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| Anthonyn Cordesman on Edward Snowden Snowden is a hero.Not sure how you can say that without weighing the degree to which privacy has been compromised against the number of innocent American lives that the surveillance programs he disclosed may have saved.It seems reasonable to specu... | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation 06-26-13: Dragon_vibeAlmarg thanks for the technical info, honestly I have no clue. What would you suggest? Mind you this is for midrange and Tweeter level. The speaker has its class D amp. I could always Bi-amp them using the Clayton Audio for th... | |
| Please Help Ambient Bass Resonance Where can one purchase a maple block and how thick should it be?Here, at Mapleshade :-)They offer 2 inch and 4 inch thick configurations. I use the 4 inch version, together with their rubber & cork "Isoblocks," under my amplifier.Best,-- Al | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Dragon_vibe, the impedance curve for your speakers, as shown here, suggests that the tonal balance of the sound that is produced in the mid-range and treble regions will vary dramatically as a function of the output impedance and damping factor of... | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation More information is needed, especially what speakers you are using, and whether or not you need power levels approaching the 305 watt capability of the Carver.Regards,-- Al | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Hi Robsker,There have been a number of debates here about using cheater plugs as permanent solutions to hum problems, such as in this thread. As might be expected, opinions are divided. Some people do just that, while others argue fervently that i... | |
| How powerful is a Wavac MD-300B I am considering their preamp, the PR-X2. On their website they specify an output impedance of 10 kohms!! Could that be a typo ?Don't know. It would probably be best to contact Wavac directly with that question.I've seen a few cases over the year... | |
| Please Help Ambient Bass Resonance Do you think using the 3 gram headshell weight would change the resonant frequency, perhaps ameliorating the problem?Your guess is as good as mine. As an EE, mechanical stuff is mostly outside of my areas of expertise :-)Anyone else?Best,-- Al | |
| Please Help Ambient Bass Resonance Hi Bruce,I doubt that ambient sounds or 60 Hz coupling have anything to do with the problem, although experimenting with the turntable ground, as was suggested above, would seem to be worthwhile. Perhaps even trying having no ground connection to ... | |
| Please Help Ambient Bass Resonance Hi Bruce,I don't know what the answer is, but some of the thoughts expressed in this thread may prove to be relevant.Best,-- Al | |
| How powerful is a Wavac MD-300B Pani, a potentially very important point that nobody seems to have noticed yet is that the frequency response spec on the MD-300B has a lower limit of 40 Hz!!!Assuming that spec is not in error, that would make the MD-300B a non-starter as a candi... | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Robsker, good comments by Steve, of course. I would add that if you already haven't things I think you should do early on (in addition to his item 1) would be:(a)Verifying that the hum is in fact due to a ground loop, rather than being generated i... | |
| 5Z4 half-wave rectifiers replacement suggestion Yes, the 5Z4 is a full wave rectifier.According to an older Sams Tube Substitution Handbook I have, the following can be substituted for it:5Z4G, 5Z4GT, 5Z4GT/G, 5Z4MG, 5AR4, 5CG4, 5V4G, 5V4GA, 5V4GY.Regards,-- Al | |
| How to remove harshness from my digital gear Before giving up on the Classe transport and the Moon DAC3 (is that the right model number, btw? I couldn't find any info on it), if you already haven't I would suggest that you try all three of the Classe's outputs (AES/EBU, coaxial S/PDIF, and o... | |
| Vertical placement of instruments....crazy Rrog is correct that image dispersion along the vertical axis is sensitive to high frequency information. In fact see my posts dated 5-3-13 in this thread.However, based on the photos in your system description it appears that you are probably ref... |