fiesta75
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| More watts or better power ? More power definitely, NO question. | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? Again... Bryston, very good amps, great sound, slew rate of 60v/µs, can buy used with warranty from factory, 5 year warranty. You can do used separates for less than $3k. You really should listen to them! | |
| Change the Power Voltage Why don't you run it off 220/240 vac? I have found that amplifiers sound better if you run them on the higher voltage. Of course that will mean installing a special outlet, but not that difficult really. | |
| Speaker magnets Generally the bigger/higher gauss the magnet has, the better. Yes over time the permanent magnets do get weaker, but they can be reenergized. I still have some Altec and JBL from the 60-70's, great speakers, Alnico magnets. The newer Neodymium mag... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? If you're willing to buy used, you should focus on that. I'd look at Bryston, high slew rate, low distortion. You can get separates for less than $3k used. Rotel is okay, but mine became noisy after awhile. So many good amps out there, good luck. ... | |
| Your thoughts on active loudspeakers Added note: The original TL074 op-amp slew rate was 13v/µs, new LM6172’s are 3000v/µs. Noise and distortion is also lower. Make your own crossovers and enjoy. | |
| Manley Amp is humming - troubleshoot :( I use a magnifying glass now. Also freeze spray is a good way to find a problematic component or at least section, good luck. | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered OP I did read your entire post, but guess I missed your comment about fixed resistors and switches. I will refrain from commenting on any other of your posts, sorry. If you listen closely L-pads add noise. | |
| Poor Product Reviews? No Problem. Just Erase Them!! I thought Walmart would help buyers with problems from sellers on their website like Amazon does! | |
| Trying to Help My Nephew With His First Venture Into High End Audio For me, no tubes in a starter system. Marantz CD63 is decent, but found a CD67 and that is noticeably better. I’m not big on Rotel stuff, the ones I’ve owned were noisy. Any sub? I just gifted my nephew some modified KLH 355 Barons. | |
| Downward firing subwoofer I would just replace the sub, sell old one if you can. Just don't buy another downward firing sub, I don't like them. | |
| what is the best cassette tape maker in your experience? No I never bought cheap tapes as I plan to keep them and didn't want to lose material. | |
| L-Pads. Speakers Awful Without Them, New Ones Ordered Fixed resistors always sound better for trimming driver output. With older speaker designs L-pads were needed to make the speakers more versatile. Fixed resistors on switches is a great replacement to L-pads. Tone controls definitely don't cut it,... | |
| what is the best cassette tape maker in your experience? For me, TDK beat Maxell every time. I did like the TDK Audua when budget was tight. | |
| Rare Vintage Find : "Norman Laboratories electronic crossover - amplifier System 12" Post deleted, inaccurate. Looks like each box contains 2 amps which could drive one 2-way speaker in a bi-amped, not bi-wire configuration. Sorry, I have no idea how to hook them up. I don't understand the terminal labels on the rear panel. |