davehrab
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| Amp hums in standby mode when TV is on IMO ... the DC offset created by the half wave bridge rectifiers in all the switching power supplies of our equipment is a silent killer The Humming that is heard at the transformer is only the Symptom ... the real Disease is the loss of head room... | |
| what is wrong with my cd player? There may be a capacitor in the power supply that powers the laser directly ... as this capacitor ages it starts to gradually fail.. (its ability to charge ..store and discharge) .. less in the beginning more with age Your works cold .. fails hot... | |
| What value cap to bypass power supply cap? Let's turn this up a notch ... as long as you have the hood up and soldering iron out .. you may want to construct a Snubber or Tank filter SNUBBER Pdf As your diodes convert AC to DC they switch on and off ... this cycling creates a ringing whic... | |
| What value cap to bypass power supply cap? Dracule1 .. my post was a attempt at painting a picture with broad stokes ... and suggesting the number you were seeking was 1/100th or 1% as Kijanki stated My post got you in the ball park but seated you in the third deck .. Kijanki's guidance ha... | |
| What value cap to bypass power supply cap? Heres some answers from some of our members Short answer ... 05-03-05: HermanOf course different designers have different opinions on this but a good place to start is to bypass with a value 1/100th of the big cap. You can bypass again with anoth... | |
| Audiophile 'Attitude' It was the Audio show two shows ago in NYC .. my wife .. an attractive Italian who looks like she has been shot in the back by two Scud missiles .. and I were cruising the halls We stopped in a room that had these massive wooden horn speakers .. a... | |
| why performance increase after pause? Csontos ... isnt that something ... truth is stranger than fiction .. why ... because Fiction must be believable ... you have good ears Mappman ... since 1999 Ive only owned two CD players a Denon D5000 and a Ayre D1ex ... both of these are prem... | |
| why performance increase after pause? Hitting PAUSE then hitting the BACK button and replaying the same track over will clear the players buffer and improve the sound temporarily .. why Im not exactly sure or have forgotten It seems the action of clearing the buffer can lead to ... | |
| why performance increase after pause? Hit the PAUSE button between tracks and then hit the back button and replay that track again ... this should clear the buffer and can improve the sound briefly ...more open and transparent Why the cleared BUFFER sounds better for a brief period is... | |
| suggest XLR balanced to RCA hardware? Heres an inexpensive Balanced to Unbalanced line converter that will go in both directions .. you can input XLR and output RCA or input RCA and output XLR It also has input and output volume controls for fine tuning Run your DJ mixer via long XLR... | |
| Check this video out. Quite amazing. Two guys playing piano HERE. | |
| A mystery for you tech gurus out there Sandstone ... this is what qued me -Denon 1913-AVR receiverIt's a HT receiver not 2 channel receiver and requires balancing of input signal to all channels including sub for balanced responseTurn one channels input up a little to much in relation... | |
| A mystery for you tech gurus out there I agree with Zydo about the source's as the popping occurs at any and all inputs ... also agree with Zydo that it isnt the speakers as the popping stays with the amp's output and does not follow the speaker I even think your receiver is OK ... Wh... | |
| PSU Caps "Yeah I know, stupid question" When it comes to power deliver the dumbest questions are the ones you dont ask "What does the X2 mean"X and Y rated caps are a special class of cap that can be safely used in the 120V/220V chain ... because they ar... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? It's hard to kiss the lips at night that have been chewing my ass out all day long ... Vince Gill |