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| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. To member Whitestix, thank you for the advice you provided on the previous page of this thread. Sage counsel, IMO.Regards,-- Al | |
| Should I upgrade my phono linestage first or the tonearm for better results? A point you may want to factor into your decision is that the Virtuoso v2 cartridge appears to have a recommended load capacitance of 100 pf, and the input capacitance of your phono stage is specified as 220 pf. The capacitances of the wiring betw... | |
| Power Cord Length Geoff, my post was not an "assessment" of Nordost cables, and said nothing about their sonics or their desirability. It appears that you've read things into my post that it didn't say.Regards,-- Al | |
| Power Cord Length Jim (Jea48), thanks for providing the Nordost quote and link. I’d have to say that those recommendations don’t say anything positive about their credibility as a cable manufacturer, as far as I am concerned. In addition to the lack of supporting r... | |
| More resistance is less load?? Yes, RMS = root mean square. As you probably realize, the signal provided to a speaker consists of various frequency components each of which is AC (alternating current). Amplifier power capability is defined based on the simplified assumption tha... | |
| More resistance is less load?? Good responses by the others above, except that the reference to E/IR should be E = IR (meaning E equals I multiplied by R). (E is commonly used in the context of Ohm’s Law to denote volts, and means the same thing in that context as V).So when Gh... | |
| Power Cord Length Gdnrbob, thank you kindly.I believe I recognize which manufacturer is being referred to in the OP. Since the OP chose not to mention the name, I won’t either, although if I’m right it is certainly among the more respected manufacturers of audiophi... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Fluffers, the 500 volt rating of the large size fuse is not an issue, when used in place of a fuse having a lower voltage rating. See the first paragraph of my post at the bottom of page 19 of this thread, and follow-up posts in the top half of ... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Okay, I switched the fuse direction today and am listening. Details at 11...Before reaching any conclusions, my suggestion is that you switch it back and forth a couple of times, and listen to the same recordings at precisely the same volume setti... | |
| Concert Experience for $5k? Hi Gdhal,I’ll begin my answer to your question by referring you to this Wikipedia writeup on voltage divider networks:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_dividerIn the first figure, consider Z1 to be the amplifier’s output impedance, Z2 to be th... | |
| Help! My system is very bright it hurts my ear Al, the Input Sensitivity of the Macintosh c40 preamp is 250mV (at the time of 2.5V Output power) (50mV IHF).Input impedance is 22kohm. Interconnects are unknown.How does this match with a CDP having an Output of 2.2 Volts? Thanks for pointing tha... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS I'll add my thanks to Roger as well, for an excellent elucidation of fuse fundamentals that unfortunately are not widely understood.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Connecting Headphone Amp Great! Glad I was helpful. And thanks for the nice words about my system. Yours was clearly chosen and assembled thoughtfully and well, and I’m sure is a delight to listen to. Best of luck with the Bottlehead kit.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. "BTW, when I referred to cable effects essentially all being proportional to length I should make it clear that I was referring to power wiring."Nice try but there is no such law as you seem to be implying.... That’s a Strawman argument by t... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. George, it’s not clear who your last post was addressed to, but if it was addressed to the person who posted just above that post I think you may not have interpreted what he said as it was intended.Geoff, thanks for the comprehensive response, al... |