carlsbad
Responses from carlsbad
| Are Expensive Balanced Interconnects Necessary? Most people can't help arguing balanced vs unbalanced even if the question is something else. My answer to the original question is that moving very far up the manufacturers line in either balanced or unbalanced provides limited or no returns bu... | |
| Kinki EX-1 Volume Knob I just checked my ex-m1+ and it does not. | |
| Paypal...buyer protection fees didnt help me Agree with SNS. Move quickly. a claim a week or more later is always suspeicious. I sold an amp. 2 weeks later they guy messages me that it won't power up. He had messaged me when he got it and said he would put it in service the next day so ... | |
| Great service from HSU Research I’ve had the same experience. Once I forgot the subwoofer was hooked up when a friend wanted to "see how loud it can get". In my case they suggested that I just buy the newest modular amp at a very reasonable price getting an upgrade to a newer v... | |
| Loudness or high sensitive speakers? I've never heard that highly sensitive speakers are good at low volume but I can believe it. My current speakers are high sensitivity. However, I have a second set of speakers, poor sensitivity, but sound great at low volume. Martin Logan Ele... | |
| Electrical Power Outlet advice @ieales I ran 2 circuits. All the 2 channel stuff on one and everything non-audio on the other. Internet gear. lamp. TV etc. | |
| Bill -- I missed out on our MHDT Orchid upgrade. Been there. Done that. | |
| What say you binding posts or direct wire? Binding posts on amps are generally easy to replace. | |
| Lowering Tube power amp output No other way to reduce heat generation other than remove some tubes but I don’t know if your amp supports that. Likely this won’t work because of bias circuits that depend on two tubes to compare. You need someone that understands the amp well. I... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections I can a negative review by ASR a positive. I have no other knowledge about the Freya. | |
| Hint: Change your Wi-Fi frequency to avoid interference with neighbors router I'm enjoying this discussion and trying to learn. I looked at the Extreme Networks options and they are pricey and they seem mostly designed for wired input to each wireless access point. Since my home was built in the 90s, it isn't wired for in... | |
| Hint: Change your Wi-Fi frequency to avoid interference with neighbors router @fredrik222 I'm in the market for a new wifi system for my 2 story moderate sized home. What is your expert recommendation for a high end system. thanks. | |
| What say you binding posts or direct wire? I am a believer in the low mass theory of connections. To summarize it simply, don't put a large mass of copper that the electrons have to "fill up" as the signal goes out of the amp or into the speakers. I'm not saying it is a game changer or t... | |
| How long should speaker cables be? To paraphrase Einstein, All cables should be as short as possible, but no shorter. | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement Like almost all threads here, this one has some good information and a lot of misinformation. I have to feel sorry for the layperson trying to figure it out. |