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| Living With A Class A Tube Amp A 200 Watt amp will use 0.2 kilo-watt-hour in 1-hour. So, 5-hrs/day x 7-days/week gives you 7 kWh. At current Minneapolis rates that's about 17.7 cents x 7 = $1.239 cost per week, or $5.31/month. No biggies. | |
| Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system. @wlutke all fair advice and it should help narrow down the space within which the problem is likely occurring. @erik_squires Erik, I wouldn't say my question is too broad. I would say that my problem could be occurring due to innumerable issues. ... | |
| Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health There always comes a time, but still sad to hear. Clapton's music was a mainstay on my Walkman during high school. I had a chance encounter with him in the men's washroom in the KLM Lounge in Schiphol airport about 15-years ago. But before I reali... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. @ishkabibil yes. I haven't kept up with the stereo speakers market much. So now I do have a fairly long list of recommendations to check out over the next few months. Some will be harder to audition, but still... its a fair bit of info to go on. ... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. @moto_man I've been having a really discouraging time getting any replies from Joseph Audio. Zero response to submissions of Contact Us form. Even calling up their dealer in Chicago hasn't been much better. They acknowledged they are a dealer, an... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. @retiredfarmer from everything I have read it appears that Harbeths need a fair bit of breathing room around them. So I'm not sure whether I want to take the trouble to audition them. I have never heard of Equation speakers, so lets see if I can ... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. I have a couple of semi-vintage Denon and AR power amps (~25 year old), but most likely I will start afresh with this setup. Hence, strongly open to trying new amps. SPL: I am now too old to rock. Mostly listen to jazz and classical/opera/ethn... | |
| Need speaker recommendations. I should clarify what my front wall looks like. If you are staring at the front wall, 2-ft 4-inch from the floor the wall turns horizontally into a ledge, after 1-ft of ledge it again goes straight up, to the ceiling. In other words, there isn't o... |