erik_squires
Responses from erik_squires
| AC Power I missed where you are ever getting close to 15A, let alone 20A. However, if you insist on a 20A unit, you’ll need to replace the plug. I use Leviton Hospital Grade plugs because their thick prongs are tighter but also the 90 degree angle takes ... | |
| AC Power Generally speaking, @jea48 is right about not mixing breakers. Technically speaking, if you are mixing breaker brands the breaker has to be "listed" as being tested with the other maker’s panel. I believe this has to do with the maximum interrup... | |
| AC Power Maybe worth talking a little about "old school" regulators like Furman vs. PS Audio. Transformer based regulators have a fixed number of taps which are like holes on a belt. The conditioner constantly picks the best tap based on the output voltag... | |
| AC Power Balanced power supplys provide exactly 120 volts sinewaves at exactly 60 Hz output irrespective of wall outlet output. I’m sorry @xenolith - but this is not necessarily true. Could you point me to an example? I’m not ragging on balanced, bu... | |
| Anthem ARC and Subwoofers - A quick review Hi @m-db While I think ARC does a decent job in the bass area, the Anthem MRX does not properly allow for decoding of Dolby Surround encoded signals when they come from a Dolby Digital 2.0 source. 100% of Netflix seems to be Dolby Digital, but ma... | |
| AC Power Sorry, the issue with the AR models is not just feet or no feet. You really need to allow for space to prevent magnetic coupling. However, I have literally placed these on the floor under my rack before with no issues. Just a small towel to pre... | |
| AC Power @amtprod - I would 100% avoid putting it near other linear piece of gear, like an amp or preamp, etc. Keep at least 4" above and below to ensure the magnetic field doesn’t couple to something else, maybe more. It IS safe to put directly on the f... | |
| AC Power Speaking of voltage regulation, any difference between this and this, other than $1,400? It seems 15A should mostly be enough for digital front end, if not all front end components. @mitch2 No, these units go on steep discounts routinely. Some... | |
| Need recommendations for high gain/small footprint class d amplifier higher gain than the Red Dragon S-500 Why???? This is a typical problem for any active crossover and we solve this with attenuation of the gain. QED. | |
| Need recommendations for high gain/small footprint class d amplifier Um, kind of curious why "high gain" suddenly came into the picture. Most amplifiers are between 20 and 30 dB I believe. Are there "low gain" class D? | |
| AC Power It may be worth noting that tightly regulating your AC may be more important to more classic designs. Gear with linear power supplies with DC rails that are always some proportion of the incoming AC line (i.e. linear amplifiers) will suffer mor... | |
| AC Power However, I had read in other threads on power that one should avoid installing your dedicated audio circuit on a leg with major appliances. Given what you said, I guess that is not possible. I agree that this seems impossible. Your HVAC, ele... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? @alexbpm I dunno, it sounds like you never had a good Class D experience, which is your own experience but it doesn’t necessarily say anything about Tube pre amps with them. Was there a solid state preamp you found worked really well? | |
| AC Power OP: Depends on the challenges you have. Honestly I have a multi-level system where the first level has a Furman with AR, but only basic surge protection followed by Elite with power factor correction and advanced surge protection and filtering. ... | |
| AC Power OP: So sorry about the bad link, this one should be correct. 5W is sipping off the power. Furman makes a lot of models geared towards either home or professional users. If you like that unit, stick to it. :) I was just describing why my own gear... |