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| Quick fuse question Dual element fuse sizes are selected by different maths than the typical fuse. The ARC fuse is sized closer to the overload trip than the short trip. Single element fuses only do shorts. In this case, the overload trip is the fuse rating and is 5 ... | |
| Negotiate good price Just a couple of observations... asking dealer to match the price of new equipment to used equipment on Audiogon is kind of a silly request; second, putting your "hands above your head" can be seen as insulting the salesman by saying whoa! don't ... | |
| Aiff or Flac There are two reasons to use FLAC: saving storage space and adding/editing metadata. Since storage is cheap and ripping software such as dBPoweramp handle metadata for aiff/wav there really is no advantage to flac unless it sounds better on your s... | |
| amp repair cost too high?? It's like everything else: replacement cost. If you have, for example, a 30-year old Levinson 23.5 it will cost close to $2,000 in repairs whereas the market value is around $2,500. The alternative is to buy a new amp. But how much do you have to ... | |
| What heat sink compound to use in a Musical Fidelity A1? https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Aavid/249G?qs=L336xtxyopB3FeqhMjn9hQ%3D%3Dhttps://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/MG-Chemicals/824-100ML?qs=X5SXQx2ktnOWsZ6FNh%2FXEQ%3D%3DClean the old stuff with the alcohol. Use a small blob of goop at one end a... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? Pyramid Audio will quote you a price of $1300 to replace just the power supply filter caps in a Levinson 33x series amplifier, so, yes, the quote you got is not unreasonable.FWIW it took me the better part of a weekend to replace the damaged filte... | |
| Power Amp Heater voltage too high. | |
| Aurender SSD Upgrades Okay ... how does it sound? | |
| Filter capacitance-how does it relate to amplifier performance? The bottom line is the higher the filter capacitance the better the amplifier maintains voltage (and power). But there is a limit and any capacitance above that limit is a waste of money. Power is determined by the voltage in the rails and the fil... | |
| Fuse size Increasing the fuse size because it blows is like shutting off the carbon monoxide alarm because it's giving you a headache. | |
| Is static the culprit? It’s not static. Most likely one of the following:Loose solder joint anywhere, not necessarily just in the signal path. A transistor or diode from the power supply rail to the input or driver stage being cut off will intermittently cut power and a... | |
| If you could buy any system, regardless of price, what would it be? I think a lot of audiophiles will get extremely anxious if they had to pick the one system they cannot change forever. | |
| Are dimmable LEDs the least noisy dimmable type lighting for a music room To reduce the possibility of noise (or increase the possibility of no noise):1. Only buy compatible products -- dimmer switch, driver and lights from one manufacturer;2. Place the the dimmer circuit on it’s own circuit. If you cannot, next best is... | |
| Hi-res streaming on Qobuz Is there a click from the DAC when the sample rate changes? (the muting relay kicking in to prevent speakers from thumping). | |
| kenwood ka 8100 runs hot when played loud on kef 104 .2 If this happened recently, or only one channel runs hot, then it's a problem with the amp. But if not, it's like George said, it's too low of an impedance on the Kenwood. |