colin44ct357
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| Smoke on my power amp At 5000 usd thats not on!That is a monster, but then you guys in the states run monsters! | |
| Smoke on my power amp The old rotel power amps were bust proof, had a few.Caps the size of beer cans for storage, pump the current with 2 rows of output tranis at 20 amps + per trani, they hardly warmed up. | |
| New Parasound Halo JC1+ monoblocks just released!!! I had a Para 10 inch active sub, best I ever had and i had numerous.Had to sell it as the police were at my door to often.Sad! | |
| Watts and power Sorry typo.Teledyne 132's from the uk.Arcam Cambridge and the best HI FI in my opinion come from the uk.Sorry guys, but power you guys run would lead to eviction notices in sa.Cheers from a near no internet in sa, the overseas underwater cables ar... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? In the vinal home i was running 24 drivers in 3 pairs of speakers just to get a bit of my sound back, it did not get it back to the pure tone but helped.Was very happy when my other half wanted to move off the racetrack we lived on...and i mean ov... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? You cant, have to take them home and use in your environment. Most speakers can sound good in a sound room and horrid at home. Curtains, furniture and most important "carpet" play a huge roll.In my last house i had vinyl floor put in, my sound w... | |
| Watts and power Power means little to me.Its the speaker system and match to the amp.Ideal speakers should be around 60-70% of rms output of amp.I was running a pair of 7 way bookshelf on my avr HK 5000 and they sounded horrid, hooked them up to an old HITACHI HA... | |
| Whats your take on a NAD 3020, I truly believe it defined stereo and still does! You guys are just lucky, its my favorite as well as many other nad amp and cda's.I rework them for a living.Dont forget to give the pcb a complete re solder.A dry joint can cause flames and smoke.Colin | |
| Which to Upgrade first? My Amplifier or Speakers? ERIK IS SPOT ON, SORT THE ROOM OUT!YOU DONT NEED ANYTHING ELSE. | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load If they are running a row of fets that will do the job. | |
| Integrated stopped working I run a retro repair workshop, most retro faults are dry joints on the solder.90% are repaired the same day after a complete resolder and pot/switch service with wd40. | |
| Looking for inexpensive preamp The cheapest way is to purchase a nad amp or such with blown pa.One with lots of inputs and control with the links to connect pre/power section.Remove the links and use the preamp.You will have a retro nad sound to blow your mind.I love our dispos... | |
| what's a good fm tuner? And turn off any fluorescent lights etc, they destroy fm. | |
| what's a good fm tuner? and you can pick one up for a few USD. | |
| what's a good fm tuner? An old Nak or fisher studio standard, todays fm transmissions can be messed up by the hosts using compression mics and our sabc over modulating the fm signal, I live with this "pure" distortion every day until there is a blackout and all levels ar... |