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| How hot is pure Class A solid state vs. SET? Magfan, interesting (and good) comments.As kind of an aside, didn't I read somewhere that a person radiates about as much heat as a 100 watt incandescent? I hadn't ever read anything about that, but some quick calculations indicate it is correct.O... | |
| Where would you measure temp? Richard, I took a look at some pictures showing various Spectral amps with the top cover removed, including the DMA-360 which I suspect is what you've got, based on the current limit spec. There is a large, thick, light-colored rectangular metal p... | |
| How hot is pure Class A solid state vs. SET? It looks like the A318B uses a pair of 6C33C's, which is an extremely hot-running tube. Its filaments alone consume in the rough vicinity of 40 watts per tube, assuming both filaments in each tube are used. So your EL84-based amp figures to be con... | |
| How hot is pure Class A solid state vs. SET? The manual for the Aleph 30 indicates that it draws about 200 watts from the wall outlet, which as can be expected for a Class A amplifier remains essentially constant regardless of volume level.Therefore it will put approximately the same amount ... | |
| Where would you measure temp? I second Herman's comment. The question is unanswerable without knowing what location on the particular amplifier the spec is defined for. The only temperature specs for amplifiers that I can recall seeing are either for ambient temperature (i.e.,... | |
| New Ground Loop - What Could Have Caused? Jim's comments are right on, IMO, as usual. Good suggestion by Michael (Swampwalker) as well.Given that the problem appeared out of the blue, after everything had been fine for a long while, my bet is that the root cause is the possibility Jim sug... | |
| Apple to Windows...Questions My experience with Windows based computers is that to keep them working adequately (ie. half speed or better) I need to reinstall Windows at least once per year - wiping everyting on the HD out.That is a common experience among Windows PC users, b... | |
| Preamp-power amp interconnectors advice I agree with the responses by the others. But given that you want to try to reduce the brightness by changing cables, my suggestion is that before investing in quality audiophile-oriented cables you first try the cheapest and lowest quality non-au... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Talk2me, several references to your amp that I've seen indicate that it has rca as well as xlr inputs. Is that not the case with your particular amp?In any event, the reason you didn't find an explicit answer as to the best way of interfacing rca ... | |
| RCA Caps IMO, for unused rca INPUT jacks shorting plugs are preferable to caps, although of course in many cases I would not expect either one to make any difference.Caps will do nothing to reduce coupling of internally generated rfi/emi onto the unused in... | |
| What's more important: phono stage or amp "A chain is as strong as its weakest link," whatever that may be in the particular case.IMO. Other opinions and responses, at least many of them, will certainly differ.Regards,-- Al | |
| Can a F connector substitute for balun? A more expensive and presumably better antenna will provide increased "gain," which can make a significant difference in the amount of background hiss that will be heard when listening to signals that are less than strong. Also, higher gain correl... | |
| How to connect Firewire Weiss 202 and Firewire HD I've found that SOME firewire hard drives do not daisy-chain in an ideal manner. For example, if the device that is at the beginning of the chain (i.e., connected directly to the computer) is not powered up, the other device(s) in the chain may or... | |
| Do powercords make a difference in sound? Zaikesman -- I suspect that you would have been thorough enough to do this, but just to be sure, did you repeat your power cord comparisons after you obtained the footers, to verify that similar differences resulted with the various power cords yo... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Kirk, thanks very much for the OUTSTANDING explanations, all of which ring true as far as I am concerned, pun definitely not intended :-)Ralph (Atmasphere), Seakayaker, Tim (Mitch2), thanks for your good inputs as well.Best regards,-- Al |