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| so what do you do when listening? I just sit and listen. Otherwise, its off. Listening is the only thing that gets me to sit still for more than a few minutes, usually for a few hours. Most of the time my wife listens with me. Nothing better than sharing an immersive listening exp... | |
| Power rating for speakers Worf -- Stan's response led me to realize why you were asking your question about damaging speakers by playing at low volume. Keep in mind that playing a high powered amp at low volume is a very different situation than playing an underpowered amp... | |
| Power rating for speakers Would mean if I played the music at a low level (say 10W) for a speaker thats rated 50-150w, I'd be damaging the speaker?No.Please also see my response in the other thread in which you posted a similar question.Regards,-- Al | |
| How to hook up 2 amps from one set of pre outs? I always assumed the signal impedence would be altered tying in a second component to a single set of outputs (signal devided in half). I also assume you could add another main out and tie that into circuit (rather than simply pig tailing 2nd out)... | |
| How are bit rates related to sample rates? Probably because your iTunes preferences are set to import in a compressed format, such as mp3. In iTunes, go to the Edit menu, then to Preferences, then to Advanced, then to the Importing tab, and then set "Import Using" to "WAV Encoder." That wi... | |
| Atma-Sphere vs Pass Labs Class A It will surprise me if anyone has compared these two brands on speakers that match both equally well.Very well said. They are designed with fundamentally different philosophies, and among other things have drastically different output impedances. ... | |
| What is Rec Amp Power 50W-150W vs 25W-150W Don't take those minimum power ratings too literally. The power levels that you'll be listening at depend on the efficiency of the speakers (specified in db at 1 meter at 2.83 volts or 1 watt input), the size of your room, the distance between the... | |
| Power supply upgrades What do you think about the 160v rating on 22uf caps, enough?I don't know what voltage the power supply is outputting to the plate circuits of the 12AX7's, but I suspect you should go with a considerably higher rating on the caps than 160V. Perhap... | |
| Power supply upgrades What value bypass caps should those electrolytics be bypassed with?I don't think it's particularly critical, as long as the bypass caps are of good quality. Anything from 0.1 to several uf strikes me as reasonable. If you find indications of parti... | |
| Power supply upgrades I'm not familiar with the Nichicon electrolytics, but assuming they are of at least decent quality I don't think you'll gain anything by replacing them. You might realize some small benefits by paralleling ("bypassing") them with good quality film... | |
| Editing WAV or other PC Files? I use the professional version of Sound Forge, from Sony (originally developed by Sonic Foundry, before Sony purchased them). It costs $300, but the consumer version ($55) may very well suit your purposes. There are lots of other choices out there... | |
| Measuring A Capacitor Outstanding! Phono hum is a very common problem, as others have noted above, so I'm sure the information brought out in this thread on the various possible approaches will prove useful to others in the future. Glad it worked out.Regards,-- Al | |
| Measuring A Capacitor You did say it would be amplified 10,000 times. I neglected to say the obvious, which is that it would be less if the system were clipped, which will most likely happen.And it would not be "a very large transient." it would be a slight pop that cl... | |
| Measuring A Capacitor Almarg gives good advice on things to try but his paranoia about static being amplified 10,000 times is just that, paranoia. In order for static to jump you need quite a few volts so you aren't going to get quite a few times 10,000 volts out of yo... | |
| Cayin A70T has bogus tube rectification? I'm an antique radio collector, and I can tell you that during the golden age of radio, in the 1930's, far more than a few companies put extra tubes in their designs that did absolutely nothing (other than to allow the marketing people to claim a ... |