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| On one leg or two legs? Maril,Wow, I just read through all of this, at Jea's suggestion. Let me make sure I understand what amp we are talking about. If I followed everything correctly, you are having the problem with your friend's pair of BAT VK-150SE's, not the VAC amp... | |
| 20 Amp Dedicated line: 10 gauge vs 12 gauge wire Keep in mind, though, that if the interconnects between components that are connected to separate dedicated lines are single-ended (unbalanced), there is the risk that voltage differentials between the grounds of those separate dedicated lines wil... | |
| firewire or USB for external music storage drive? No, not really. Firewire 400 is generally a little faster than USB2, despite USB2's faster theoretical maximum speed (480 mbps vs. 400), but both are far faster than the rates needed to support audio. Firewire 400 is preferred for video editing wo... | |
| Measuring A Capacitor My feeling, unfortunately, is that you'd be wasting your time trying. To properly test a capacitor you would need a capacitor tester. And you would probably have to remove at least one end of each capacitor from the circuit it is connected to, so ... | |
| Will I blow anything up? with early production Martin Logan Sequel II we find that the bass speaker is best matched with the 4 ohm tap, while the electrostatic panel is best controlled by the 2 ohm tap. On later production Sequels we use the 4 ohm connection to both drive... | |
| Will I blow anything up? Almarg, are you out there? What's your take on this.LOL!I agree with Eldartford. There may be other sonic issues as well, but I'm not going to take the time to think about them because the reason he cited makes the whole idea a non-starter by itse... | |
| Interconnect length If you are using a moving magnet cartridge, such as the Ortofon OM5e which that turntable commonly comes with, you will almost certainly have your upper treble rolled off due to the capacitance of what will be 12 feet or more of cable, as well as ... | |
| An Off Topic Question Re Off Topic Questions I think it would be an excellent idea. It is sometimes called "Open Chat" on other forums, and sometimes "Off Topic" as you suggested. It is an idea that seems to work well in my experience on some computer-related forums, at least in cases where ... | |
| binding post break in These possibilities come to mind:1)Psychological adaptation to the sound, as Tvad suggested.2)Tubes re-burning in following the mechanical effects that the work may have had on them. Such as the possibility I mentioned that the jostling dislodged ... | |
| Does biwiring change impedence? It is cut in half absolutely, and the power gained is in turn limited by how much power (voltage and current) can be delivered into that reduced impedance while operating in bridged mode.Basically, what bridged mode does is to put equal but opposi... | |
| Does biwiring change impedence? Yes, they were looking at 2 ohms, but not because they were biwired. As Racamuti correctly speculated, since the amps were bridged they would see the speaker impedance (in this case 4 ohms) divided by two. They would see the same 2 ohms even if th... | |
| Which budget digital cable ? Would it be the same issue for Toslink? I'm not particularly knowledgeable about electro-optics, but I don't think so. What underlies the phenomenon Tobias referred to is that for electrical signals with spectral components at rf frequencies, such... | |
| Does biwiring change impedence? No, he is wrong. Whatever impedance the particular speaker is rated at in non-bi-wired mode, plus cable resistance which should be very small, will be the impedance seen by the amplifier when the connections are bi-wired.For further background you... | |
| Your expertise is needed OK, well after thinking about a bit further I can see that the fact that the phono stage input is sensing current flow, rather than voltage, that the volume attenuation I spoke of would be avoided. With a more typical voltage-sensing phono stage, ... | |
| Your expertise is needed Hmm, yes I took a look at the ESE Labs website pages on the Nibiru, and it indeed specifies 3 ohms. It seems to be oriented towards extremely low output moving coil cartridges, which would presumably have very few turns in the coils, and therefore... |