nsgarch
Responses from nsgarch
| Blown woofer from a bad tube? Is this possible? I really doubt it.First, because if the tube had leaked (silver getter turned white) then it couldn't sustain any current from the cathode to the anode, and so your DAC would have no output on that channel.Second, you would have heard something na... | |
| "A bit of noise is completley normal" ?? Foster, if your piece of equipment is of reasonably high caliber, as you now imply, then even without being technically sophisticated, you really could have answered your own question, bypassed the rep, and taken the issue right to the top, as you... | |
| Power Surge Damage surge suppression up to 20,000 amps.:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-). | |
| Power Surge Damage Lightening can even jump across open circuit breakers, so always unplug. It's the best insurance, in fact, except for isolation transformers with derived grounds, it's the ONLY insurance. | |
| "A bit of noise is completley normal" ?? Cw, you almost had me!! But now I'd really like to know the identity of the unit in question, something I think Mr. Foster should have provided in his original post. | |
| re-burn in? is there such a thing. Components (of all kinds) basically burn in once when they're new -- but let me qualify that: this is true if what one means by "burn-in" has to do mainly with "setting" or "forming" the interfaces between conductors and dielectrics (not just wiri... | |
| "A bit of noise is completley normal" ?? "I have a high end integrated amplifier."Well. I'm not going to call YOU a liar, but I might have a few choice words for the manufacturers rep!OK, yes, it's "normal" if:The unit is over 10 years old and needs to have the switches and volume/balanc... | |
| exactpower ep 15A PB, I'll try and take a minute to look into the two balanced models you mentioned and post any pros/cons I might discover. If I forget, feel free to email me and remind me ;-)As for your other quandries ;-) here's my approach:1.) Put in those dedi... | |
| exactpower ep 15A I'm tentatively getting together with Bob at the end of July, so I'll have a better idea what he's thinking then.Poonbean, balanced power has application primarily with low power devices (not usually amplifiers, in other words) that handle small s... | |
| Help Wadia wt2000 tray's paint I don't want to guess what the best procedure would be, so I recommend you call or write to Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound Companyhttp://www.greatnorthernsound.com/Steve was in charge of Wadia's service department when the WT2000 was in pro... | |
| Help Wadia wt2000 tray's paint I've had my WT2000 since new (almost 20 years!) and it's been to the factory once (for the transport upgrade) and to Steve Huntley at GNSC for a lube & oil change. It's as clean as the day I bought it. What exactly is the problem with your tra... | |
| DIGITAL OUT: Optical Cable vs. Coaxial Cable When I referred to "variations in the 75ohm interface" I meant variations in the ability of different types of connectors to maintain the integrity of the RF signal across the interface; and not the quality of construction. Sorry for the misunders... | |
| DIGITAL OUT: Optical Cable vs. Coaxial Cable Richard, I agree there are differences in Toslink cable construction; but I wonder if you compared the MIT Toslink cable with an equally "better" metal one?My earlier point was that Toslink performance can be pushed only so far until it runs into ... | |
| DIGITAL OUT: Optical Cable vs. Coaxial Cable The main reason Toslink is crap has nothing (or VERY LITTLE) to do with the cable quality. It has to do with the cheap transceivers (the device you plug the cable into at each end) used in Toslink systems. It's convenient and sometimes necessary w... | |
| what a speaker and power cable needs my system I agree with everything JWP said except I was going to recommend Purist Venustas (a little more expensive than Aqueous.) |