herman
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| Why no heated gear? Do you possibly believe that you can pre-heat a tube to anywhere remotely close to operating temperature?uh, did I ever say that?And regarding your last statement that there is no such thing as heat potential in a tube. Really?Despite referencing ... | |
| Why no heated gear? .The original question waswhy don't manufacturers add heating elements to equipment to bring it too optimal temperature quicker.It is ridiculous to think that externally heating a component won't do just that... "bring it to optimal temperature qu... | |
| Why no heated gear? .Your analogy doesn't hold water. Pouring hot water on your car is a terrible analogy.. A better one would be if you store your car in a heated garage so it is heated all the way through, not just on the surface. In that case it would definitely m... | |
| Why no heated gear? Just so, the external heating of electronic equipment is not really effective.I have a feeling I'm going to regret asking, but what do you base that on? Experience, some research you've read about, or just a guess? So you are saying an electronic ... | |
| Gain adjustment on Pass Xono? You are missing the forest (system) by focusing on a tree (one component). Too high or too low gain depends on the output of the cartridge + gain of phono pre + gain of pre + gain of amp + efficiency of the speakers. I'm assuming the Xono is the n... | |
| Yet another Mac music Question Amara sounds way betterJordan, I would take that with a grain of salt. I've followed many discussions about these 2 packages and that's the first I've ever seen that makes that claim. If you want to do the Amarra trial you should also download the... | |
| Yet another Mac music Question Their website doesn't address the issue so you probably need to contact them, but I'm pretty sure you can't do 24/192 on USB2 but you should be able to do 24/96 or 24/48. Are you sure you are looking at the PS audio settings and not the internal o... | |
| Room correction altering soundstage Most people will tell you that a fraction of an inch difference in the distance from each speaker cam affect imaging. An 18 mS delay is equivalent to moving the speaker about 18 feet further away than the other one so yes, that would easily be aud... | |
| recording shows from cable TV? The last I tried a DVD recorder (several years ago) I fed the analog audio/video from my cable box to the recorder. It worked fine but it would not copy anything from HBO. | |
| recording shows from cable TV? I would get a DVD recorder or use a VCR. Any box like cable DVR or TIVO uses a hard drive which is more prone to failure than a DVD-R or tape. | |
| Making active speakers with 4 Gallo A'Divas The benefit of using an active crossover is eliminating the passive components (crossover) between the amp and the driver. Since those speakers don't have a crossover I don't see any benefit in adding an active crossover to the signal path, and if... | |
| Separate Insurance Policy - LP's, Memorabilia, Etc My State Farm agent told me that the only limit on art, albums, and stereo was the overall limit for personal belongings. They are not treated like jewelry and guns that do have limits. He said the trick is to have a good record of what you have a... | |
| Preamp to go with Pass Labs Rushmore Speaker .Too little info for a good response....What is it that he "doesn't like" about the Pass pre?What model is it? How much is he willing to spend?Is he willing to buy used?. | |
| Does the Audio Research PH-3 Invert Polarity? The reason for invert is EVERY stage inverts.Actually every stage with voltage gain inverts. To have a non-inverting preamp with gain you need at least two stages of voltage gain.. an inversion and another inversion puts you back to non-inverted. ... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached .I'll respectfully disagree with that but have no hard science to back me up."Most tubes are cheap compared to the price of good output transformers. "Either tubes or transformers are more likely to be damaged.The price has nothing to do with it. ... |