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| Cable Burn-In Question Interconnect & Speaker If you have a tube preamp, then run your tuner or cable box 24/7 into your preamp with the rest of the system including the preamp turned off. Do one pair of ICs at a time. Or if you have a solid state preamp, you can have the preamp on and burn i... | |
| Parasound JC-1s Not Working despite the test at radioshack(I wouldn't rely on it anyway), I would still replace the fuses. Sometimes the fuse is blown right under the metal cap and you can't see it. Sometimes when the fuse blows it welds itself together again. It's only few ... | |
| "Grainy" highs problem... Change the digital cable from dvd player to the processor. Try Marigo 5.6 or 5.7 or Virtual Dynamics NiteII or Master. Will get rid of the grain. That's your most important cable right now, followed by the interconnects from processor to amp.Also,... | |
| Speaker Bi-Wire...which frequency does it benefit? depends on the speakers and the cables. what kind are they? some speakers will benefit and for some it won't make a difference, but again depends on what kind of speaker cable are we talking about. Shotgun or internally bi-wired? | |
| Marantz CD-17...want to run XLR I think you may still get some improvement out of the Krell if you'll use the RCA-XLR adaptors. But you will not fully utilize the Krell's balanced circuit. You can try though and see what it'll give you. | |
| Meridian, ARC or Cary? I've heard the 303/300 and I was not that impressed. G08 is a good player but is a bit gentle sounding when it comes to dynamic transients.I just think ARC CD3MkII would be the better choice. Especially with the rest of ARC electronics. It is a gr... | |
| Pass Labs XA- ".5" ??? Kevziek is right though, the meter on the XA series is just a "nice-to-have" feature and does not perform any function.On the X.5 series, the meter, when it starts moving, indicates that bias on the amp is going from Class A to A/B operation.My B&... | |
| HiFi-Tuning German fuses opinion In my system with my previous amp when I changed the fuses in it, I noticed such things as cleaned up soundstage, instruments sounding a bit more clear and distinct. Less of a moosh overall. If your system is sonically on the analytical side of th... | |
| Ever notice change in resisitance of vol control? Sure! I know exactly what you're talking about. However, in my system, I've noticed the volume control feel is not dependent on the power cords used. It depends on how much I had to drink. | |
| Morph The Cat-Bass Notes I agree RJA. I also think that in most cases it is a marketing ploy.There really is no way to listen for quality before you buy. | |
| Snap Crackle Pop tubes in the preamp are most likely the cause | |
| Morph The Cat-Bass Notes Fagen is a digital freak as far as I can tell. I like Morph The Cat and I do agree the bass notes go low, but overall the recording is pretty digital sounding. I wouldn't call it artificial, but listening to it a lot, over time it becomes obvious ... | |
| Best cables to use for Pass Labs equip I'm using Acoustic Zen Silver Reference MkII from cdp to pre and Matrix Reference MkII from pre to amp. All XLRs.AU24 speaker cables, although I would suggest something better, may be Acoustic Zen Double Barrel or Purist Aqueous Anniversary speake... | |
| CD problem with transport. Please help try one of the photo lens blowers and blow the dust off. Easy does it. But don't lubricate the rails. When the disc spins it may smear the oil all over the place. | |
| ARC CD-2, dac or player upgrade? are you running CD2 balanced into your preamp? ARC usually sounds best balanced. I compared it directly with the Bel Canto DAC2 and even single-ended I preffered ARC. It layers the soundstage better and overall was more refined. The CD3MkII is an ... |