ghostrider45
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| moving i tune from one computer to another The latest iTunes version has an export function. You can export your iTunes account to CD-Roms (it will tell you how many you need and automatically backup across them). Just install iTunes on the new machine and use the import function. iTunes w... | |
| Time to pull the trigger on BluRay? Chadnliz said "HDMI is HDMI". Not exactly. There are important differences between different versions of HDMI (1.1, 1.2, 1.3a). In particular only 1.3a handles the latest discrete 7.1 channel audio formats, and Deep Color ( not really in use yet, ... | |
| Installed Wrong Tube 12AX& instead of 12 AT7 No matching required. Power tubes need to be matched (unless the amp supports individual bias adjustments per tube) to ensure that the tubes equally share the load. Otherwise one tube might hog most of the load, limit ultimate amp performance, and... | |
| Installed Wrong Tube 12AX& instead of 12 AT7 The only defect in a tube that can cause damage is an inter element short. These are common enough in power tubes where they usually take out a resistor and/or blow a fuse, but are rarely seen in small signal (dual) triodes like the 12AX7 or 12AT7... | |
| Installed Wrong Tube 12AX& instead of 12 AT7 12AX7 has more gain than the 12AT7, but is electrically compatible (pinout and voltage/current requirements). No harm done. | |
| Jacintha, anyone??? I just listened to the SACD of Jacintha Goes to Hollywood, and could scarcely believe what I heard - she was consistently out of tune and flat on the high notes in many of the songs. It was like fingernails on the chalkboard at times.I've liked he... | |
| Pin declaration of balanced input / output XLR Either option achieves the same end, and neither messes up other pieces of gear. Pushing the invert button is cheaper. | |
| Krell KRC-HR KRC-HR is designed to run 24x7. Ventilate it well, it runs hot (I used to own one). | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Muralman1, you said:"Ghostrider45, I use the Quantum theory because it fits. My speaker cables are extremely thin ribbons. The music signal in all it's fruition slips through without inhibition. We are talking about the very small."Cables are many... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? Muralman1:I think that applying quantum mechanics to digital reproduction is quite a stretch. Please share the proofs you mention with us.BTW, the DSD encoding scheme used on SACD does not use a digital filter on playback. That's one of its advant... | |
| Chime in.What's the Best Cassette Recorder ever ? I vote Dragon.BTW 76Doublebass, you're confusing dbx's expanders (1bx, 3bx, 5bx, etc) with its companding noise reduction system for recording. The former were single ended and intended to enhance/restore dynamics to existing material. The latter ... | |
| DBX Expander The purpose of the expander is to attempt to undo some of the compression used on many recordings and add in some dynamics. dbx was the main proponent of these gizmos and made a number of flavors. The bottom of the line was a single band version t... | |
| XLR to RCA any bad in long runs? With the adapter you give up all the benefits of the balanced line including noise rejection. | |
| subwoofer connection to unfriendly amp I'm picturing a homebrew box with the banana jacks as you mentioned and a switch to select the desired amp. The output would be to two sets of eylet terminated wirers, one for each amp. Is this correct?The good news is that your switchbox won't ha... | |
| subwoofer connection to unfriendly amp I'm not sure I understand your proposed hook up without a diagram, but it sounds like you're planning to hook the REL to both amps simultaneously without a switch.This will effectively route the output of the active amp to to the output of the ina... |