bigtwin
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| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit I feel we often confuse the Watts rating of our equipment with the real world power they use. I have two Hegel H30 mono amps rated at 1150 watts each. In theory, I require 19 amps just for these. I can tell you that they only draw about 5 amps ... | |
| 15 amp circuit VS. 20 amp Circuit I'm assuming you don't run 5 power amps at the same time. In reality, your entire system, when running, probably draws +/- 5 amps. Your 15 amp breaker can handle a constant draw of 12 amps, and shorts bursts above 15 amps without tripping. Yes... | |
| Oh my goodness! Bob buys a DAC for $250. Believes it is all you need and is astounded that anyone would spend $2500. Bill buys a DAC for $2500. Believes it's the right choice and it provides much better sound than any $250 unit, and he's astounded that anyone ... | |
| Oh my goodness! Well, that's 5 minutes of my life I won't get back. | |
| Using a power strip in an old home that was build back in 1955 Where's the stereo equipment? 😆 | |
| Using a power strip in an old home that was build back in 1955 My first question would be what are you planning to plug into this box? With so many plugs, will you be overloading the circuit? Do you have the opportunity to run a dedicated gounded line fron your main panel? If grounding is important, I don... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? @ibmjunkman Good One 🤣 As for AI entering the picture, I was very interested in George Martin's son using AI to dissemble and then re-mix the Revolver LP. I assume if the time, money and interest were there, they could take a four channel recor... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? Let's be honest. Who else had to google the definition of "gestalt"? 🤣 But has the point been missed? An engineer piles everything into the center or worse, takes a trio and places two instruments in each other's lap, right in the center and pi... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? I have argued this point many times. Sure a better system makes good recordings sound their best, but as the saying goes, Your Can't Polish A Turd. You can only reproduce what's on the recording. No amount of money spent is going to change that... | |
| Power Amplifier - Maximum Resolution & Detail! @deep_333 It would seem there are as many great amps as there are members offering opinions. I assume many are recommending what they have in their own system. So I'll just give a +1 to Hegel amps. I've owned three, working my way up to the H3... | |
| A Noob Asking About Power Cables @tampabaycenter Whatever you decide to do, just make sure the retailer offers a no questions asked, 100% refund policy. The golden ear club hears an improvement with big $$$ power cables. Confirmation bias or actual betterment? Don't know and... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? I have to cheat a bit and say $450 for the 250th Anniversary CD box set of the complete recordings of Beethoven on the D.G. lable. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @dogearedaudio You are correct that Sanders is speaking about ESL for the most part. I listened to your attached file. Very interesting. I would suggest you could start at the 25 min mark as he doesn't really get into the meat of the subject... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @immatthewj Scroll up about 15 posts and you will see I pasted a potion of the paper and included a link to the full paper. Sanders does a good job explaining the perceived difference in tubes and SS, and why many systems may be underpowered. ... | |
| Watts! How many do we need? @immatthewj I think that Sanders covered this question fully in his paper? |