fiesta75
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| jbl speakers The first time I heard the Paragon I was very impressed. They still sound good, but just too big. I personally prefer a pair of modified Hartsfield with 2405 tweeters. JBL still makes some excellent studio monitors that are much smaller and maybe ... | |
| 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... |