eldartford
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| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. A "separate dedicated 220 volt line" is not a big deal. Your clothes dryer, stove, and maybe your air conditioner and hot water heater all run on 220.Actually, most electronic equipment is easily changed to use 110 or 220 (sometimes as easy as a s... | |
| Voltage conversion from 220V to 110V. Why not run them on 220 volts? | |
| Trelja's new tube amplifiers - Granite 860.1 Trelja...I thought you might doubt the suggestion that a screwed up signal could be corrected by playback equipment , so I gave you the Dynagroove example.Feedback (properly applied) does make the output more closely match the input signal. This i... | |
| use of treatments and sound consultant With the vaulted ceiling it will be necessary to suspend the consultant several feet off the hardwood floor. | |
| Sagging power cable at IEC outlet - any remedies? Get rid of the connector. Power cords should be hard soldered, to the transformer primary unless there is a power switch.By the way, a little sag might actually improve contact. Isn't that what we do with a lamp plug when it doesn't work? | |
| Speaker Grills?? Depends on the grill material. Also, it depends on the speaker configuration. My planar speakers, MG1.6, have woven grill cloth that is very transparent, but besides that the planar diaphram movement is so small and the audio pressures so small th... | |
| Correlation: Money and Good Sound In all matters, not just audio equipment, I am perfectly willing to pay top dollar for a superb product. However, I look to the quality of the product first, and worry about the price afterwards. I never begin my search for quality by evaluating t... | |
| Trelja's new tube amplifiers - Granite 860.1 Trelja...By the way, the idea that audio hardware might "correct" signal defects is not as far out as one might think. One example that comes to mind is "Dynagroove" LPs from RCA. When a phono pickup tracks the groove, the vinyl deflects a bit. RC... | |
| Trelja's new tube amplifiers - Granite 860.1 Trelja...I made no "assumption". You have reported that the same signal sounds different depending on the feedback setting. I accept that as fact (and, for that matter, go along with your preference for low feedback). But the conclusion follows th... | |
| Seas' Thors kit up N runnin The Madisound "Odin" compares with the "Thor" as it shares the same drivers and crossover. "Odin" is a medium sized bookshelf box, whereas "Thor" is floorstanding. The bass from "Thor" is no doubt better, but from about 150 Hz on up they ought to ... | |
| Electrical Safety Tip All my lampshades are cryo-treated to avoid this problem. | |
| Trelja's new tube amplifiers - Granite 860.1 Trelja...I have no doubt that your system sounds great, at least to you, the owner, who is the only person that matters. My only point is that "fidelity" to the input signal is questionable. Maybe the input signal is screwed up in some way that yo... | |
| Trelja's new tube amplifiers - Granite 860.1 Trelja....Two points...You are very right about the transformer being the heart of a tube power amp. Dyna Kit, later called Dynaco, was originally a transformer manufacturer. They came to realize that between the power and audio output transformer... | |
| Will I notice improvement with crossover mods? Trelja...Agree that heavy duty air coil inductors are "magical". Mine made $300 disappear! | |
| resonance and sealed enclosures Poor old Dr Bose had a really neat idea long ago. Instead of trying to lower the resonant frequency as much as possible, push it UP, to 200 Hz or higher. The advantage is that rolloff below resonance, although very great, is smooth and predictable... |