bruce1483
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| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? If interested, go to the www.cardas.com where they have a discussion of cable burn in posted in the "insights" section. I'm not sure I buy into it, but it makes for interesting reading | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? If the sound of the cable changes over time, why does it always get better? It seems to me that at least some of the time, the sound would get worse. I believe it is because you adapt to the sound of the cable. If I spent big bucks on a cable, I w... | |
| Psychological audio, proceed slowly Bmpnyc, you stated "with $700 to use, I might put that towards something that gets me a little more bang for the buck", which is exactly my point. After getting some decent low priced cables, it is my contention that you can always "get a little m... | |
| Psychological audio, proceed slowly I'm not sure I understand the purpose of the original post, but I find it interesting that some of you took offense at it. I do believe that we tend to hear what we want to hear. and if that is the meaning behind this post, then I agree. I also fi... | |
| AC lines It is true that coiling a wire creates an inductor, but that is not always a bad thing. Inductors tend to block high frequencies, and if your power cord blocks high frequency RF from getting into your equipment that would be good. I suggest you tr... | |
| SACD Dominates Recommended List Here's the problem. I have over a thousand CDs and even more vinyl albums. Most of the titles I see coming out on SACD I already have or I don't want. I can choose from many tens of thousands of used CDs or records for $5 to $10 a copy or spend $2... | |
| Capacitance: Help me understand Please let me clear up one small item in my post above. I knew that a vacuum was a better dielectric than air, but assumed that no vacuum interconnects existed. I was wrong. I saw an ad last night in Stereophile for "the worlds first vacuum interc... | |
| Capacitance: Help me understand There are few errors in kkirkpa's post. Yes, it has to do with the storage of electrical charge. But the idea of storing energy during loud passages and releasing energy during soft passages is a little off base. The signal from the pre-amp is con... | |
| Help Preamp Hum Torroidal transformers (round, like a donut) are infamous for humming when they don't get clean power. This is usually caused by dimmer switches. Plugging into a different outlet might not help since all of the outlets in your house/apartment are ... | |
| HELP , More problems with Bias I don't want to give the impression that it is common to have biasing problems when switching brands of tubes. It is actually rather rare. Most tubes of the same type can be changed for one another with no problems. | |
| HELP , More problems with Bias To answer to your last question about what happens if you play it in this condition. If the bias current is too low, i.e. the reading is set lower than .635V, the sound will be distorted. But no harm will be done. If the bias current is too high a... | |
| HELP , More problems with Bias Hello again. I would first switch the tubes from one channel to the other. If the problem moves with the tubes, you have a tube problem. If it stays on the same channel, you have an amp problem, or a compatibility problem with your tubes and amp.... | |
| How do I bias the tubes in my amp? You need to use the volt setting. Set your bias for .650 volts, which is the same as 650 millivolts.Milli means one thousandth. If your meter is auto ranging, set it for volts and it will select the proper volt range for you. If it is not auto ran... | |
| Golden Triangle A little more info on www.cardas.com. Go to INSIGHTS and then ROOM SETUP. The formulas at the top of DIAGRAM D are wrong but the ratios in the diagram are correct. The rest of the info is correct. | |
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