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| 8 ohms or 4 ohms settings for my B&W 803s? Just try it, can't hurt anything... | |
| Speaker shipping suggestions Bax Global has been very good to me on large and heavy items (not just speakers, but motorcycles and industrial equipment). Box them and put them together on a pallet that has a larger footprint. | |
| Step down voltage for Japan to US turntable What I wonder about is the 50hz. Typically motors use the line frequency to establish rpm. Does it have a strobe light or other method of adjusting speed? | |
| Would a heavy hand on the volume blow my 845s You cannot "blow" a tube with music, even if it is clipping. As Sherod said, "let 'er rip !". | |
| FUSES VALUES: 250 volts VS 500 volts Your fuses need to match the current rating (amps) of the originals unless you are changing the circuit. " VOLTAGE RATING: The voltage rating, as marked on a fuse indicates the fuse can be relied upon to safely interrupt its rated short circuit cu... | |
| How Does Lossless Work? They are compression formats similar to a "zip" file and recreate the original file on the fly. You can burn a disc of off a flac or alac as a redbook cd playable in a regular player. Check the wiki... | |
| Music Servers are they good? Once you start to use the computer with a program such as iTunes, you will be amazed at how much easier it will be vs a stand alone music server. The screen size and user interface are worth it. There are many USB to SPDIF converters (DIY Paradise... | |
| Lonely piece of marble: where should it go? I am with Lak, get a maple butcher block for your source(s). | |
| What's that tube you have there? There is a lot more to tubes than the maker. Besides, different companies were better at different tubes. Think about it. How often does one company make the best product in every catagory over a 50 year period... Call someone like Andy at Vintage... | |
| speaker wood care Isn't Las Vegas in the desert? Would that not be considered "extremely dry" ? I use a Venta here in Michigan during the winter as my boiler severely dries out my home, and the winter air does not contain enough moisture to help. Many older furnitu... | |
| speaker wood care S7horton is both right and wrong. First and foremost avoid large changes in ambient humidity. Too wet is usually the case, but too dry can be just as bad. When the moisture content falls below 6-7% the cellulose bonds within the wood become very b... | |
| Pocket PC remote for Mini Mac For 139$ you can buy a usb itunes remote with a small screen at mac connection. I've been meaning to try it... | |
| Apple TV vs. Mini vs, Sonos Apple TV doesn't support airtunes, you would use the apple express with airtunes($99 not $299) to supply toslink to a dac. Neither will send usb to a dac. Since you already have an iMac, and airport express at each stereo location (up to four I th... | |
| CDs to harddrive to DAC wtihout a PC? Ckorody is correct but failed to address part of your post. As you put it- "slugging it out" is what you won't have to do with a mac. I run both platforms for work, and the macs run way easier and with fewer issues than a pc could ever hope to. Co... | |
| How to do defragment disk on Mac? As the above but also remember to both leave your Mac on over night and/or turn it off occasionally. The computer does some maintenance scheduled at night, and at start-up (see Mlsstl and the reason for restart advice from the Sfar link). |