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| Power Amp Tubes Blowing - what's wrong? One thing to check is your ac power. If you have too high or too low voltage, this could cause tubes to fail quicker. | |
| Problem with AC and how to solve it Or it could be that there's DC present in the house power wiring at certain times of the day. DC will cause a transformer to buzz. This is a power quality issue; there are power conditioners out there that can address the problem such as PS Audio,... | |
| Electrical issue If you plugged everything into one outlet, then ground loops are not the problem. It is most likely caused by either external RF/EMI interference or power line noise which may be in the power coming into the house (yes, the power company xfmr can ... | |
| What does 'Fast mean? I take "fast" to mean how quick the output of a device can follow a change at the input - which would pretty much describe the above impressions of transients, attack, etc. As for cables, well... they either do the job or they don't. Poorly design... | |
| The last 5 ????? Ah, but you are forgetting the Audiophile Paradox: the more you improve upon the system, the closer you get to the actual ideal - the cumulative losses of the recording chain. | |
| slight noise concern with lamm amplifier? What you describe is normal for almost every amplifier, preamp and phono stage. That noise is caused by the normal operation of the electronics which the speakers pick up (the more sensitve the speakers, the farther away you'll hear it). As long a... | |
| Question about sound below an amps frequency specs Unless there is a reason to limit the bandwidth of the amplifer, the low frequencies will not be intentionally filtered just outside the published specs.The frequency response of an amplifier is specified with a dB range. Your amp may be 20-20k +/... | |
| Popping from light switches and refrigerator It seems to me that your problem is from one of two sources: the refrigerator or the power company. The refigerator motor contacts, brushes or pull-in relay could be arcing, leading to induction or impules noise in the entire house wiring. These v... | |
| AC polarisation. Does it matter? I looked at your system and I don't think quality control is a problem with Shunyatas and Electraglides unless they make an export version with reverse polarity... I don't know.Did you use a continuity tester to confirm this? Sorry if this seems p... | |
| Audiophile circuit breakers ? Do they fit in your panel? My basic German tells me these are only DIN-Rail mount and I don't know of any UL panels that accepts DIN breakers (they accept DIN rail devices such as TVSS's). As these appear to be Euro-standard devices, they may a) b... | |
| Speaker Design I would guess no. More effort will be put into voicing the speaker than the mathematics of the xover design for a given box and drivers would suggest. Since each of the three designers are just like the rest of us with different tastes, perception... | |
| Voltage question If it goes above 132 volts, that's when problems can occur.What was the voltage at the previous location? There could be a potential problem in the wiring if you have different voltages among receptacles. The most common cause is a loose neutral a... | |
| Can HI FI components really make music? Everyone mentioned equipment and room. Even if you had the ideal of both, there's one more variable - the recording chain. The losses start at the microphone and continue to the speakers. So, no matter what you do on your end, the recording proces... | |
| New Midrange vs. Older High-End CD Transports Without knowing the equipment you're playing it through, the lack of sonic difference can be attributed to the preamp, amp and/or speakers. It's the synergy thing. From my experiences, the sonic difference of a big ticket component is not as spect... | |
| How do inductors help impedence matching? It depends if the inductor is in parallel or in series with the woofer. If it's in series, then its function is to increase the inductive reactance (why though, it's easier done with a resistor) and if it's in parallel, its there to reduce the rea... |