4krowme
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| Heat in class A equipment Volume level was mentioned somewhere in above post. With a class A amp, this has no bearing. The amp is running flat out in spite of the volume level, even at idle. All electrolytics die in time. It is just a matter of when. Some have longer se... | |
| Turntable Hum I cannot say exactly what the difference was in my system with TT/phono hum, but I was able to use 4 different phono stages. 2 of them had the hum trouble, 2 didn't. The 2 that didn't were both tube phono preamps. The 2 with hum were SS. Not that... | |
| Half Speed Mastering I yearn for a time such as when I was young and didn't know if a record sucked unless it misstracks or was outright horrible. | |
| 30 to 50 watts seems to be all I desire Power requirements can be all over the place depending on speaker efficiency, volume, room size, and even more. To get to the point, so many years ago, I had speakers with 103db sensitivity. They were horns of course. I ran SS mono blocks rated a... | |
| Unidentifiable popping sound Timing? I have a hit and miss amp. | |
| Unidentifiable popping sound So, you hear popping 10 minutes AFTER you power the system down? Is this popping through the speakers? Not likely. | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback oldhvymec, Yah, I agree with the cartridge being a transducer, like a mic. There was a moving iron cart that I had recently that caused a hum problem just due to the fact MI carts are more prone to being affected by AC fields. They also c... | |
| Musings of a Budget Audiophile Satisfaction should last as long as it can. | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback Many years ago, I owned a Velodyne ULD15 II. Fortunately, it had no issues and the bass was just the way I liked it. I have owned other subs, but hadn’t been totally impressed until I bought GR Research with a 12" bass driver and a 300 watt plate ... | |
| Audiogon resolutions for 2022 - #1 less exaggeration when it comes to system changes I applaud your thinking, but human nature wins out regardless of this kind of logic. | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! Gentlemen, I am both enjoying and learning from this discussion. I wish that I had the mind to understand all of it. I am not joking. Discussions like this are valuable to me in other courses of mechanics. It would be easy to assume one point o... | |
| Changing Turntable to Balanced Output So, the Edison phonograph is not balanced? Heh heh, there is always so much to learn here. Differences between a balanced connection and a balanced circuit (not just an electrical adjustment, but in fact a truly balanced design) are important t... | |
| line level crossover for subwoofer Velodyne used to a make a model SMS-1 which would measure the room resonances via microphone and adjust the bass response accordingly. All is adjustable with the crossover itself to merit individual taste or components. Another alternative is a... | |
| Changing Turntable to Balanced Output Personally, I have thought once or twice to have a balanced phono stage, next to have that phono stage connect to balanced headphone amp, and finally to be heard through headphones wired for balanced operation. Nothing else included in this system... | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. There hasn't been much of anything that I have ever kept past 10 years or so. The one exception that I can offer is a Carver C-9 Sonic Hologram unit. I only say that because I can switch it in or out of my system. Also, when I own any electronics ... |