carlsbad2
Responses from carlsbad2
| Seeking the Ultimate Reference for Tubes Pinout is available on the tube data sheet. Just google the tube and "datasheet". | |
| Where do I go from here? I have an old pair of ML CLS in my 2nd system. Great speakers, you may want to use a sub with them especially with a tube amp. Yes, streaming is that simple. You omitted the DAC. You can get combo streamer/dac systems but they tend to be lo... | |
| Let's Talk DAC's Can you stretch for the chord hugo TT? | |
| Hearing aids Hearing aids have a reputation of being horrible for sound. they traditionally amplify voice frequencies with the goal of making a person barely functional to hear directions from a caretaker. That comes from past days when people didn't get hea... | |
| I saw the back of an integrated and it depressed me. I hear you. I remember when I sold my old yamaha reciever that weighted 80 lbs because it was old school copper because it wouldn't accept HDMI inputs. I then noticed the Yamaha that replaced it weighted 20 lbs and I felt I had made a mistake. ... | |
| 12 conductor 22awg DC power cable recommendations? Well, I'm up early watching ryder cup and have to multitask while watching golf so I did a little searching. I make all my own cables. Here are my thoughts: for low voltage DC the wire probably doesn't matter much. DC is much more friendly tha... | |
| Burning smell This forum needs a block user feature. | |
| Connection from router to streamer. Not mystifying to me. I use an Audioquest silver plated cable in that location. I use silver plated for all digital signals. | |
| Burning smell Czarivey as usual giving bad advice including insurance fraud. Two most likely culprits are caps and resistors. If it is a cap, it may just be leaking fluid onto a normally hot component. A quick inspection by you (if you know how to open it... | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance after reading this I've concluded that my daughter's amazon alexa is a Monet. | |
| Back to building: My new HT speaker has taken shape Can't \wait to hear the results, actually your report on the results. Speaker design, done right, is something I'm not ready to tackle yet. Jerry | |
| Tweeter protection Don't do it. Fuses are never good for sound, especially in the signal path. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance I just don't agree that you can have too much resolution. What causes harshness isn't too much detail. | |
| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance I went through lots of amps and DACs and occasionally had problems with harshness (as you call it, lack of warmth). Once I siginificantly upgraded my DAC (Chord DAVE) and moved to low power SETs (and I've had several different ones), I've never ... | |
| Back to building: My new HT speaker has taken shape Looks great. What are the box dimensions? |