marakanetz

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Amp repair...What to expect.
As I understand they've done the job on dead channel and as a matter of fact decided to replace the same elements in the live channel too. As a living studio and stage techie, I would probably be able to take a look at repair project done if you c... 
Do you leave the Jeff Rowland Amp on all the time
I keep my Sunfire SRA on all the time, but it only uses 10W of idle power. It's even longer for digital amp to worm up to normal operation. 
DIY Music Server.
Kgturner My deep appreciations for showing this device!Great job! 
Do you leave the Jeff Rowland Amp on all the time
i would hate them idle at 100W coz not too wealthy. 
Best Monitor not over 1K, new ot used
Totem Model1 
Power Cords - Just Say Yes
Yes they generate an incredible income! 
Best Phono Cable for Ortofon MC Anna
nothing beats incognito. acts like no cable at all in any a/b you can ever imagine. 
Possibly controversial: Totem arro overrated?
arro is underrated.the best speaker for the budget in all cases including imaging. ya kiddin' me? SL3 isn't even close 
Are all fuses created equal?
Liz, They forgot to mention Fuzz indeed in Wiki 
Amp repair...What to expect.
Yea maybe 2...3 years indeed or what?Rule of thumb is if it sounds bad out of the box, the burn-in won't fix that. 
tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness
equipment that reveals cable differences isn't a good quality and more-likely primitively designed weather it's solid-state or tube. 
Are all fuses created equal?
as long as it meets rating it's good. the longetivity or built quality may differ. 
Amp repair...What to expect.
should not take long. maybe a week full of listening or running some music at low volume levels. 
Replace volume pot
Well, whoever 'wouldn't touch it with a stick' wouldn't be able to restore this unit at all weather it's straightforward or not. At least to me it was, is and will be.I have an engineering background, but being more of a hands-on person(and lousy ... 
Amp repair...What to expect.
My sunfire SRA is predecessor to 300 and needs an attention because it became noisy at idle. So far I've done reapplying a fresh solder to input XLR jacks and to binding posts and all of power transformer outputs. It solved problem partially, but ...