almarg
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| System feedback coming thru speakers.....help By any chance have some or all of the fuses that have blown been Radio Shack "slow blow" fuses? I've seen a number of posts here in the past indicating that those fuses often tend to act more like "fast blows" than "slow blows."Regards,-- Al | |
| Are you a Verificationist about audio? 05-21-12: LearsfoolBryon's first post today gets my vote for the best post on Audiogon so far this year. He would be competing against himself, IMO, as I would give several of his other posts similar nominations. Starting above, with the first of ... | |
| Phono Section, Preamp, gain matching for noise 05-22-12: Dhl93449Al: I think he is measuring mainly white thermal noise as opposed to 60/120/240 Hz hum (via the tweeter).Hi DHL,I realized that he is not measuring hum. Note that I said "even though no hum occurs." Ground loop effects can cause ... | |
| Early digital recordings on vinyl vs. CD? I have many and probably most of the early Telarc vinyl releases, and indeed many of them are outstanding.Much of the credit for their sonic quality can be attributed to the "purist" microphone techniques they used. Rather than placing a forest of... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? 05-21-12: ChervokasI just installed an AT33EV at home and noted that the specs supplied in the manual were pretty thorough on those scores -- 10 ohms impedance at 1 khz; 22 uH inductance at 1khz -- but I gather that's not always the case.Yes, thos... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? 05-20-12: ChervokasThe load impedance of a device should be at least 10X the source impedance of the device driving it to minimize insertion loss. Even at 10:1 you have a 1/10th loss of voltage IIRC.That's close. It's actually 1/11th, assuming tha... | |
| Phono Section, Preamp, gain matching for noise Another possible explanation is that some of the noise is being introduced into the signal path at the interface between the phono stage and the preamp, due to either ground loop effects between the two components (even though no hum occurs), or R... | |
| AES/EBU, Digital or Coaxial Between Transport-DAC I read that toslink is preferred over S/PDIF, though I agree that unknown variables can tip the balance to either direction. While Toslink (optical S/PDIF) avoids the potential for ground loop issues and impedance matching issues that may arise wi... | |
| AES/EBU, Digital or Coaxial Between Transport-DAC While there are a number of unpredictable variables that could conceivably tip the balance in either direction, AES/EBU has several theoretical advantages in comparison with S/PDIF, and more often than not I would expect AES/EBU to be the best cho... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? Tommy, I can't stop laughing :-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| Are you a Verificationist about audio? Mr. T, I'm sure that you are familiar with the old saying about there being only two things in life that are certain.When it comes to everything else in life, we deal with and make judgments and decisions that involve uncertainties, probabilities,... | |
| Airport Express on separate 802.11n network? That seems like a reasonable choice, although I haven't heard of the brand name. Here are some additional choices, that are claimed to be Mac compatible:RosewillEdimaxEnGeniusAmped WirelessI've been using an Amped Wireless USB 2.4 gHz adapter on o... | |
| Wireless subwoofer question??? I took a look at the manual for a couple of the JBL wireless subs. I think that you could accomplish what you want with an inexpensive mixer, such as this one. The manufacturer's page on it is here. Considering that the sonic quality of the mixer ... | |
| Wireless subwoofer question??? Eli, note that the question concerns how to deal with the fact that the wireless transmitter to which the preamp would be connected only provides a single input connector. Also note, as indicated at the link I provided, that the preamp already pro... | |
| Wireless subwoofer question??? What kind of input connector is provided on the transmitter? If it is a 1/4" or 1/8" type, rather than an RCA or other connector, it may be designed to accept stereo inputs, which the sub itself would then sum to mono.If it is an RCA connector, I'... |