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| New Pass Labs Xs amps At those prices, you absolutely should be able to get a home audition. And if it doesn't gel in your system, they should be able to modify the price until it meets your expensiveness criteria, no matter how much that costs:) | |
| Audioquest colorado sound to bright The battery does break in the cable, but it takes a couple weeks. If you buy stock from a dealer that's been on the shelf a few weeks or more, you shouldn't need to break them in. If you have to order them, they will probably be fresh from AQ and ... | |
| Focal/JM Labs Nova Utopia Be You should always try the taps one up and one down from the speaker's impedance by ear, unless the amp manufacturer specifically warns against it. Very often the sound is markedly better on one tap than the other, and you want to know about that f... | |
| Relate sensitivity/impedance to speaker efficiency It does seem to be "common knowledge" that 10 db sounds twice as loud. However, what does that mean? Try listening to some music at a normal volume. Note the setting (this assumes you have a db scale to refer to).then close your eyes, press and ho... | |
| Is it hard on my amp to be driving 4 ohm speakers? Probably I wasn't clear. You will have to turn the volume higher into 16 ohms to get the volume you want, since more voltage will be required. Your model of amp's bias doubles at some volume level or another - it's not a typical class A design in ... | |
| How can anyone afford this ? Many people can justify driving an Acura instead of a Honda Accord. For the difference, you could buy a very nice sound system. No one will think you're crazy for buying the Acura, and Acura's spending a lot of money on ads to drive that point hom... | |
| VPI Classic I recently had a very similar problem with an Aries 3 and Benz Ace cartridge. Damping fluid did not eliminate the wobble. However, the previous owner had installed a Soundsmith Counter Intuitive. This slips over the counterweight and makes it easy... | |
| How can anyone afford this ? One mistake I have made is to buy a component that sounded great in another system or had a great review, but ended up not working in my system. It's hard to avoid making this type of mistake buying used - it's how you react to it that can cost pl... | |
| Amps that are "forward" Buconero117, I don't see the need for audiophiles seeing an audiologist just to see how "broadband" their ears are. That would be like spending a lot of money to get harmonic distortion numbers on my amps - there's a lot going on in the process of... | |
| What causes speaker cone to extend when... What kind of amp and Preamp do you have? It sounds like a DC issue - either the amp or Preamp has a temporary issue with DC offset, which gets through for a few seconds before coupling caps or a DC servo circuit compensates. I wonder if you turned... | |
| Is it hard on my amp to be driving 4 ohm speakers? I would listen to whatever setting sounds better. It's hard to predict what that will be, especially without knowing what circuit gymnastics are involved on making the 4/16 switch. If you want to baby the amp above all, try measuring the heat sink... | |
| How does music "move" down a wire? You guys are obviously new to this forum thing. "Great Job!" "Excellent Answers, THANKS!!!" Sheesh!!The whole point here is to attack the opinions of others and prove how intelligent you are, not some idealistic search for the truth. I think the l... | |
| McIntosh MC-1.2KW vs PASS XA-160.5 amps ?? I have the XA160.5's as well, but haven't heard the big macs. The XA160.5 idle at "only" 410 watts each, based on Kill-a-watt measurement. I believe the original XA160's actually idle at 600 watts. The .5's have the same specified power consumptio... | |
| Grilles or No Grilles I have generally preferred the sound with grilles off, even when the manual suggested keeping them on, and even though I prefer the protection and look of having them on. The metal ones seem to protect the best and sound the worst. There are excep... | |
| BAT REX power consumption Thanks for the clarification, Victor. My question to you must have been unclear, since I was looking for average power consumption. 300 watts or so is still a fair bit of heat from a Preamp, but right now that would be welcome.My mono blocks draw ... |