deanster
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| Anyone have a Kill-A-Watt meter? Yes, I also recall seeing 59.9 Hz. I wasn't sure if that was a rounding issue or something that the power company was doing here in So. Cal.On average when on, my tuner used 9 watts, my HT preamp used 28 watts, my disc player used 15 watts, my vcr... | |
| Anyone have a Kill-A-Watt meter? I like mine. It was interesting to see how much current my amplifiers use just idling and how loud I had to turn it up before the power usage increased. And it had to be loud for a while before the power usage would increase. I'm guessing that the... | |
| 3 channel ht .... pro logic vs dd My informal playing around found that Dolby Digital sounds cleaner and has more resolution than the older Dolby Pro Logic. The rear speakers don't have much to do with it.I think that Dolby Digital has the advantage because it uses 5.1 discrete ch... | |
| Aragon 8008BB amp I really like mine and its ample power and decent control. The Aragon 8008BB is pretty heavy at 75 pounds, so it needs someting sturdy to put it on; don't plan on moving it around a lot.Regarding the input impedance (22Kohms single ended, 44Kohms ... | |
| Placette vs. Creek remote volume controllers? I like how transparent my Placette RVC sounds. It's cleaner than my old pre-amp, and more than loud enough near the max setting with my solid-state gear. At the max setting, my Placette RVC's resistance is around 0.2 or 0.3 ohms, so almost all of ... | |
| PSB Gold,tweeter upgrade. I've got a pair of the PSB Gold i and think that the tweeter sounds pretty natural. It took me a while to get used to them after being used to Infinity emit tweeters. I admit that sometimes I think something sharply defined like the Nautilus 805 m... | |
| The "wide and fat" sound of reel 2 reel & FM radio Perhaps the dynamic range is being compressed when you record to tape? This would make the softer sounds more audible, and if those previously softer sounds are more channel specific, you could experience a greater stereo ("wider"?) effect. And pe... | |
| Does your system sound better in the winter? Could it have to do with the slightly denser air at the cooler winter temperatures? Since sound doesn't travel in a vacuum, going towards the other extreme could mean better transmission of sound. Seasonal humidity differences might also make a di... | |
| Bit perfect copies I used to think that digital meant perfect copies too, but after playing a few data CD-Rs made from audio CDs on a PC, I would occasionally hear a small click . "Rewinding" and playing the passage again usually reproduced the click in the same spo... |