stehno
Responses from stehno
| Amp Suggestions For A Newbie - Please A used Audio Refinement Complete integrated amp. | |
| Current: Power Line and Amplifier Amp Ratings Paris, I'm no expert, but I'll speak from my experience and from what I've heard from those more knowledgeable than I. I have a McCormack DNA-2 LAE (Limited Anniversary Edition) and my speakers are 86db sensitivity at 4ohm.1. I believe your MF A30... | |
| SACD/CD functions breaking in separatly? My understanding also is that the sacd and cd electronics in the unit each have their own lasers. Therefore, each side requiring their own burn-in. I own a Sony SCD-1 and a Sony DVP s9000es and the consensus is 200 hours minimum for burn for regul... | |
| Wiring my house for sound Dweller's advise sounds dangerous to say the least and a lot of work to say the most.But to take Dweller's idea a step further and perhaps much safer(Glen can validate or invalidate), when installing the dedicated 10 gauge OFC romex runs from the ... | |
| Monarchy Amps 70/100's vs. Odyssey Stratos I've never listened to the Monarchy's or the Stratos'. However, I know a lot about the Stratos and would chose them in a second without ever looking back. For $2k, you can have a monoblock pair of the Stratos that includes a 20 year warranty.The S... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? Almost forgot, William Ackerman's Past Light (Windham Hill label).A fantastic cd recorded in 1983 and yes, it does contain some digital hash. But still an excellent recording. The music itself is almost mesmerizing track after track with some of t... | |
| DVD/CD suggestions Stan Warren (co-founder of PS Audio)2375 W. 21st AvenueEugene, Oregon 97405Phone: 541.344.3696A friend of a friend (a professional in the audio industry) claims Stan's $250 mod was about a 40% improvement in sonic performance and Stan himself clai... | |
| Amplifier Hum Garfish, I thought you sounded familiar. How's the DNA-2 upgrade working for you?Here's what I did to eliminate my DNA-2 LAE's transformer hum:If you narrow the hum down to the amplifier's transformer, try to determine which circuit the amplifier ... | |
| Do power conditioners really help? Some power conditioners work in some systems and some power conditioners don't work in other systems and some power conditioners don't work at all and some systems don't work at all.Now that I've cleared that up...If you have a high quality power ... | |
| semi-budget sys - under 1450 Check out the following audiogon thread:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1016149072&openusid&zz | |
| Amplifier Hum Could be your furnace, dimmers, microwave oven, etc.. You may want to look at some of the other threads here about hum. Here's a few about amplifier transformer hum:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1014100392&openusid&zzSt... | |
| Great sound at high volume What are we talking about here? What's the budget? What do you consider very high volume? Very high volume only or does quality of sound have anything to do with things also? Seriously.Not to mention what amp you would need. Some to many amplifier... | |
| bypass outlet and hook wires directly to romex?? My thought for the last 6 months has been to run the romex straight from the service panel through the hole in the wall (where the outlet would normally be) straight to a WATTaGATE male IEC plug that goes straight into the component. No breaks in ... | |
| Powerful Integrated Amp for Inefficient Speakers I'm going to assume that you are looking for an integrated because of $$ and not because of space.There are a few amps out there that are sonically pretty fantastic and not expensive. Check out Odyssey Stratos at http://odysseyaudio.com and read t... | |
| Passive or Active Sub??? You're welcome. You will discover that there is so much musical info way down under, whether classical, pop, etc., that you'll be amazed how rich and full the sound in your room with be if you get the sub-sonics right. It just so happens that ther... |