bryoncunningham
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| How can a 40 watt amp outshine a 140 watt amp Nicely done, Mcphersn. | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? I have one lingering question regarding the values of the caps for the midrange. Here is how they are labelled on the caps themselves:MIDRANGE CAPSC3 = 56µF 63V, bottom right of this picC4 = 12µF 63V, bottom left of this picC5 = 4.7J 250V, top lef... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Correct. | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Just spoke with Jeff from Sonic Craft. Very knowledgable and very helpful. Here is what he recommended:1. Tweeter cap C1. Replace with (2) Mundorf s/o in parallel (1.8uF + 1.8uF)2. Tweeter cap C2. Replace with (1) Mundorf s/o.3. Tweeter Resistor R... | |
| What Product Did You Overspend On? I spent $1.5k on a used pair of interconnects from a highly regarded manufacturer, only to find an interconnect I liked better at less than 1/3 the price.With cables, there are probably a lot of stories like that.Bryon | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? Looking back on this thread, I have another thought...There has been a lot of discussion about how increasing warmth in a system might involve ADDING something to the signal, like low order harmonics. It occurs to me that increasing warmth might a... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Will do. | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? I have read a large fraction of the Mundorf s/o thread, the entire humblehomemadehifi shootout, and several others threads devoted to caps and crossover mods. I now have a plan...1. Tweeter cap C1. Replace with a single 3.6uF ClarityCap MR.2. Twee... | |
| what speakers demand high end electronics I agree with Mordante. IME, the more revealing the speaker, the higher quality other components in the system need to be for the speaker to sound its best. A less revealing speaker will in effect act as a filter, concealing to some extent the flaw... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? I'm not sure that the variable/constant distinction is particularly meaningful, even within the limited context of harmonic distortion. The harmonic components resulting from distortion in the electronics will continuously vary as a function of th... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-23-11: Mrtennisthe purpose of the thread , i believe, is the elicitation of suggestions to achieve warmth.as i have said, without an understanding of what warmth is, the question cannot be answered.This is a valid observation, Mrtennis, but I h... | |
| What is “warmth” and how do you get it? 02-21-11: Almarg…the system can certainly, as I see it, CREATE a harmonic, as a distortion product of the fundamental frequency of the note, irrespective of the existence of that harmonic in the original signal. 02-22-11: KijankiHarmonic distorti... | |
| How can a 40 watt amp outshine a 140 watt amp 02-20-11: SchipoRichard Clark normally has CD source, amplifiers, high quality home audio speakers, and listening environment set up in advance. But if the listener requests, they can substitute whatever source, source material, amplifiers, speake... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? Thanks for the warning, Al. That's just the kind of rookie mistake I was hoping to avoid.RE: The lack of room on the circuit board for the new caps...Another poster suggested (in private email) that I build a small platform to go above the existin... | |
| Speaker crossover mod. Your advice? ...use a half-inch-square chunk of wood on the board as a spacer, cap on the wood, 3M foam tape holding all layers together, and a plastic ziptie thru the board.Thanks, Jeffrey. I was thinking of doing something like this.Last rookie question for ... |