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| Subwoofer hunt thanks for the detailed post hifiman5. one quick question, wouldnt the current on the speakers drop if you connect subs to them in parallel? because current would decrease for parallely connected components right? No, there would be no effect ... | |
| Settings on phono stage Apparently putting switch 6 up adds 100 pf to whatever the input capacitance of the phono stage is when switch 6 is down (which will be greater than zero, and perhaps a few tens of pf’s). As you indicated a load capacitance of 100 pf is recommende... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I have no strong convictions either way in this discussion. But regarding the comment about modern jet fighters being superior to military aircraft from the 1930s, and other comments citing the superiority of modern technology, while that is certa... | |
| Amps and Preamps has standby, but should I turn them completely off? IMO the bottom line on the many tradeoffs that are involved, which certainly figure to be dependent on the designs of the particular components as well as on the particular usage patterns, simply comes down to common sense: If the system is just ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... By the way Al, I was cruising through the AT ART-9 thread last night and was wondering how you like your’s now that its broken in? Wonderful in every way :-) I’m forever indebted to you, Pani, and the several other members whose posts inspired me ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... OP, not to belabor a tangential issue, but to add some clarification to the recent discussion Mapman was referring to the first paragraph of your post dated 7-16-2016 1:17pm EDT, on page 45 of the thread, which began with the words "Oh my gawd! I... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear Thanks for providing the article, Scott. Everything it says is well explained and makes sense. However the kind of surge protector it addresses is the kind that utilizes sacrificial "varistors" ("MOVs" being the most common type of varistor), in... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear I don't know the answer to that, Scott, or what the reason might be that it would be a bad idea. And I'd imagine that the answer might depend on the design of the specific conditioner. So all I can suggest is checking with Running Springs, as wa... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear Acupwr also makes step down transformers that only effect the voltage - frequency remains unchanged. I have confirmed that all of my gear will be fine on 50hz, so am only considering these units. Great! I see no reason to be concerned about funct... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear Thanks for the additional info, Lucidear. Following is the text of the inquiry I sent to Acupwr via their website: Regarding your autotransformers that can convert from 50 to 60 Hz and vice versa, and are indicated as being intended for use with r... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear Al, why don't you contact them? You will know what they are saying. Done! I'll post back if and when I receive a response.Regards,-- Al | |
| Jeff Rowlands Amp and Dac vs. VAC amp and DAC Hi Rinpoche,What you would want would be a "line stage" preamp. The Lamm LP2.1 is a "phono stage" preamp, which as Inna indicated would be used in conjunction with a turntable, and would require a separate line stage preamp.Note that as in the ca... | |
| Moving From USA Overseas... Looking For Advice re: Electrical Service and Gear Transformers and autoformers cannot convert frequency. I took a look at the Acupwr devices that were referred to, and I could not find any meaningful information at the site as to how the conversion they provide is accomplished. But it seems to me... | |
| Audio Research PH5 Phono Preamplifier Input Clipping Problem Hi Scott,In the specific case of the Herron I would not expect using a SUT into its MM input to be preferable to going directly into its MC input. I say that in part because of the great results many have obtained using LOMC’s directly into the VT... | |
| Should I buy a Class A Amp. Hi Don,In terms of their impedance characteristics, your Eminent Technology LFT-8B speakers are exceptionally easy to drive compared to most others. And their wavelaunch characteristics, which are essentially planar above the deep bass region, mea... |