eldartford
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| Every make a purchase you truly regret? Heathkit 20 watt integrated amp...circa 1954. I caught the disease, and have been broke ever since! | |
| Rotel RMB 1095 - no 12 volt trigger Rotel 1066 has no 115V outlet, either switched or unswitched. It just provides a 12 VDC signal when it is turned on, and this 12 VDC is what Rotel amps need to turn on.I needed just one low amperage switched 115VAC outlet to control my Adcom power... | |
| How to perform a gain match two amp for bi-amping? It's easy to match gains of the two amplifiers. Just feed them both the same signal and put your voltmeter between the two high signal (red) terminals. Adjust gain so that the meter reads zero. However this is a complete waste of time because your... | |
| How can I shield cables from interference? Twist the power cable...several turns per foot.When you install wiring in your house walls it is also a good idea to twist, although it doesn't look so neat to the building inspector. | |
| Digital Amps? Marketing Hype? Crazy4blues...Carver already did that without the benefit of digital processing. He designed a solid state amp that was made to sound like a tube amp. He said he could tweek his amp up to match anything on the market. Reports that I read at the ti... | |
| What's more important; sound or brand name? Neither, if I am correctly reading many comments. It's how many thousands of dollars your "interconnects" (that's "coax" to us old timers) cost. | |
| SACD and DVD-A: Apples and Oranges? I quickly determined that you need both SACD and DVD-A to get access to a reasonable catalog of discs, and at least one relatively inexpensive universal player is available (Pioneer DV45A). Both formats can yield excellent results.I expect that DV... | |
| Denon DVD 2900 I got, but no bass. My "el-cheapo" Pioneer DV45-A bass management works just fine on all kinds of discs. | |
| Don't laugh..but could there be a best CD case? There is a special place in Hell reserved for the guy who designed the standard CD case. | |
| Wher can I find good info on set up of cartridge? I once attended a lecture at a high end audio shop about how to properly set up your phono cartrige. The net result was that I learned about so many sources of error, and how many of them can only be approximately corrected (for when the stylus is... | |
| DD & DTS It's said that Prologic II is a big improvement over PL I.My experience is only PL II, but you ought to be careful about adopting the older scheme. | |
| Digital Amps? Marketing Hype? There is digital hype, and there is analog hype, and it seems to me that I hear a lot more of the latter. Each technology has a few real advantages, and thousands of myths.My work involves servo-controlled gimbals of a missile guidance system, and... | |
| Classical Music as Relics for easy listening Soothing (schmutzy?) renditions of light classical music is probably good for your DC trafic situation. Imagine what it would be like if everyone, were listening to agitated, atonal, dissonant, non-melodic modern compositions as they swerve from l... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Does no one remember the KLH9 electrostatic? As good or better than Quad. | |
| Anyone Switch from Electrostatic/Planar to Dynamic Many people who use planar speakers go back to boxes after a few years, searching for more "punchy" bass sound. I did this. But, I also note that after a while the box speaker virtues get old, and the prodigal sons (and daughters) come back to the... |