erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| Mogami Power Cable Anything but Wattgate is my recommendation. :) | |
| Mogami Power Cable To be clear: I’m not ever advocating the use of signal wires for power applications. Here’s my go-to shielded power cable: https://partsconnexion.com/products/dh-labs-cable-encore-3-x-14awg-shield-ac-power-cord | |
| Mogami Power Cable If you are going to build an ungrounded/unshielded cable for a unit that does not require ground, that makes sense. I prefer to make only shielded power cables to minimize noise pickup after my power conditioners though. This is true even when g... | |
| A persistent hummmm... @mashif Were you hearing mechanical hum, or was it coming from the speakers?? On the same circuit? | |
| Mogami Power Cable I'm pretty sure you are referencing the wrong cable since that cable is balanced and shielded and the wrong kind. In any event, though I'm a huge Mogami cable fan, you want the DH Labs cables instead: https://partsconnexion.com/collections/ac-... | |
| A persistent hummmm... Interesting. Leaving the speakers attached, with the inputs disconnected I’d put a multimeter on the outputs, set it to AC and see how many AC volts you are getting. It may be that your few millivolts of AC (humm) are "normal" but also too much fo... | |
| A persistent hummmm... Hi OP! I think the place to start it to understand if the hum is inherent to the amp, or perhaps a ground loop issue. Disconnect all inputs and listen. If you still hear a humm its an amp issue, and as I think you suspect, may only be noticeabl... | |
| Measurements for a dedicated line AC voltage, harmonic distortion and line frequency are all measurable Indeed, but most of us can only measure AC voltage. Harmonic distortion is definitely not something you get with your average multimeter, and the one thing I have the mos... | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box Except with horns. The cabinet/horn does the heavy lifting, not the driver - very neat. Well, I meant to talk about the enclosure, not how a driver is loaded out the front. I hope most people understood I was specifically comparing acoustic sus... | |
| Measurements for a dedicated line @bolong No, not at all. I'm just kind of curious why. :) | |
| Furman Upgrade to Niagra @tonywinga Very interesting. I remember a few years ago at a show in New York (THE show?) Richard Gray’s Power Company made an absolute killing. The hotel power was terrible and lots of TVs were on display and looking poor. Word quickly spread tha... | |
| The Best Bass Ever? A Subwoofer Discovery You should be measuring as much as possible, and consider a miniDSP for your car to let you tune the subwoofer. You should probably go to DIYaudio and make your comments there. Lots of speaker builders there ready to help you who have experience... | |
| Source suggestions for small spades Of course, looking at how those connectors are attached to the chassis, it does kind of make you want to make new one's with banana plugs, don't it? :D | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box @sfgak Without wading in too much to solutions, the THX standard of 4th order low pass, 4th order high pass at 80 Hz is really convenient. Keep things in mind though, the goal is 4th order response includes the speaker response, and that we do ... | |
| Assistance in selecting new speakers… Room. Plan to spend 1/3 of your speaker budget on room treatment, at least. |