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| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? Ohm’s law alone does not apply to power. If you put a 4-ohm resistor across a 9-volt battery, does that mean the resistor is consuming (9*9/4) 20 watts? No. That would mean the battery would have to accommodate the resistor with slightly more than... | |
| different people may hear the same sound differently... Hearing is the most personal of the senses: there is no way for a person to describe what he hears to any other person. Not even a deaf person can describe the absence of sound because it is impossible to simulate deafness, the vibrations in your ... | |
| Amp straight into the wall Laser printer manufacturers tell you not to use a power conditioner because it causes a voltage sag that will prevent it from working correctly. Many amplifiers draw more current during transients than laser printers. Voltage sags will slow the re... | |
| Eurozone sickness and 230v single phase vs 240v two-phase. European 230 volts is from hot to neutral (or grounded). USA 240 volts has no neutral, it’s 120 volts for each leg. (120 volts is derived from grounding each leg). If a European 230V transformer is wired to the grounded conductor, it’s a non-con... | |
| Why not? For the same reason GM doesn't make tires. They instead partner with Michelin and try to sell you the recommended tires through a back door. GM does cars and they leave it at that. Your are asking a question from a marketing point of view that ha... | |
| Upsizing Capacitors Best practices: If it works, leave it alone. | |
| I think I just smoked my Amp Crackling sound, DC protection engaged, plus blown fuse is very likely a shorted output transistor. Replacing a fuse is not going to help in that situation. Also, to make matters worse, those Sanken output transistors are no longer manufactured. A... | |
| 10db buzzing sound MC12000 after it warms up Buzzing from the amplifier when not powered on could mean electric power is getting into the unit. Plug the unit into another wall outlet. If it doesn't buzz with the power off then check the wall outlet it was in for correct installation (i.e, no... | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance When price vs quality is debated, the biggest factor left out of the equation is the dealer and distributor markup, which has zero effect on sound quality. Only to be followed by fancy casework and engraving. This is why it's tough, for example, t... | |
| Duelund 12AWG Biwire Amp runs hot Don't run the amp with those cables anymore until you check the cables for continuity (this is the first thing you do with any cable, homemade or purchased). If you don't have continuity on one or both cables, the tube amp cannot see the speaker l... | |
| My MC 2205 Amplifier is smoking??? Nothing in an amp would cause anything to heat up to the point where it smokes. You may see 70 Celsius in spots, which is nowhere near to start smoking things like bits of paper or dead bugs. Are you seeing a wisp of smoke or is it like a burning... | |
| What covid research can teach us about audio measurements. Good designs will generate the same data, whether DACs, speakers or amplifiers. It's boring because a lot of gear is competently designed, and why it looks repetitive. If you hook up a computer to two different cars, can the data tell you which c... | |
| Getting a new electrical panel for the house. If it was me and had to choose a Square D panel, I would go with the QO because it has tin plated copper bus bars instead of aluminum. | |
| What cause tweeters hiss ? Try plugging the amp and the digital into the wall to rule out the power conditioner. Does the Sony CD player have a two prong plug or three? If it is a two prong plug all you are doing is lifting the ground, which is why the hissing disappears. ... | |
| Musical Fidelity 550 supercharger monoblock fuse location? Most likely it is internally fused. It seems MF doesn't want you playing with different types of fuses because they want to minimize the possibility of their product destroying your amplifier. Mains fuses are not 100% failsafe; for better protecti... |