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| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... You're welcome, Rebbi. BTW, Signal Cable sometimes sells at Audiogon, as member Frank9740. As of today he has 1,237 positive feedbacks here, with no neutrals and no negatives.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Rebbi, regarding power cords you'll most likely find this post by Atmasphere (Ralph K.) to be of interest, and perhaps the rest of the thread as well.I would add that the factors he cites as being most important in a power cord, namely minimal vol... | |
| System Help What once was a marvelous listening experience has turned into a diffuse, muffled, lifeless, boring system!If these symptoms are particularly extreme, they would seem to be consistent with a polarity reversal in one (and only one) channel. Just to... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Bruce,Here are the benefits of DEQX as summarized in the calibration software manual:Correcting full range passive (traditional Hi-Fi) speakers plus room correction:Anechoic Frequency-response calibration.Anechoic Phase-response/Timing-cohere... | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice One thing no one has asked about so far is whether you have tried both of the output taps on the amp, and also whether you have tried the amp in both ultralinear and triode modes. If you are presently using the 8 ohm taps, and haven't tried the 4 ... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier VERY clever idea from Imhififan. Kudos!To be sure it's clear, I would reword the description of the Deck 3 connections as follows:Deck 3: pole connect to 8ohm 100w Dummy Load Resistor; other side of that resistor to Tube Amp - output; position A &... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Will do.-- Al | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Acoustic panels are not one of my areas of expertise either, Bruce. But if you want to DIY at a low price, the suggestions Bombaywalla made earlier of Owens Corning 703 or 705 seem worth looking into. They can be ordered via Amazon, where lots of ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Andrew (Drewan77), thanks again for your always excellent inputs. A couple of minor clarifications to your post just above, if I may:Sound waves travel at different wavelengths/speeds from the lowest/slowest to the highest/fastest frequencies so w... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier Marty, note this statement in one of Mceljo's earlier posts:To bridge the instant between the speakers and the dummy load resistor on the tube amplifier we will also add 150 ohm 5W or 10W resistors on each channel based on the recommendation from ... | |
| Speaker Switch That Protects Tube Amplifier Not sure about that, Marty (Viridian). I agree that the load resistor could be made significantly higher than 8 ohms, which would allow a somewhat lower wattage resistor to be used. I recall reading somewhere that as a conservative rule of thumb g... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Bruce, the only thing I can add at this point to the good responses that have been provided to your questions is to mention that in contrast to speaker correction, DEQX allows you to perform room correction adjustments on the fly, in real time, by... | |
| Bi-amping Using the Mcintosh MA7000 Not sure if you are referring to driving an external amp with the pre-outs of the MA7000, or driving the inputs of the power amp section of the MA7000 from a separate preamp or from the pre-outs of another integrated amp. In any event, the main co... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Well, hearing one vote in favor and none opposed I've decided to order the large acoustic panels I referenced in my previous post, for purposes of shielding the mic from reflections during the speaker calibration measurements.The one slight concer... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Thanks everyone for the good responses.I guess part of the answer to the issue I described, about the possibility of correcting a non-problem in the case of large speakers that can't be measured from an optimal distance due to reflection constrain... |