bryoncunningham
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| Review: Reference Audio Mods: Meridian G68 CD Player Update: After two weeks, the sound of the modded G68, which was excellent to begin with, has improved dramatically. The initial improvements were increased resolution, decreased harshness, and better PRaT. But in the past week or so, the improveme... | |
| Which attributes do you value most? 1. Harmonic content*2. Coherence3. PRaT*Al's term 'harmonic accuracy' might be a better term than 'harmonic content' for expressing my preference, since 'harmonic accuracy' implies a resemblance to reality, while 'harmonic content' does not. | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? That is a good idea, Ralph. Before I do it, I'm going to let it run continuously for a longer period of time - maybe a week - and see if it freezes. Thanks again for all your help.Bryon | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Update: I have left the G68 powered up for several days and retaken the measurements at the outputs. There is no AC or DC voltage coming from the outputs.The G68 has not frozen up since I removed half the circuitry and left the lid off. That is co... | |
| Suspended Memories . Anyone else like them? Take a listen to Robert Rich. | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? ...the possibility also exists that it could be a defect in one of the modules that is locking up the computer or draining the power supply. With that in mind, I think I am going to remove more excess circuitry from the unit. The fewer modules in ... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Thank you again, Al. I have put the G68 back in the system to test it. I will report back with my findings.Another development: I spoke with the G68's modder yesterday, and he had a simple theory to explain why it might be freezing up: heat. Other... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? My guess though, based on what I have seen in this thread, is that the power supply is failing intermittently and is the source of the pops and freeze-ups.The power supply was recently replaced with a new one from a different manufacturer, and the... | |
| What's the objection to Floor Standing Speakers? It seems to me that Tvad's answer is so self-evident as to be almost beyond dispute. A person who prefers not to decorate a room with audio equipment, whether male or female, prefers that audio equipment is as invisible as possible. Hence the popu... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? If rca, did you connect the return lead of the meter directly to the ground sleeve of the rca jack being measured, or to some other presumed ground point, such as chassis?This was the problem. When I took my measurements yesterday, I connected the... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? If I understand correctly, the G68 feeds left and right preamp-out signals into the Pass, and a center channel signal to a separate amplifier which drives the now damaged center channel speaker. And the signal path through the Pass to the left and... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Larry - I have already contacted Pass. Their helpfulness, openness, and expertise has been nothing but exemplary. They are skeptical that the amp is causing the problem.Short of sending the amp back to Pass to confirm that everything is working pr... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? After hearing about my damaged center channel, my Meridian dealer has returned to his theory that the cause of the problem is some kind of "leakage" out of the Pass Labs amp.I have a multimeter. Are there measurements I can take at the amp's input... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Atmasphere - I don't know whether the drivers are ok. I can only say that the distortion I am hearing is coming out of all the drivers. It was on the basis of that that I concluded that the crossover was damaged. But the drivers may very well be d... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Things just got a little more complicated. The center channel, which is hooked up to the Meridian G68, but not to the Pass Labs amp, has developed a problem. It has distortion that was not previously there. It sounds almost like a bad driver, exce... |