carlsbad2
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| LOUDNESS COMPENSATION EITHER IN AN EQUALIZER OR LOUDNESS CONTOUR CONTROL IN AN AMPLIFIER DID YOU TYPE THAT THREAD IN ALL CAPS ALSO? | |
| Is Townshendisolation.com a scam site? website works for me. I have bought from them. My guess is they are on vacation or takend away for an emergency and you are getting all worked up over nothing. While Amazon and bot emails have made holding your hand with communication hourly ... | |
| Is My Tube Amp Unfixable? Help Needed I'd guess it isn't the amp making the noises. | |
| Do I really Need a Digital to Digital Converter? I think that you can only benefit if the company making it does it better than the company making your DAC/Streamer. So in your case, I'd say no. | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" My 2 wpc tube amp weighs 14 lbs My heaviest component is my power regenerator at 80 lbs. I'm having a new amp built that would be much heavier in 1 chassis. I had it made in 3 chasses with the heaviest 80 lbs. at 66 100 lbs is still no problem... | |
| Please recommend decoupling footers for DAC TLDR but springs decouple. | |
| POWER AMPLIFIER FOR LOW TO MODERATE LISTENING I am surprised by what you report. I have Martin Logan CLS in my second system. At one time I had planned to build my system around them. I love 2 things about the Electrostats: 1. Awesome midrange. 2. Sound great at low volumes. I find ... | |
| Streamer suggestions with both wireless and wired connections My suggestion is don't even consider wiireless. Putting a high performance DAC downstream of a wireless streamer is like trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle with 2% of the pieces missing. | |
| Question about volume matching You're fine. I generally turn everything except the preamp Im using up to 100%. right now I'm using an integrated amp turned up to 100%. This takes the variable resistor that is the volume control pretty much out of the circuit. The fact that ... | |
| Cable elevators I listen a day and then go back to the original to try to confirm a minor change. | |
| Speaker Wires: Can I use different Wire Gauges in the same Conductor? calculator for you: https://www.wirebarn.com/Combined-Wire-Gauge-Calculator_ep_42.html 7 x 24 awg is still only 16 awg. I would get to 12 at least for a non-powered sub, preferably 10. those frequencies are power hogs. Silver is only 7% better ... | |
| Quality power question #2 As @coralkong points out, don't expect miracles. A power supply upgrade will provide minor improvements on a excellent piece of gear. I just googled the piece of gear in question and it cost 40% of the cost of the upgraded power supply. Not a g... | |
| Leaving my amplifier on ok? Other than @cakyol, who else out there has an amp that dims the lights when you turn it on? | |
| Quality power question #2 I use the Farad Super 3. https://www.faradpowersupplies.com/ | |
| Dust Removal Some very uban answers here. Dust is a fact of life in dry rural areas. It won't hurt your gear. Jerry |