carlsbad2
Responses from carlsbad2
| 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 | |
| Help needed with Rattle in my floorstanding speakers. probably a wire routed too close to a bare wall or a driver magnet. take each upper driver out. As you pull it out note the wire routing and look for the source of the rattle. Jerry | |
| Best place to live for good quality power @jaytor Thanks for sharing your data. I too have a PS Audio power plant and enjoy the built in oscilloscope. I've checked my data occasionally over several years and it is always around 4.2% THD. voltage can vary from 114 to 123. I set the o... | |
| Using biwired cables on speakers with only 2 connections the other 2 wires are now antennae. 1. hook them both to the terminal, 2 blacks and 2 reds. 2. run them parallel to each other and very tightly spaced so they don't create a loop. BTW, biwire is a waste of time. Jerry | |
| Best place to live for good quality power @nevada_matt the quality of your power with off grid solar is totally dependent on the inverter that the mass produced solar company provided. Not likely good. Jerry | |
| Best place to live for good quality power 2c on transformers: a transformer induces a voltage in the secondary that theoreticaly exactly matches the primary. So the secondary is just as noisy as the primary. Jerry |