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| CLASS A AMPLIFIERS Those are all excellent answers but if you want to know how they sound different, visit a Plinius dealer as some of them are switchable between class A and A/B. | |
| isolation transformer Excuse late response. Just been browing around an found this.Beowulf, what you're looking for is a Q-rated transformer. GE made several such as my 5KVA 9T21B1004G2, which is silent. That is an industrial, general purpose and very heavy transformer... | |
| How much does your system retail for? 40k, give or take. Stereo only. Mostly in the speakers. Spent around 10k. Almost there. | |
| is it sacrilege? Ya know, everytime I see someone selling their big speakers because the wife says, "Either they go or I do", I get a mental image of a guy saying, "Let me think about that".Would it be bigamy to marry the speakers? | |
| whats it worth? I'll offer 5 bucks if you include shipping. | |
| Balanced and Unbalanced outputs There is some risk with some circuits (not sure about the Krell) that by using both XLR and RCA can mess up the CMMR. This can be noisier but not damaging. Try it and see. | |
| Balanced Pre for Bi Amping Recommendations Please Used, the Sonic Frontiers are balanced and SFL2's have dual outputs in XLR. I think the Line2 and Line3 do too. Factor in replacing tubes with NOS.One of the most versatile preamps is the PS Audio PCA2, which goes for around $700 on the 'gon listi... | |
| Pre-Amp For Plinius Power Amp The Plinius has normal input impedance and fairly high sensitivity so it can be matched with everything from tubes, SS or passive. Maybe, use no preamp at all if you are just using CDP and find one with variable output. There are very few amps tha... | |
| Up-scaling DVD player that responds to mods Philips 763SA SACD/CD/DVD. If you can deal with surface mount, upgrade the output analog opamps, bypass the caps and I'm told it competes with 5K CDP's. If you have passive preamp, imagine a 2 ohm output impedance with Borbely VFET buffers and scr... | |
| Can I use ECC88 for my Sonic Frontiers Line 2? Recommended by Parts Connexion and have tried that myself with all 8. Much better highs and imaging. | |
| Removed sofa, thought I needed more bass trapping This is a tough question. Obviously a big foam couch is going to absorb mid to high frequency and will affect a room. Usually, the rear wall and corners is the right place for bass traps.My research on bass traps is the only effective way to make ... | |
| Any Opinios on Genesis II.5 I've got the lower 350's and they are on an entirely different level from anything I've heard before with the possible exception of Wisdoms set up properly. The bigger Maggies come close but not nearly the range. Quite simply, they're the closest ... | |
| Can a simple DIY volume knob replace a pre-amp? There are 3 basic analog volume controls. Potentiometers are the least expensive but capacitance and inductance can affect the sound. There are some well regarded brands such as Alps. Attenuators use individual resistors and can be anything from s... | |
| Problem with AC and how to solve it The mechanical noise of a transformer may not affect the electrical at all unless it is the noise is caused by severe overloading In that case, current can vary. Roughly 50% of transformers hum naturally or because of the poor quality of electrici... | |
| Isolation Transformer Acme, GE, Square-D. Shielded is recommended but not essential. If it's going to be in living space, go for Q rated for no hum. For a few more bucks, consider providing balanced power but derate the output by half. Equitech's site has some useful i... |