bryoncunningham
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| 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... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? I doubt the mods created the problem, because the symptoms are identical to what happened earlier this year leading up to the power supply failure in August, which all happened BEFORE the mods. | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? About a week after I received the G68 back following the first repair, I sent it off to be modded. The mods turned out great, but now I have voided any warranty associated with the first repair. I should have waited longer to see if the issue reap... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Just heard back from my Meridian dealer. He has changed his mind. He no longer thinks the Pass amp is causing the problem, which seems to be the nearly unanimous opinion here.I will be sending the unit back to Meridian America for diagnosis and re... | |
| Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp? Thanks for the input so far.Elizabeth - The Meridian is plugged into a Shunyata Hydra 8, as is the amp and the rest of the system. The Shunyata is on a dedicated line.Waiting to hear from my dealer. I will report back with further details. | |
| Tell the truth How often do you clean your gear? Speakers get dusted once a week. Equipment about once a month. As far as clean equipment sounding better, and clean cars driving better, that seems to me to be beyond dispute. Of course, those are nothing more than halo effects, but so is a lot of... |