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| Variac differences and use It may be overkill for your purposes, especially at $539, but I use an earlier version of this B&K Precision variable ac power supply.Note though that its output current capability is 3A continuous, 4A intermittent, which makes it unsuitable f... | |
| attenuators and potentiometers It's hard to say without having detailed design information on the unit. However, in pro audio circles the phrase "limiter" denotes something completely different than a gain control or attenuator or potentiometer, and I would guess that is applic... | |
| Woofer motion problem. It was perceptive of you to notice that! It sounds like the compliance of your cartridge, and the effective mass of your tonearm, are not optimally matched, resulting in the combination having a resonant frequency in the "warp region" of typical r... | |
| How important are the Speaker Cabinets? What does Mechans' post say? Does anyone have a clue??In some prior threads he has explained why his posts are sometimes not optimally expressed. The reasons are definitely not grounds for sarcasm (and I don't mean to imply that you intended any).... | |
| Bad Hum Coming Through Amp, What Happened? Goldeneraguy -- No, don't use any tape at all on that connection. We were referring to power cords only (and isolating the safety ground of the ac wiring from the component's ac power connector), not to the ground connection between turntable and ... | |
| Do all toroidal transformers hum? The reason for the hum is what is called magnetostriction. You can read about it here.It may also be sensitive to the tightness of the transformer mounting screws, and to the design of the mounting arrangement, which might influence the degree to ... | |
| Low output moving coil cartridge Correction: The first sentence of my previous post should have been "More often that not the answer would be NO, but not necessarily." When writing my answer I forgot that you had expressed the question as a negative. :)In other words, more often ... | |
| Low output moving coil cartridge Are you saying that if I have the 30 watt amp hooked up with the .5mv cart and I have a comfort listening level at say 12:00 position on the control, then I switch amps to the 60 watt (with the same .5mv cart), that I will NOT have to turn the vol... | |
| What should I upgrade? Hi Devon,As we've seen, a case can be made for many different approaches. But here is my take, and I'll qualify it by saying that my experience with Maggies is fairly limited (several listening sessions at a friend's house, to one of the older, la... | |
| What should I upgrade? Devon -- Some fundamental questions which I don't think have been addressed so far:1)How far is your usual listening position from the speakers?2)How far are the speakers from the wall behind them?3)How far apart are the speakers?4)What is the dis... | |
| What should I upgrade? Is it possible to bridge my s300 so it outputs 600w and buy another s300 to bridge? If so, how does one "bridge" an amp?Hi Devon,No, a fully balanced stereo amplifier such as yours can in a sense be thought of as being two amplifiers on a single c... | |
| Bad Hum Coming Through Amp, What Happened? Rtn1, my Sunfire poweramp has 2-prong connector and everytime I try to touch any of my equipment pieces I grab a great piece of the static charge especially during the dry seasons or winter when heater is always on. So figure to have the same with... | |
| Bad Hum Coming Through Amp, What Happened? I have used those ground cheater plugs before & they work great. Does anyone know the downside of using them if any? Aside from the additional contacts which are introduced into the ac path (which could be eliminated by following Rtn1's sugges... | |
| Low output moving coil cartridge No. You haven't lost any power at all by going to the lower output cartridge. All that you've done is to change the position of the volume control that is required to reach the 30W power capability of your amp, and by a modest amount (about 6db, s... | |
| How to transfer LD to DVD? Sharp2451 -- I agree with Dollyowner's suggestion of a DVD recorder, which is likely to be (by far) the most convenient and practical approach. Just for the record, though, if you know someone who is set up for and does computer-based video editin... |