carlsbad
Responses from carlsbad
| Chip amps, not spoken about much, except on the diy sites. @russ69 I doubt I'll ever buy another set of speakers that needs more than 25 wpc, probably not more than 10. | |
| Bi-amping Bi amping can make a huge difference if you have two amps with different characteristics. For example, if your primary amp has weak bass, a second amp with good bass powering the woofers would make a difference. | |
| Praise for Dave of the Audiodoctor and Audio intellect That could take a while. Let me know if you want to borrow one. --Jerry | |
| Verastarr Nope. I do that kind of work myself. really saves on stress. Of course I repair flat tires myself because it is quicker than taking it in. Jerry | |
| Resistor replacement Wilson Sophia (original)... Listened to a set of speakers the other night that had had all the components of the crossovers upgraded (caps, resistors, and inductors) and the change was awesome. So if you're going to do this, I'd recommend doing the whole job. I'm plannin... | |
| Chip amps, not spoken about much, except on the diy sites. Would like to hear it. Big fan of simple. However, it requires a pre-amp. While amps can be simple it is hard to find a high quality simple preamp. What are you using? | |
| Praise for Dave of the Audiodoctor and Audio intellect You didn't say that your problem is solved. I'm assuming it is. Congratulations. --Jerry | |
| Roon vs Lumin App I am not convinced that there is any improvement to be had over Roon with expensive, purpose built, digital streamers. People I respect think there is a differene. So I'm still reading and investigating. For critical listening I don't use the... | |
| Transformer question--need transformer that puts out nominal 240V for European Amplifier UPDATE!!!! Tube problem. Amp arrived with a borderline tube that kept causing the bad tube light to come on. Took a while to borrow one and replace it (new tubes coming). With the new tube, all the issues went away and amp works fine on US vol... | |
| Problem with one channel going out..... I would start at my speakers and work back. You don't need to replace anything. Since it is in one channel, all you have to do is swap cables and see if it moves to the other channel. Swap speaker cables. If it moves it is either in the cable... | |
| Power Conditioner question @bigtwin yes, it isn't a first order effect. I am a physicist. I know the math. I thought a 14 ga cable would be sufficient for such a small amp. It took me 2 days to figure it out, just thinking the amp wasn't big enough. If you're in Socal,... | |
| Roon confusion The endpoints you mention are streamers in their own right so they can act without roon. But if you want to pay for Roon, they are "roon ready". So anything shown in roon control program as an endpoint is just streaming (through roon) after the ... | |
| Moderation/Censorship Poll and surely more... An unintended consequence of the internet is to make people accept censorship. To keep it musical, we are on the Road to Hell. | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? replace caps based on type and age. | |
| Power Conditioner question Yes the electrons look at the tag before entering the line. Sorry, the devil made me do that. On a more serious note, be careful with power conditioners, many limit the current to the amp, sure it is clean current, but it is limited, and sever... |