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| Bass leaves after amp warms up? In addition to the experiments that Ralph (Atmasphere) suggested, if readily practicable it may be worthwhile to try running the amp with its top cover removed, which would lower its internal temperatures.You would suggest I get 8ohm speakers?If y... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Peter (Csontos), your point is an interesting one. But in this case, given that we now know that the problem has been observed with two different speakers (having similarly low impedances; here is the plot for the Synchrony One), and given that th... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Did the Synchrony Twos exhibit the same symptoms as the Ones?Could PSB being 4ohm possibly be the reason?As Mapman asked earlier, what models were the Bryston amps?Regards,-- Al | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Have you tried different speakers, as Kijanki thought you might have? And if so, did the same phenomenon occur with them?I'm still suspicious of the possibility that the performance of your speakers is changing after they have been playing music f... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Ron, because he said in the original post that the same thing occurred with a different amp.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? What about my third question? If, after the system has been unused for a period of time that is typical of your listening habits, you turn the amp on, play no music for the first hour, and then start to play music, what does it sound like?Regards,... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? I had the same problem with Bryston amp ...So it would seem that the problem is most likely unrelated to the amp, and that it is related to something else that is occurring during that hour. Does the same thing happen whether or not the CD player ... | |
| Parallel? How do you set the VTA? 04-11-13: LarryiThe only way I could see myself doing album-by-album VTA adjustment would require ownership of a rare Air Tangent arm that allowed for motorized VTA adjustment by remote control. That way, one could actually hear the change occurri... | |
| Simple Biamp question That will most likely work fine, and should give superior results to horizontal biamping, for the reason Jjrenman cited and perhaps also because it would make it possible to use shorter speaker cables.The reasons I say "most likely," though, (and ... | |
| Balanced cables and passive amplifiers My suggestion is that before reaching any conclusions you repeat the comparisons without having both the balanced and the unbalanced cables connected at the same time. Before disconnecting or re-connecting any of the cables, of course, turn off th... | |
| Super Cheap Upgrade If water comes out of the other ear while doing this, your head may be empty...a bad sign.Now that you mention it, I thought I did detect a little something on the other side. Uh-oh.Regards,-- Al | |
| Using autotransformers Perhaps Puerto is referring to something like this, which is essentially a motor-driven variac/variable autoformer/variable autotransformer, with a control circuit that causes the output voltage to be automatically readjusted whenever it deviates ... | |
| Super Cheap Upgrade Some years ago I developed a wax buildup in one ear which was severe enough to cause difficulty hearing people on the telephone, when it was used with that ear. I tried the Murine self-treatment multiple times and it was ineffective. A visit to th... | |
| Interconnects Roller Coaster Ride The other smaller tubes in both the power amp and preamp have more hours on them but according to ARC, need only to be changed after two cycle changes of the output tubes. That is, about 4,000 hours.Keep in mind that any electronic or mechanical c... | |
| Interconnects Roller Coaster Ride Kisawyer 04-06-13 I purchased a pair of Morrow MA-1 interconnects, burned them in 24/7 for 500 hours.Kisawyer 04-08-13I suspected the Morrows because once I installed them and heard how well they sounded I immediately knew what to listen for durin... |