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| Fuses fuses fuses Someone, Anyone, tell me what to measure with an VOM or LCR meter or any other way to know what direction to drop these fuses in.... I really don’t want to listen to them a week each way to figure it out... If it is that obvious, someone should h... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses bdp242,496 postsYeah, Roger Modjeski (and Ralph Karsten) are deaf. Amazing how they can, in spite of that, design and build such good sounding electronics (and in the case of Modjeski, ESL loudspeakers). Beethoven incarnate! And you, Geoff, you ... | |
| Which good CD transports can be found in the used market? Teac or Esoteric they have the VRDS system. Just make sure the model you look at doesn’t have KSS151A laser, as they are unobtainium.Theses models don’t have the KSS151A laser.ESOTERIC P-0 VRDS-0 – Sanyo SF-C93 / SF-C99 ESOTERIC P-01 VRDS-NEO – SP... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses Of course engineers have measured fuses. Not in the way you promote them, they wouldn't be stupid enough.Cheers George | |
| Fuses fuses fuses I talked with a software engineer who also had a masters degree in electrical engineering. He said, "Let me look at it."About an hour later he came to me and said, "I've found the problem, let me show you." He had found a 250 kHz signal modula... | |
| Anyone know where I can get a Wadia 850 cd player repaired? I did have that gear replaced by Wadia a few years back and then it was plastic, it’s possible it self-destructed yet again. Yes they’re not long lasting, especially if you listen and changed cd’s often.But those ebay ones being made are better p... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses So to be very clear this is only reducing the voltage drop of the fuse **in the holder**. Its not only audible its also easily measured. To clarify this more, it "maybe" only audible if the supply stages after the fuse/holder are NOT regulated... | |
| Anyone know where I can get a Wadia 850 cd player repaired? goofycarp Sounds like yes you have two problems. Very nice R2R lader Multibit player BTW, hard to better, do not scrap it. Give it to me if you have to.The Sony KSS-240a laser needs to be replace, laser is available and still cheap https://www.eba... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses There are fuses that are made to be soldered in, they look like resistors, and don't cost much. I use them on conservatively rated power supplies for exactly this reason. +1 voodoo freeBut you really need to make sure they are Cryo'ed and in th... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses almarg7,343 posts07-12-2017 7:02amCareful, George! You may find yourself accused of being "irrational," as I appear to have been in the second post following my previous post :-)Best regards,-- Al Let them accuse Al, and we can both be called... | |
| Fuses fuses fuses This threads insane, it has no technical value at all, as there can’t be a technical discussion on this subject. SO IT SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN THIS "Tech Talk" FORUM.Mods please please shift it to the appropriate forum, say the " Misc Audio " forum... | |
| Parasound HCA-1500 or alternative I’d like to get an amplifier that sounds like the Parasound HCA-1500 I’d like to get another amp, around $400 I believe they were BJT (bi-polar) output stage, not Mosfet, for higher current delivery. May have been Mosfet for input and driver sta... | |
| Fix or replace Accuphase DC 91 DAC? I have no idea but will start to look for a replacement card, which I doubt I find very easily. That will be like finding rocking horse s**t! Who fixes this stuff anymore?Guys like me, who can't stand to see good stuff stay broken in the cupbo... | |
| Gungnir sound before and after multi-bit upgrade? I had called at one point to find out what they recommended cable-wise...ICs and maybe power cord. The response was something along the lines of "we don’t believe in cables". That’s NOT an exact quote but is the gist of what was communicated. Th... | |
| Fix or replace Accuphase DC 91 DAC? I see the chips are available for sale on Ebay but don’t know if one is bad or even if an other component on the board is causing the problem. I thought in your original post, that you already knew it was the Accuphase, and that the qualified aud... |