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| How to I'm not sure if you mean that both libraries are on the external drive, or only one is, with the other being on an internal drive. And also, are you using Windows or a Mac?That said, I would think you could just copy the music files from the stora... | |
| Driving 4 ohm speakers I have no knowledge of how well the Arcam would handle a two ohm load. But I want to point out that while putting either a resistor in series or the two speakers in series will result in a functioning setup, it is not a recipe for quality sound. I... | |
| Cable tv splitters Power pass-through, or lack of it, would have nothing to do with anything being blown. All it refers to is that some splitters will allow two-way communications between the cable box and the cable company, and some won't (just allowing signals to ... | |
| Sources for Dynaco Stereo 70. If there is a local classified ad publication on the newstands in your area, for buying and selling of used items, place a want ad in it.If you do so, you might want to word it more broadly, such as "wanted -- 1950's and 1960's tube hifi equipment... | |
| Hissing and Hum through speakers Also, you mentioned that you moved the plasma to another circuit. Did you also try unplugging it? If it is physically close, it's possible that it is radiating high frequency interference into the audio system through the air, regardless of what c... | |
| Hissing and Hum through speakers I don't think that your results with nothing connected to the amp are meaningful, unless you connect shorting plugs to the inputs (which will probably kill both the hiss and the hum, especially given that you initially reported that the noise went... | |
| Threshold S300 Power Amp I owned one briefly about 15 years ago. Unfortunately it suffered from a very wicked turn-off transient, about a minute or so after the power switch was turned off. I have no idea if that was a defect in the particular unit or characteristic of th... | |
| What makes for a "great" turntable? I would guess isolation from external vibrations and rotational accuracyI think you've pretty much said it as far as clearly identifiable design characteristics that affect the sound are concerned, except that I would add "rotational stability" if... | |
| Buffer pre or active pre... Regardless of the terminology the manufacturer's literature may use, both amplifiers are active. An active device in the context of amplifiers is a tube or transistor. It is the opposite of a passive device, which can refer to a resistor, capacito... | |
| source for long component and IC What is the longest RCA IC (my friend) can run? It's highly dependent on the capacitance of the cable and the output impedance of your source component. Both should be as low as possible for a long run, or else the upper treble will be attenuated.... | |
| Mysterious Hum That seems understandable. When the preamp's mute function is activated, it forces a zero-voltage condition on its outputs, apparently by direct mechanical action of the switch since you indicated that the switch has that effect even if pressed wh... | |
| binding post break in You guys can all laugh...but my local S&M club takes this very seriously. If you ever got badly chaffed wrists then it is no laughing matter!!!See the thread about contact treatments. Maybe the Walker stuff would be helpful!-- Al :) | |
| Thoughts on attenuating 1/4 wave cancellation Good questions from Zargon. Also, are the speakers dipolar, front-firing, other? And how far down does their low frequency response go?Also, I could be wrong but I believe it is more correctly referred to as 1/2 wave cancellation. The path from th... | |
| iTunes Apple Lossless Setting Mystery I'm using Itunes 7 on Windows XP. It looks like whatever import format has been selected under Edit/Preferences/Advanced is the format that is offered as the "convert selection to" choice when you right-click on a selection. Silly design, but that... | |
| Do I need a power cable - if so what brand? Almarg, is it possible that a power cord can act like an antenna? Remember that we used to use wire inside a plastic covering to pick up radio signals for our tuner.People do sometimes have problems with phono inputs picking up radio signals, due ... |