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| Who needs power cables anyway? If you must know, the only way I see you doing this legally is to install an electrical box at the connection point on the units. That is, you have to mount the box in the back of your gear so that all live parts are inside the box. Not only that ... | |
| Can excellent tubes transcend modest amps? The price difference of most tube amplifiers has more to do with power supply, voltage regulation and output transformer quality than what type of tubes they use. Tube rolling is basically a tweak; so I doubt you're going to turn a $200 amp into a... | |
| This speaker crossover. Advise on improvement Don't overlook your soldering skills. Less than the factory-quality joints will most certainly negate any benefits of the better components. | |
| Help needed: bizarre voltage readings Get a 3-prong circuit tester and see if the receptacle is wired correctly. If it is, get an electrician to check the wiring at the panel. It sounds to me like you have a reversed hot neutral with an open ground somewhere. | |
| How can we settle for digital? Are you asking us if it's foolish to spend $3K on a CDP? Just keep in mind that a price point is where the manufacturer stops adding any more value to something. If you take two identical boxes and fit them each with the same laser/transport, filt... | |
| First name basis? I just start off with "Hi:", write my message and end with my first name. I then follow their lead for my replies.However, there are sellers who do get a lot of emails as routine so don't be surprised if they shoot back something terse like "How y... | |
| Dedicated power Most, if not all, new receptacles have terminals that accomodate 14, 12 and 10 wire. Even the 15-amp 5-15R. The limiting factor is not the wire but the circuit breaker. The breaker must not pass more current than the wire ampacity that's it's conn... | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect Power quality is something that utility companies are starting to take seriously as they know the grids are loaded with motors, computers, digital electronics, variable speed motors, etc. What these do is poison entire neighborhoods with noisy ac ... | |
| Which of Mozart's No.39 & 41 CD should I get? Another variation is the Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music "The Symphonies Vol.VI Paris & Vienna" on Decca (L'Oiseau-Lyre 421 085-2). It's an old recording from 20 years ago. What's striking about this is a smaller classical orchestra with peri... | |
| Dunlavy SC IVA X-over resistor values Or just look at the color rings. Plenty of websites where you can decode the colors. The values may have drifted over the years so what you measure may not be within tolerance of the nominal value. Also, if the quality of you solder joints is anyt... | |
| Impedance question Extremely important: Make sure the amp is off (better yet, unplugged) before you remove any of the speaker cables. A tube amp will be damaged if powered on without a speaker load connected to it. | |
| Impedance question There's no definitive answer other than experimentation. Usually, one tap will sound better than the other regardless of speaker. But for another amp, the tap can be speaker-dependent. If the amp is stable over reactive loads, then one tap should ... | |
| wire transfers safe? Careful, be very careful. Once you give your routing and account number to me for example, with just a phone call or two I can set up payments to third parties by ACH Debit. This is the way you pay for things over the phone by check. Your bank NEV... | |
| What makes up an Detlof, I don't take the Stereophile list seriously:) You know how many dealers can tell you stories about customers walking in with that as a grocery shopping list and stubbornly refusing to consider advice about alternatives or incompatibilites?... | |
| What makes up an I think that's an expression that can be filed away. One time it meant products that were produced by dedicated engineers and designers who wanted more than the commercial electronics of the 60's and 70's and developed a following that became an u... |