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| XLR to RCA plugs or cable @dlcockrum Turns out the Cardas adapters are wired internally to join Pin 2 and Pin 3 together. Most solid state opamps do not want to be driven in that fashion, and will probably overheat and fail over time. I'm not sure how comfortable a t... | |
| XLR to RCA plugs or cable One thing to keep in mind is that RCA inputs prefer to see an unbalanced consumer -10 dB level. Most balanced XLR levels are at bare minimum +4 dB output. Without stepping down that level, it’s possible you could overload the RCA input, not to men... | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? You can lose harmonics or add juiceiness, etc. from a solder joint You are absolutely correct (but I’m not sure that helps the person with OCD sleep better at night 😉). Have heard it and fixed it numerous times. It’s crazy what audio improvemen... | |
| Dedicated circuits @bigtwin Wow!! That's a 30 amp plug alright. I'm confused by your comment. I've never seen an audio amplifier with a 30 amp plug on it before. | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? @tkhill Is this the same Benchmark that makes the exquisite mic pre amps? Affirmative. IMO, I do believe almost everything they touch is exquisite. | |
| Dust Settled Consensus- is the Benchmark AHB2 an Audiophile Amplifier? @holmz Excellent comments and response. @jtgofish poor musical communication I heard the amp at AXPONA. Going from room to room, it's sometimes hard to keep up with what room you're in. I would walk out of many after a few minutes of list... | |
| Dedicated circuits Looking at the Crown Studio Reference 1 manual, I’ve never seen an amplifier with a damping factor of over 20,000! Wow!! That's a 30 amp plug alright. Thanks for bringing that to our attention. | |
| Dedicated circuits Not so for audio equipment power transformers. If voltage drops so does current as well as wattage, (VA)... In the case of a power amplifier lower wattage, lower power... Thank you. | |
| Dedicated circuits Current doesn’t always go up when voltage goes down, it’s a little more complicated than that. I agree with your statement, and my explanation of it probably wasn’t as specific as it could have been, but I didn’t want to get too crazy with theo... | |
| Dedicated circuits @bigtwin If a train leaves New York travelling at 60 MPH, and a Hot Air Balloon can accend at a rate of 5 feet per second when the ambient air temp is 78.3 degrees, can I still hear any difference between a 12 gauge 15 amp line and a 10 gauge 2... | |
| Dedicated circuits One topic that doesn’t get discussed much is available voltage. The rule of thumb is that what voltage can’t accomplish, current will (I know I’m probably getting a bit technical here). So let’s take that USA goal of providing 120 volts at an AC o... | |
| Dedicated circuits @immatthewj did the work boxes in between them and the outlets degrade them and does it affect them that each as two other outlets that are not being used? I know some audiophiles really like to dissect every morsel of an AC circuit for audio... | |
| Dedicated circuits @immatthewj Isn’t one of the selling points of a dedicated circuits that other loads are eliminated which would dirty up the power to your audio components? Not necessarily that you have more current available, but "better" current? There’s p... | |
| Dedicated circuits @mesch Does anyone know of an amplifier that would require greater than a 15 amp curcuit? By this I mean one that even for a mil sec would draw 15 amps? Only an in-rush current ammeter will provide this true information. If you don’t own one,... | |
| Anyone Still Using Zerodust This is the first I'm hearing of the controversy (as I own and use one), but found this link interesting. Time to Put Away The Onzow ZeroDust? |