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| Recall of Krell Amplifiers No particular love for Krell, at least the Equipment. However, the Krell fictional race DO get my sympathy, based on what Morbiius said of them and how they perished.Yes, indeed:Dr. Edward Morbius: In times long past, this planet was the home of a... | |
| Recall of Krell Amplifiers Magfan,From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin:A theremin was not used for the soundtrack of Forbidden Planet, for which Louis and Bebe Barron built "disposable" oscillator circuits and a ring modulator to create the "electronic tonalities" for... | |
| Electrical Question - dumb one - but a good one Also, judging by the wording of your question it's possible that the existing receptacle is already a 20A receptacle. 15A plugs can be plugged into 20A receptacles, but 20A plugs physically cannot be plugged into 15A receptacles.A modern 20A recep... | |
| Recall of Krell Amplifiers ROTFL, Shadorne.Not sure if everyone who reads this thread will realize that Dan D'Agostino named his company after the extinct super-race of Forbidden Planet, from which the photo linked to by Shadorne is taken.-- Al | |
| Can speakers be too large for a room One thing I am going to try is to raise the speakers some. This is my office, so my listening position is higher than normal. I,ve read that the tweeters should be about ear level. I am going to try and raise the speakers about 2 inches. When list... | |
| Cables with 75 ohm connectors for analog audio? That should be fine. The impedance of connectors (and cables) refers to what is called "characteristic impedance," not actual resistive (or other) loading, and is relevant only to frequencies that are much higher than audio frequencies (such as th... | |
| Can speakers be too large for a room MWilliams -- Thanks for the clarifications. Yes, dull cymbals would seem to suggest simply weakness in the mid to upper treble. My feeling, though, contrary to some of what has been suggested, is that enhancing that part of the spectrum by enhanci... | |
| Can speakers be too large for a room A further thought, following up on my previous post:Among the recordings that you have done the assessments with, are at least a few of them presumably high quality audiophile-caliber recordings, with minimal dynamic range compression, minimal equ... | |
| Can speakers be too large for a room I've read through all of this and it's not clear to me exactly what the symptoms are. That's no one's fault, of course, especially considering your statements about being a relative newbie, but I think that a more specific characterization of the ... | |
| Which power cord more important? Think the conventional wisdom is that the more refined power -- such as you might hope to find with more expensive wires (ah, were it only so simple) -- is commonly better applied towards the beginning of your chain on lower-power items.Although t... | |
| Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise? My question, especially for those who own high-end turntables, can you live with all the crackling and popping noise? Some excellent comments and suggestions have been made by the others. I'll just add, re this part of your question, that how obje... | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... Excellent points, Ralph. Thanks!Re Googling "spark coil," I think that also Googling the term "inductive kickback" would further reinforce your recommendation about shielding. To make sure it's clear to the others, inductance (which is present to ... | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... Magfan -- Despite the claims that some cable manufacturers may make in their marketing literature, I don't think that a power cord can have a significant power factor, because its inductive reactance and capacitive reactance at 60Hz will be comple... | |
| Adding a 2nd Power Condition vs. a Newer/Larger 1 I would suggest a third option, which is much less expensive than the other two, and won't introduce ground loop issues. Just buy a quality power strip that does not have any filtering or surge suppression whatsoever, and use it to expand the numb... | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... Stewie: "(Mr. T): this hobby is so subjective that when you have 2 audiophiles in a room, you will get three opinions."That's nonsense. You will get four opinions. True! After the first one changes his mind, the other one will follow suit.Shadorne... |