davehrab
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| Nht 2.3 speakers Glad to see you understood my explanation of the difference between the speaker's total response of 35hz to 25Khz and the new drivers response of 67hz to 3600hz ... these new drivers are most likely a direct replacement for the older NHT OEM woofe... | |
| Nht 2.3 speakers Hi ... let me see if I can help ... the 35hz to 25Khz @86db is the rating for the entire speaker .. the entire speaker requires a minimum 30w to be driven and can handle up to 200w ... it's average impedance is 4 ohm but that will fluctuate .. so... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses With regard to fuse direction I believe the 50% ... 50% ... 98% rule applies ... simply stated when ever an audiophile has a 50 / 50 chance of installing a fuse in the correct orientation ... 98% of the time he will select the wrong direction .. ... | |
| Nht 2.3 speakers I just had a similar experience as you ... major distortion and DC slipped through my amp and froze one of my NHT 3.3's 12 inch woofers by overheating it ... no one had a OEM replacement and like your experience the one that is electrically corre... | |
| Hooking up an integrated to a subwoofer Just a word of caution and a suggestion to email Almarg through A/gon mailer and see what he has to say on this type of set up ... What I've gained from his posts and comments is ... if you try to split the preamp out signal to both the sub's pla... | |
| Best Subwoofer To Use With A Two Way Speaker System Something you should consider when selecting a subwoofer to match your main speakers is Box Alignment .. by that I mean ... Ported .. Sealed .. Transmission Line and/or Open Baffle ... each one of these designs rolls off at a much different rate p... | |
| Anyone Using Crystals? Quartz crystal when properly sized and placed may have some benefits in reducing vibrations There are other crystals ... whose name's escape me at this moment ... that when heated will give off an Ion that is approximately equal in magnitude but ... | |
| Reliable burn-in service for cables and outlets Burn in will not turn a Sow into a Silk Purse .. it will not turn a $199 dac into a $10K state of the art performer What ever the original sonic characteristic of the component is burn in will not change that What does improves with burn in is ..... | |
| phase linear amplifiers but i've never had any issues with it until it fried my speakers with "dc" current" and there was no warningServicing the amp wouldn't have helped protect your speakers from the DC that blew them ... all the Phase Linear 400 .. D500 and 700 series... | |
| Lack of bass in NHT 3.3. NHT 3.3s are very position specific ... according to the manual you must place the back of the speaker 3 inches from the back wall so the speaker and the wall create a corner ... the corner gives you a 3db boost in the bass region and this has b... | |
| What causes a chirp? Peter ... I once had a pair of Sota 3 way speaker that I wired backwards .. sent the power from the amp to the woofer and then jumped the midrange from the woofer and jumped the tweeter from the midrange ... this created quite a draw on the woofer... | |
| What causes a chirp? Possible cause of the chirping may be the home security system or a wireless computer device such as a wireless modem or router broadcasting into the surround area and being picked up by your equipment I seem to remember something about the ISP's ... | |
| What's up with AudiogoN? I had the same problem the OP had and more … if I clicked on the “For Sale” ads and scrolled down and then clicked on an ad I wanted to view … when I exited it would return me to the very beginning or top of the page as if I just clicked on … same... | |
| Why warm amps sound better. It's the transistors that need to warm up and reach thermal equilibrium so they can maintain the correct output bias while achieving thermal stability maybe Almarg or Atmasphere will stop by and explain in depth | |
| CARY SACD Pro CD skipping Issues Way to go Jake ... I'm glad you finally took my advice and cleaned up the guide rails from my earlier post ... this skipping is a very common problem when the factory lubricant dries up on the laser guide rails ... causing the laser sled to stall... |