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| WOULD IT BE DUMB TO BUY A MARK LEVINSON NO 23.5 The thing with vintage Levinson amps you should be aware of is not the power supply capacitors but the EMI suppression caps (Rifa PME271) across the mains voltage. These apparently do not age well and fail short, creating a fire hazard. I had one ... | |
| Smoke on my power amp Al, I agree. I see a collector to emitter short from what looks like heat damage. The smoke is from the case melting (concave damage in middle to right). | |
| Monoblock power amps same dedicated outlet? Ill advised? No. But you won’t get optimum performance into low impedance loads, even at moderate loudness listening levels. | |
| Distorded sound with Tidal Tidal settings... try turning off both optimized playback and loudness normalization. | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? The best thing IMO is to find a retailer or a dealer that will loan you equipment to listen in your room before you buy. No reviewer or word of mouth reputation can beat an in home trial. | |
| Combination of 1st order and 2nd order crossover in 3 way box A first order crossover on the low and mid drivers will start and stop both of them at the same time. Because of that, if they are different sizes (depth) and mounted flush on a 90 degree vertical baffle, the sound of each driver will arrive at yo... | |
| MServer/corrupt files? Why not ask for a "Remote Support Request"? Aurender will log into your device and run the files you have a problem with. | |
| Best Sounding Bruckner Recordings My initial recommendations would be:Symphony No. 9: Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Reference Recordings). This is a very good performance in excellent sound. Not only that, but in the liner notes Honeck breaks down the score bar by bar wit... | |
| Why did Parasound discontinue the Halo JC-1 monoblock amplifiers? Another reason may be that monoblocks aren’t practical anymore. With SMD technology, passive components and transistors take up a lot less real estate and you can put a lot more amplifier in one case. Less production cost, inventory, packaging, et... | |
| What is the best sounding Mahler symphony cycle? An excellent series so far is Francois Xavier-Roth on Harmonia Mundi, sonics and performance. | |
| Installed bulk foil resistors in phono amp I agree, it’s a very significant upgrade to lower resistor noise and inductance . I removed the resistors in the signal path in my Levinson 20.6’s and replaced them with Vishay VAR foils. | |
| Thiel Owners I have a pair of 3.6's that are now 25 years old (nothing I heard in all this time makes me want to retire them) and I am concerned about old age issues. Have any of you had problems with the drivers? I am wondering if it is a good idea to take a... | |
| Help please, I think I have RF or EMI problem What I would first do is check all electrical point connections to make sure they are tight -- the wire connection on that light switch, pig tail wire nuts, etc., then I would go to the panel and check the tightness of the breaker/wire connections... | |
| Amp tripping circuit breaker. Call in an electrician. The breaker may be doing its job, that is, there could be an arc fault somewhere in the circuit. Did you nail anything to a wall over that time period? | |
| Mark Levinson 20.6 Failing I have had the 20.6’s for over twenty years and I had the exact same problem. If the amp is on and the LED is red, that means the voltage rails have power. Cold heat sinks mean the current source from the positive rail through the driver stage has... |