fiesta75
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| Nakamichi DR-10 Cassette Deck Repair I agree, Willie is the best on the West coast and reasonable. If you're thinking about doing it yourself, Nak Talks is the site to read. | |
| Headphone amp on Pre-Amp with no available Tape Loop Sounds good to me, +1 jason. | |
| Your thoughts on active loudspeakers lonemountain - Got a chuckle out of your "active is so poorly understood" comment. Active speakers are generally great, but with the cheap class D amps available, one needs to actually listen. I've been bi-amp and tri-amping for 40+ years, but use... | |
| what is the purpose of the analog part in the DAC It filters, isolates and amplifies the output from the DAC to a usable level. Typically, the better the analog stages are, the better the overall sound will be. | |
| Is my speaker broken? (Sony SRS-XB12) Sounds like it has a serious problem. If not under some warranty, contact a good service technician. | |
| Distortion It is highly unlikely you would be able to any harmonic distortion less than 0.5%. Just make sure not to clip the amplifier! | |
| why is the right channel on my cassette deck inaudible? Don't use a "soldering gun", those are bad news. If you're going to do your own repairs, invest in a good pencil iron. | |
| HELP! I bought equipment drunk, don’t know anything. Good luck, hope you know something about the assembly of electronics. Otherwise sell the kit and move on. | |
| Subs And The Downstairs Neighbors I agree, DON'T go with a downward firing sub. They just sound pretty bad overall. | |
| Using step up / down transformers? GOOD transformers will not degrade sound. +1 millercarbon, there is a reason they are still used today in audio. I always double the power requirement specification of the equipment to get the power rating of the transformer. | |
| Subwoofer B&W ASW610 vs. SVS SB3000 The Bowers sub doesn't go as low as the SVS 3000, so deeper bass from the SVS. Rather than replace the B and W, add an SVS. You really should have more than 1 subwoofer. | |
| Is TDA7498E okay to work with DC 12V power supply? The TDA7498E has a minimum voltage requirement of 14 vdc, yes, but there is no way it will produce the rated output power unless you power it with the maximum VCC = 36 vdc. Power output is totally dependent on supply voltage. | |
| JBL L-300 Summit Are they still any good? Yes JBL was one of the top back then, older ones, 60/70. I'm sure the caps are still good enough. As you know, they have made some improvements in capacitors since these were made. Could have already been upgraded I suppose. | |
| Electrovoice 18" Woofer: smallish Magnet; only 2.3 ohms? Yes, I see what you mean about the magnet size. One thing that shocked me was the last link of the 15W’s, the WK & BWK’s models say 3.2 ohms dc for a 16 ohm impedance. Maybe a misprint or I just learned something new. Not seen any 16 ohm speak... | |
| Electrovoice 18" Woofer: smallish Magnet; only 2.3 ohms? For me, the magnet is too small to control the mass of the woofer cone well. As far as dc resistance, also too low. I've never seen any woofers rated at 8 or 16 ohms read 2.3 ohms dc. I'd be very leery. Unusually low resistance could be indicative... |