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| THE IRS HAS TAKEN MY TRANSACTIONS VIA PAYPAL AND IDENTIFIED THEM AS TAXABLE INCOME Did you sell your personal stereo gear, and can prove you paid for them? Then there is no tax due if you sold for less than what you paid for. If you sold your personal items for more than what you paid, then it’s a capital gain and taxes are owed... | |
| Change the Power Voltage Look on the back at the fuse holder. If you see two different fuse values for 120V and 240V then it is very likely the voltage can be changed to 120V. You can then try calling Pyramid Audio, United Radio, or George Meyer AV and see if they can hel... | |
| Quality outlets for non-audio Second the Leviton commercial grade. Also, when replacing outlets rewire them to the outlet screws if the old ones are connected to the push in connectors in the back. Those connections have considerable resistance and can cause power quality issues. | |
| Amp switcher with tube amp protection Problem is when the SS is switched to speaker position the tube amp has no resistance. Accidentally turning on the tube amp while not connected to a speaker load will damage the output transformer. There is a workaround, although it requires a bit... | |
| Gain and linestage If you hooked up your amplifier directly from the output of a CD player or DAC you would blow out your speakers. A CD player puts out a signal of 2 volts max and a power amp reaches full power at about 1.4 to 2.0 volts. That said, a preamplifier... | |
| Krell KSA 200s power feed Going by amps can be confusing, use apparent power instead, which is voltage times amps. Krell recommends a 2400VA power supply from the wall which is 20 amps at 120VAC (2400/120) or 10.4 amps at 230VAC (2400/230). The only issue I see is protecti... | |
| Does using XLR cables (double voltage output) mean I can use lower powered amplifiers? The amplifier gains the voltage difference between the xlr positive and negative signals, not the voltage magnitude. Since the gain is the same whether RCA or XLR, the power drawn by the speakers does not change, even though the balanced input is ... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt A lot of those old amps had (now obsolete) low noise high bandwidth Toshiba and Motorola transistors which are not easily matched with today's offering. The unavailability of those parts is the main reason why amp manufacturers refuse to work on t... | |
| How much reality do you really need? The ideal system will let you hear the distortion added during the recording and mastering process... free from distortion added by the playback system. So the ideal system only gets you half way there. | |
| Main vs. sub panel for dedicated lines How far away from the main panel is the listening room and the two bedrooms and bathroom? The only reasons for a subpanel is to limit the voltage drop over long distances, or to group together outlets in a common area so as not to overstuff the ma... | |
| What’s the relationship between gain (dB) and power (watts)? That gain switch is like a gas pedal. If the driver has a strong foot, then the pedal is set to 23 to take into account the heavier push to get full power. However, a driver with a weaker foot will set the gas pedal to 29, making it easier to push... | |
| Fuse Upgrade to Ceramic not glass If the fuse access is not visible then it is inside the unit and it could be in a clip holder, which you can pop out and change, or it can be soldered in, which makes it more difficult to change. The only way to tell other than opening the hood is... | |
| How to find the min and max bending radius of a cable. Substituting the OD of the cable into the second equation:5 x 10.2/3 x 10.2 = 173mm minimum bend radius.Am I missing what you’re asking? | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio You weren't singled out for a rip off, audio repair is expensive. From first hand experience, I know it takes a lot of time to take things apart to replace a defective component and an untold amount of time to figure out the problem without a sche... | |
| Capacitor There's no easy answer. According to the laws of physics, the best cap is the one with a value closest to 100uF, (a twenty nine cent 101uF cap should in theory perform better than a one hundred dollar 110uF cap, both 100u nominal). However, consid... |