carlsbad2
Responses from carlsbad2
| Can an audio rack be that important? Nothing really for sound. Your equipment needs to be well supported and springs can help isolate equipment. Heat needs to be managed. I just had a custom rack made for $300 or so. love the look of the one pictured above. but you can get good... | |
| Power Conditioner Architecture. Discuss Differences? @glennewdick you need to look at your understanting. A regenerator is a rectifier and an inverter. Their current capacity can be 1000 KW if that’ what they are designed for. I do have a dedicated line run for my stereo. That can't change the si... | |
| Power Conditioner Architecture. Discuss Differences? I like the old style regenerative ones that weigh 80 lbs. Never current limiting. I really like how you’ve hit the nail on the head with current limiting as the major failue of these devices. I haven’t done a lot of research since I found the re... | |
| Cronus Magnum II and power switch I would assume it is a relay that is stuck in one position. Should be easy to change out if you have minimal tech skills. --Jerry | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? oops. 87 is a different story. You'll not be happy with an SET and IMHO the push pull design loses much of the "tube magic". Jerry | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? 4 watts with 97dB speakers is more than enough. i’m running 2 wpc on my 96dB speakers. In addition to music at any level, I’m powering these speakers as the fronts in my HT system listening at theatre levels. now my 2 wpc amp is called "high curr... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had hand made woven copper with cotton core and BHA silver plated connectors. | |
| Moving again...system finally complete...back to starting over You lose a ton of money buying new, selling, and rebuying. If you buy used, you can do that ok. I personally would move my system to my new home. Maybe you just enjoy the process of putting the system together, which is not a bad thing. Jerry | |
| Passive crossover power usage There is some power dissipated in the crossover and it depends on what level you are running your amp. I'm a flea watt guy and there i almost no heat generated. But I built my new crossovers with 10 to 30 watt resistors so they won't blow if some... | |
| Power Cable Audioquest Dragon vs Isotek EVO3 Ascension My amp is only 180 watts nameplate so I only need 1.5 amps so I'm going to power it with a 20 gauge wire. I assume eveyone is ok with that? Just showing the foolishness of thinking traditional P=IV for powering an amp. Jerry | |
| Safety Ground Q Good discussion. I'll add something that is somewhat obvious but some may not understand it: Neutral and ground, being tied together at the panel, will both "work" to run a piece of equipment. So if something is wired wrong, there may be no i... | |
| Multiple audio systems in different rooms; how to link them with streaming gear? I use roon, one is wired, one is wireless. they sometimes get slightly out of sync and I have to stop and start. I'd look to fix this but I do i very seldom. Just thought I'd mention it as an issue you may need to deal with. | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. @blisshifi I used that reference also. I second your recommendation. | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. Correct. I don’t own an $80+ pair of speakers. My speakers are $8k and I spent $2k upgrading the crossovers. Jerry | |
| Innuos owners. Chime in @jon2020 I agree with your thought that "maybe it is just you". There is a lot of room for personal prefernce in this hobby. I respect your choice. I find no difference in the sound as both of them have the primary function of telling the str... |