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| Balanced/Unbalanced question The quoted statement will often be true, but like most such generalities it can be expected that there will be many exceptions. It depends on the design of the specific component, and on the specific system in which it is being used, and especiall... | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? A minor correction to Larryi's excellent list, if I may: Undoubtedly you meant to refer to Brook (Lincoln Walsh's Brook Electronics Company). Not to Brooks, which was an unrelated, less well known, and less highly regarded manufacturer of tube tun... | |
| Clean those conduit boxes. Bojack, I see no basis for having any doubt about Mark's statement. For several reasons:1)In my book, his many posts here over the years have earned high credibility for the perceptions he reports.2)Operating temperature, which obviously would be ... | |
| Clean those conduit boxes. All jokes aside, what I would wonder is if putting the couple of ounces of plaster back in the box would cause the less clean sound to return.If (as I suspect) it would not return, it would be an indication that something else was responsible for ... | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? John, yes your math is of course correct. And the 700cx does indeed have a max power consumption spec of 6000 watts, which if anything seems a bit low in relation to its specified output power rating of 2800 watts/channel into a 2 ohm load (the 8 ... | |
| Bryston 4BSST2 As with many bridgeable amps, the 4BSST2 does not have a maximum power rating for a 4 ohm load when operated in bridged mode, it just has a rating for an 8 ohm load in that mode. Typically the reason for that is the fact that in bridged mode each ... | |
| What better to power my 82db Magico Q5 Regarding the 145 ampere current spec, see this thread, especially the comments by me and Atmasphere. I think you'll conclude that like most amplifier current specs that is a meaningless number, which has no relevance to real world usage of the am... | |
| How to transfer data from external hard drive? If the hard drive in the existing Mac Mini still works, as the others have indicated it can be removed from that computer, connected to the new computer, and the library files copied from it. This inexpensive adapter kit, which I have used a numbe... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Ronnjay, here is a Kit 1 schematic which I believe corresponds pretty closely if not exactly to the configuration supplied to Rebbi. (See page 3 of the pdf for a clear presentation of the schematic, although you will have to refer to the first two... | |
| Best External Drive To Rip A Lot Of CD's with? See my post dated 2-3-15 here.Regards,-- Al | |
| Bi-Amping Maggie 3.6 Questions ZD, note that the question concerns removal of the speaker's crossover.Biamping, whether vertical, horizontal, or in any other configuration which may be imaginable, does not eliminate the need for a crossover.If the speaker's crossover is removed... | |
| Comments on interconnect cables It appears from your system description photos that the length required for this cable is fairly short, probably around 1 meter. Keep in mind that the relatively short length, the fact that the interface is balanced, and the fairly low output impe... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... OK, I just noticed in this photo that there are printed circuit connections visible within the board forming a direct connection between what I (and you) had believed were the two pads/holes for C1, and likewise for C4. Given that, it becomes appa... | |
| EL34 & 6L6 characteristics I have no specific suggestions, but for everyone's info the Primaluna Prologue II is apparently supplied with KT-88's, with the manual indicating that 6550's and KT-90's can be substituted, and that "you may also use EL-34, 6L6GC, 7581A and KT66 t... | |
| Different subs in pairs? 02-27-15: Zd542I was just kidding Al. I know. That's why I put the smiley :-)Mgrif, given that the interference is being heard through the sub, obviously the rationale I stated for putting the clamp near the main amplifier is not applicable, and i... |