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| BSR turntable switch makes loud pop Just put as .01 ceramic cap across the switch. | |
| cheap usb converter making awful pops, help please Buy a M2Tech hiFace usb>spdif adapter- $150 | |
| Paranoid on Tube Amp Install Rhljazz,There are very few tube amps that cannot be on w/o a load and no signal. Maybe I am weird, but I have always turned on my tubes amps unconnected initially to check bias. In either event, the speakers weren't the problem, and tube amps don'... | |
| Paranoid on Tube Amp Install Think of it this way. You have been stuck by lightning once. What are the odds it will happen again? Most gear, tube amps included, don't catch on fire. Obviously they can as you well know, but in my 30 years in this hobby (including some real hac... | |
| M2 Tech hiFace users Blue Jeans digital=Canare, a great starter cable. I prefer to use Stereovox/I2Digital cables. | |
| M2 Tech hiFace users Use a digital cable, 75 ohm. | |
| Is it normal for the woofer to move in/out slowly IMO it is asking for trouble turning off a pre amp while the amps are on. Why do you turn it off? Maybe I am old school, but I have always left my pre amps on. | |
| Write a Book Dummies I doubt it will happen...Things are changing very quickly, and a conventional book would be outdated before it was published. I was where you are at a few years ago and already the learning curve was steep at that time. It's even worse nowadays.Th... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 Pre vs Parasound JC-2 The Benchmark only has single ended (rca) ins, both rca and xlr out if that makes a difference to you. FWIW, my DAC1 HDR sounds better straight into an amp than it does using the HT bypass (volume only) on my Halo C2. | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? Mattzack2-If you bought matched tubes as I suggested, you should be able to keep them together and avoid a lot of the hassle in Schipo's post. The pot sets the bias voltage, and if the tubes are closely matched the voltage readings should be nearl... | |
| Impendance taps setting on a tube amp Pubul57-How could the tube life be longer by switching taps. FWIW, I feel all amps should have access to the taps on the outside of the amp. | |
| Berkeley Audio Design SPDIF Input Stereovox/i2Digital use an connector that is both BNC and RCA. | |
| CD recorders with hard disk Why not use a Mac Mini? | |
| Quick poll How long have you been in this hobby? I feel like a baby.I started in '79. | |
| Porter Port break in ? This post makes me want to put an IEC connector on my table saw ;). |