forrestc
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| Lightning Short of installing lightning arrestor system to keep lightning from hitting your house in the first place, nothing will protect your electronics from a direct lightning hit to your house or the service entrance; however, a few basic precautions w... | |
| jeff rowland model 6 capacitors I'm not sure exactly which main filter-caps the Model 6 uses, but I've had a set of four Nichicon LNT1K333MSE (33,000uf 80v 3" diameter) for my JRDG Model 3 mono-blocks on-order with DigiKey for almost a year now. Still waiting.But on the other ha... | |
| How do you organize your LPs? I generally arrange my LPs in "record store" alphabetical order and separating out a few specialty genres as well as titles for easy access. I also separate out specialty pressings such as direct-to-disk, half-speed mastered, and the like by recor... | |
| Vintage MIT MI-330 I see that I'm late to the table by about a year, but stumbling upon this thread, I find all this information to be very interesting and quite useful. I've used the original MIT MI-330 interconnects for many years with all the arrows pointing the ... | |
| shipping boxes for heavy electronics Here is one for you . . .I recently had a Jeff Rowland Model 5 shipped to me in the original wood crate using the original high-density fitted foam packaging. Just like you are suppose to do. The entire package wighed in a 148lb. When I went to th... | |
| Linn LP12 vs. VPI Classic 1 and 3 I disagree, I had an LP12 Valhalla for years with an Ittok LVII arm and it was set up correctly and it sounded pretty darn good. Now, I can't speak for VPI's newer Classic line of tables, but I when I went to a VPI HW19 Mk4/SAMA/SDS/ET2, for me th... | |
| How do I test my own amplifier DC offset test is easy. Just put your multimeter in the DC mV scale and touch the leads across the speaker terminals with the amp fully warmed up and not playing anything. It doesn't matter if the reading is + or - volts, closer to zero volts the ... | |
| upgrades for your amp/preamp Orlando, you need clarify your question. Obviously you are interested in upgrading or updating your amp and preamp, but are you wanting to do it yourself and need a source for parts or advice, or do you want to find someone with the necessary skil... | |
| Why is my Rotel RA 1062 amp running hot? Does it run hot at an idle with no load or does it run hot only when driving your speakers? | |
| Best T/T Pods/ wood blocks to eliminate vibrations The best bang for he buck by far that I've found is Herbie's Tenderfoot Isolation Feet. I replaced the Sorbothane suspension with Tenderfoot footers in my VPI HW19 Mk4 and the improvement was not subtle. I would think that they would work exceptio... | |
| DIY TT Stand on concrete floor - I'm confused All sounds good as to what you are doing with the stand and the coupling to the concrete floor. But on the other hand, since your turntable has no suspension, the only thing that would do differently (or at least try) is to replace the spikes on t... | |
| Furman Elite 15PFi upgrade over Power Wedge 116 Brian, you never know until you plug it in and give 'er a listen; however, I found the old Power Wedge 116 isn't all that bad after all. Each receptacle is totally isolated using some pretty hefty isolation transformers and the entire unit overall... | |
| No, You Cannot Bi-Amp Mike, I have to agree with you. I bi-amped my Apogee Duetta Signatures using a pair of totally rebuit and upgraded Threshold Stasis 2 amps and a highly upgraded/highly-modified Marchand XM-9 electronic crossover a few year ago and have never looke... | |
| alternative to maggies? I would try Rich's suggestion first, and if that doesn't work you could replace the socks with Pet Screen (no kidding!). It's easy to work with, looks almost like Apogee grill cloth, and the stuff is nearly acoustically transparent, but most of al... | |
| Speed of groove. I think what you are saying is the velocity decreases as the stylus moves towards the inner groves of the record. If I'm not mistaken, output is specified by cartridge builder at a specific velocity; however, I don't know where that location may b... |