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| What was that smell? It reads like burning chemical (ferrofluid maybe?). If all else fails, disconnect the tweet & check the dc resistance. It should be ~71% of the tweet's nominal. If it's too low, change both tweets. Good luck | |
| Volume level mystery - can you solve it? Also think of the new amp's input sensitivity -- it may not be the same as the older amps'. | |
| Klipsch LaScalla "upgrade"? Maybe you could start by mailing Sean directly. He has done a few things to his Klipsches in the past & can probably steer you in the right direction. | |
| Cello Grand Master- go active? There is no doubt that going active would yield imporvements; plus, you already have adequate amplification to actively biamp the spkrs. However, in order to do so, you need the EXACT specs of the xover i.e. the schematics.Anyone you can contact? ... | |
| Passive/Active preamps: pros and cons.... Howie -- maybe he means that the volume controls contained in the cdps are not very good?There seem to be many S&B users here. BTW, the 102 is NOT a step up, it ust has a +6 output tap on the secondary that one may or may not use (I, for one, ... | |
| recommended redbook classics Vivaldi: go for the Musici version on Philips. There are also many others to experiment with. | |
| Cable question CAT JL2 + Ultimate + Avalon Ropertje: it sounds more catchy than it really is. It's just single 22g & 20g enameled copper wire twisted around each other (one hot, one return). These are not touching. I used a tube outer as the construction is quite flimsy. Neutrik rca co... | |
| any fixes for impedance mismatch Ground the 2nd XLR pin as Eldartford suggests and use the balanced input.However, as your bass energy is there, you don't as if you're not suffering from energy losses, anyway. | |
| recommended redbook classics I sugest you eschew the "beautifully recorded" requirement and go for the musical performance.Of course each has his or her own favourite, "best" performance. Here are some ideas.For Beethoven look for Furtwangler /Berliner or Wiener. There is als... | |
| Cable question CAT JL2 + Ultimate + Avalon Between Ultimate & (my) amps I used N-Valhalla and diy asymmetric made out of cooper, twisted conductors (not touching). Both to good effect, the Nordost offered better electrical "transmission".Between JL2 & spkrs I used paralleled copper... | |
| hilary hahn..violinist Thanks for the recomm, Eldartford. I actually have the older performance & like it a lot! | |
| the 4 ohm rating High current design clock radio ("HCDC"), no doubt...:) Single mono (also available in dual & multi-mono) Makes all the difference:) Cheers | |
| Zobel network Alfredo, use the cheapest caps to determine the optimum value. Since you're nearly (already?) there, one way of "burning in" caps is to charge and discharge them (outside the circuit of course) with ever increasing voltage until you reach ~90% the... | |
| klipsch speakers,be honest Sean, you are referring to the K-horns I suppose? I'd be interested in any refs you have regarding these moifications... Cheers | |
| Tips for gradual upgrade I readily subscribe to Goinbroke's suggestions: optimise what you have, PARTICULARLY placement of spkrs in the room. A contact enhancer is useful in helping "ohmic" contact BUT keep in mind that precious metals migrate so eventually the silver con... |