curiousjim
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| Why do I need power management if I have a great power cord? @jumia, My two cents. If you have clock radio as you source of music any power cord will work and everything will sound the same. If you have something more resolving and you have good hearing, then everything makes a difference. My ears are defi... | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @franklinb66, “Know Thy Room and Thy Self“ I like that and I have been working on it! Thanks. JD | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @immatthewj, I have pretty good power here, when it works. We’ve had seven transformers blow in the last fifteen months! I am a Audience AR6 power conditioner. Thanks for your thoughts. JD | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion “This has changed as my systems have evolved. In the 70’s and 80’s I used to seek out opportunities to hear loud systems… I remember going to a high end store which had Klipschorn’s and enough power to crank around 110db.” The JBL Century 100’s... | |
| Low Level Listening and Distortion @ghdprentice, Just curious, what do you consider low, normal and high levels? For me, low is below 50-55 db. Normal is 55-75 db and high starts at 75ish. Thanks. | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? So this morning after everyone left, I put on several different CD’s and cranked the volume. I played some jazz and some rock and maybe it’s because it was morning (?) nothing distorted! I pulled out the sound meter and I got well into the 90’s ... | |
| Fedex and Ups Damage thread I’m the last year I bought speakers, an integrated amp, a CD transport, a DAC and several cords. None of them came damaged. The speakers came common carrier, strapped to a skid and arrived near my door in great shape. These are just the hifi pu... | |
| shiit Freya+ muffles the base? Recommendation for preamp please plus 1 @azmixr How many hours does everything have? Doesn’t the Freya have both a solidstate and a tube output setting? How does the it sound on the ss setting? All the best. JD | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @erik_squires I hope you understood what I was trying to say. I probably should stop posting after bedtime.🙁 JD | |
| Schitt freya preamp hum- how do I get rid of this? +1 on bad tube. If it’s quiet with SS, it should be quiet with the tubes. Tubes can be DOA right out of the box. BTW, how old is it and when did the problem start? All the best. JD | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @erik_squires , I have been moving some 2’x4’ foam, absorbing panels around as well as some pillows and even a couple of blankets. It’s hard to explain, but the room probably doesn’t have 60% walls and it was worse. Not one wall is solid all the ... | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? And while I am play some tunes loud, It’s no where near face melting volumes I’m talking about. I’ll put a meter to it tomorrow and give some numbers, but I’d be surprised if I was much past 85 dbs. JD | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @grannyring , 15’ 6”x 20’ room with openings on every wall. Front end is either an Oppo, Audiolab 6000CDT or using upnp to a NAS. 8’ runs of AQ Rocket 88 wire. Speakers are 7’6” apart with my listening position at 7’6” and no toe-in. JD | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @spatialking , Lets see, no warning light. No blown fuses, oh and I have AQ, 8’ Rocket 88 speaker wire. JD | |
| SACD/CD player update @cygnus_859 , While it didn’t change anything SACD, I bought a new DAC and the Oppo became a new Redbook transport. All the best. JD |