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| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues Check both the main panel and subpanel to see if each phase is 120 volts and the neutral to ground is close to zero volts. | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? SR offers a full refund within 30 days, so I would be hesitant to call them snake oil salesmen. If someone offered me, say, a car that gets 500 mpg and said I could have a full refund no-questions-asked if I don't like it, I just may buy it. To sa... | |
| A philosophical question. This is why a subscription to Tidal or Qobuz is worth the money -- you can explore music that you never knew existed or would not go out and buy or download. There is so much at my fingertips that I rarely walk over to my CD rack or access the dig... | |
| Are Bowers and Wilkins speakers overpriced? Overpriced is a personal determination -- would you rather have the product or the money in your pocket? | |
| Tube preamplifier circuits MOSFETs are similar to tubes in that they are operated by voltage swings instead of current. Tubes are iffy and require care and feeding in circuit to keep them relatively quiet and performing to spec. MOSFET's are simple and consistent and cheape... | |
| Capacitors Maybe not. The crossover design probably required the high capacitance of the polarized cap and the designer took into account the high ESR into the overall impedance. Replacing that cap with a lower ESR film may throw things out of balance and ma... | |
| Unexpectedly low volume with Schiit Saga + Vidar You're going from 40 watts to 100 watts, about a 4dB increase. Subjectively, a 10 dB increase in power is what is needed for us to perceive "twice as loud". I hear no perceptive change in loudness between my 200 watt and 100 watt amplifiers at the... | |
| New Breaker Box-Should I upgrade? The electrician discouraging it is your answer. Good tradesmen do not like doing unnecessary work. | |
| 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. |