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| Will doing this blow my speakers? One way an amp can damage a speaker is by supplying DC current, either by internal damage or a faulty soft-start circuit (the "thud" you hear when powering up). This, if it happens, is independent of downstream source components. If your amp is ok... | |
| does temperature affect speaker performance? I think temperature has a greater effect on the speed of sound than on the speaker driver's mechanics. This can throw your system off if the speakers were carefully positioned and the room reflections/nodes treated and optimized at different ambie... | |
| How many watts is my system using? If you have a 100 watt light bulb, is that a 100 watts per second, per minute? The answer is not "per" but a constant wattage over the period the light bulb is burning. A watt is a watt - you cannot divide it - it's a 100 watts when you flip the s... | |
| Voltage output ...another reason is that music signals are produced by a transducer (microphone) which can easily and accurately follow and convert the sound energy into voltage. If you tried to do this with current, the internal resistance of the microphone and... | |
| How much longer will CDs be made? I think your question would be better debated by those who do not have a substantial collection of CD's, but if you're like most audiophiles you may have hundreds of CD's. They are not going to go bad or degrade in sound quality if properly taken ... | |
| Power conditioner or not? Naim's recommendation is most likely based on their listening tests, which they, I assume, found most PC's to be a negative. Since they cannot (or will not) endorse one or two units that they may have found beneficial or neutral, they'll take the ... | |
| Bass, Frequency response, Etc...Noob Question I also cannot see what specs would make a speaker more suitable for certain types of music. My guess is that those reviewers are equating rock with loud listening so a speaker that handles more power is able to play louder and, by circular reasoni... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help A preamp can, in fact, cause that kind of damage if its DC blocking caps are not doing their job. I think your amps are being slowly poisoned by DC, whether it's from the preamp or the wall socket. | |
| Cables that cost more than good loudspeakers It's all about what you want and are willing to pay. I know of someone who spent almost as much for his custom kitchen as I spent on my house. That, too, can be considered crazy until you put in perspective - he also paid nearly ten times what I d... | |
| Running Speaker Wire through Drywall Just hire an electrician. They can do this quickly and neatly and in the long run cost less than gathering all the tools, your time and not to mention the cost of damaging the dry wall (that is, I assume, what you are most concerned with). | |
| Is the market changeing? Which products are now cheaper from a year ago? A pair of Thiel 3.7's went from just under ten grand a pair to over 12 grand in a matter of months. That doesn't happen because of a lack of interest or a down market. Unless you're talking about eco... | |
| Can an amp overdamp a speaker? Duke, I agree that using speaker equations can show that the lower cutoff frequency is a function of Qe. For example, if you assume a speaker design with a Qt of 0.707 with a driver that has a voice coil resistance of 5 ohms, a Qm of 3, 8 ohm impe... | |
| Can an amp overdamp a speaker? Duke, I am confused. Can you please explain how one can tell by looking at a speaker response curve if it has a solid state or tube amp in mind? I always thought that those curves were amplifier-independent and any off-bass responses were the resu... | |
| Are interconnect cables worth $15,000? Everything is worth only what you are willing to pay. | |
| concrete slab vs/ wood floor - pros and cons Removing the concrete floor may cause you problems. Sounds like what you descibe is a floating slab construction where the entire weight of the garage is spead out over the 11 by 17 area. If you remove the slab what remains is the concrete under t... |