73max
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| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Thanks again David. Of course, it has to be an intermittent problem. The most difficult to resolve. Might not happen again for another week, might happen twice tonight. Very difficult to troubleshoot unless you can monitor 24 seven for days if not... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Thanks David. I haven’t addressed the hiss issue with Alvin yet. It is intermittent, but usually happens at least once a listening session and resets easily. At first I was just thinking this is part of digital audio, but lately I’m starting to th... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Terminator update. First, the not so good: In an earlier post I stated I had sent the unit back for transformer hum. I’ve seen at least one other posting regarding the same. There was still a very slight hum when returned to me. I agree with the p... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Replacement Terminator arrived. Perfect. Yeah, it was a little frustrating to go through a return but it did allow an insight into their all important after sales support. If you’re concerned about buying overseas, based on my experience with Alvi... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Replacement on Terminator on the way! | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Alvin got right back to me! He asked some questions about the AC power and lines in my home and suggested some troubleshooting of the mains. Definitely the right place to start. After ascertaining the problem was not with the AC mains he offe... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... Thanks for suggestion, but I believe the Transformer and power supply is buried in a separate box under the main board...big disassembly job. Wouldn’t want to void warranty either. At least we’ll get an idea how warranty work is handled. May be i... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... New Terminator... I was looking forward to posting a review of my newly arrived Terminator. Unfortunately, upon plugging it in there was a terrible transformer hum. I went no further, made no other connections. Back in the box. Emailed Alvin. Wa... | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Thanks atmasphere. Maybe bloated isn’t the correct word. The bass is markedly more pronounced from my tube amp (60 Watt push pull, KT88, “some” local negative feedback) than my SS CA-2300. It’s also seems “looser” or less defined. Nonetheless, it ... | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Thanks Al. Guess that explains the bloated bass when I run 802D3s on my tube amp. | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve A twist on the original question. Numbers and graphs aside, what we hear is the ultimate arbiter. With a tube audio transformer:What happens to what we hear when the speaker impedance dips hard at a specific frequency? Will that “frequency” be he... | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Excellent link atmasphere. Great read...I’m on my second time through and taking notes. | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Also, where does one find the level of feed back and global vs local for a given amp??? Doesn’t seem like a spec often given by manufacturers. | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Love this forum. The level of knowledge here is amazing! Any thoughts on how old is “too old” for higher end SS amps? Still have my eye on the Classé Omega Monos but it’s at least 15 years old (I have the serial numbers and will get exact age). | |
| Autoformer vs Speaker impedance Curve Thanks again both! Was just listening to “Interstellar” sound track. Can definitely hear the fan on soft passages. I will clean the fan filter. |