brianhutch
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| 240V to 120V Question/Advice Please Its often not a big deal for a Qualified electrician to install 220 volt circuits in a north american home. Your stove and dryer usualy operate at that voltage as well as most hot tubs and saunas. The hubbell number for hospital grade 220 volt out... | |
| Anyone hear GMA First Overture DAC ?? I have owned a First Overture for more than 1 year. It sounds as close to analog as I have ever heard from cd playback and I am enjoying it more as my cd collection grows.I am still mostly playing lp records and it will be many years until my digi... | |
| Should I purchase an expensive phono preamp Like nsgarch I feel your reciever is the choke point in your system.You did not mention the type of speakers you are driving or the number.Why not consider selling the Pioneer? adding the amount you would have payed for the AcousTech[my choice out... | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? I like hi fi+ magazine.They use a much better quality paper than most of their competitors.Photography is of a high standard, most of the contributers seem articulate.The last issue I read reviewed equipment from the States,Canada,UK,Germany Franc... | |
| Neil Young - Like a Hurricane I think it on the newish classic records re release Neil Young greatist hits classic records 48935-1.My favorite version is from Roxy Musics album musique from about 1983,they have a live performance of like a hurricane, which I haul out now and a... | |
| Biamp Low frequecy amp recommend by the way what kind of subs are you thinking of?what are your main speakers? and are you going to use an active cross over?are you still going to play your main speakers full range?are you considering remote sub volume?I looked for a cheapish hug... | |
| Biamp Low frequecy amp recommend am right now in the process of adding subs to my vac 70/70 quad 989 system.have arranged to buy a classe ca300 to drive the subs.was looking at classe,older rowlands,McCormack,bryston,any well built powerfull amp with a large power supply. | |
| Phono stage help for Nott Spacedeck/Anna/Dynavectr I am using both an x-ono and a dual mono K+K with a nottingham table and anna also have a sme3012 mounted, in back to back listening most people seem to prefer the K+K over the pass no matter which arm is hooked to which phono.sorry have not tried... | |
| High Quality Integrated to power Mani-2 There are two mf nu vistas on the gon right now both well within your price range.they have a good mc/mm phono stage and 275 quite beefy watts ok for mani,s. | |
| Tonearms for Nottingham Dais am having very good results with an sme 3012-R on my dais and have 12" anna on the other side for comparison. | |
| Looking for phono stage recommendations I have been using an X-ono for a couple of years with a koetsu black on a nottingham anna 12'.Just recently have completed a dual mono K+K using billington step up transformers and have added an SME3012-R with an ortophon spu royal to my nottingha... | |
| Always On? If the hybrid amp were mine I would leave it switched on all of the time unless leaving the area for more than a couple of days.if tube life is shorter than you are happy with,you could always fit a standby relay and switch interupting the B+ powe... | |
| The best passive preamp reading the review by audiotweaks on the bent audio site www.bentaudio.com will give you an idea of the requirements for passive volume control,the resistor formats series,shunt and ladder, and the transformer alternative.www.audiosynthesis.co.uk ... | |
| Power Up the System - What Do You Do? I bought my armaco variac in a garage sale for $20.its good for 20 amps and attenuates very smoothly.built it into a test panel with voltmeter ammeter and dc output as well as the 0-120 volt sockets.Its handy for first tests of projects as well as... | |
| Quad 989s--personal experience and opinions? my 989s are in a 31ft x 14ft room the ceiling slopes from 12ft to 8ft,am using vac 70/70,s.I like my music fairly loud at times and am happy.as time and money allows I intend buying an old pair of solid state monobloc power amps classe or muse per... |