the perfect strings and female vocals?Is a great warm midrange the heart and sould of your music?In order to give any advice, folks really need to know what is important t... |