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| Tweaks That Don't Work I don't understand the point here. If you try something and it doesn't work, does that mean snake oil? For example, shakti stones placed on my Levinson 20.6's do nothing but on the transformers of my SET they make a not-so-subtle positive improvem... | |
| high ac voltage destrucive or not? If you're in the US, then the utility voltage will vary anywhere between 114 and 126 Volts - which is normal and the allowable US standard. Appliances with UL listings will operate between 110 and 127 volts with no damage. Also, utility voltage is... | |
| Help needed for outdoor stereo with no electricity Here's the math for a 12 Volt DC battery @ 33 ampere-hour:If the power draw is:30 watts - 10 hrs run time60 watts - 5 hrs120 watts - 2.5 hrs240 watts - 75 minutes300 watts - 1 hrI rounded off, the actual times are a little more. | |
| Concert Hall? Or Dedicated Listening Room? The short answer is yes. Just design your listening room without any parallel surfaces and have the dimensions increase from the front wall back, much in the shape of a horn. This way, room modes and standing waves are eliminated. Most all concert... | |
| 20 year old solid state technology..... I don't agree with respect to SS evolvement. 20 years ago, semiconductors could not handle as much power as the ones made today; more were needed for a given power output. Today these devices can handle more power so, at least on paper, less devic... | |
| CD player - skips and static pops ... related? Skips are not only from dirty lenses but also from worn parts causing the laser drive head assembly to mistrack. The laser itself could be worn out, or the drive mechanisms are gummed up, loose servo gears or deformed drive belts, or a glitch in t... | |
| Why does my Adcom GFA-2535 blow fuses? If it keeps blowing fuses, then it's most likely one of three things: short in the cable, power supply cap or output resistor.To trace a short in the speaker wiring, check that no cable connectors are touching. If ok, then disconnect all cables an... | |
| 1st,2nd,3rd order crossovers,etc If you're asking out of a need for education, then this is not the forum - your question is way too encompassing and requires a book for an answer as Sean states above.However, if you're asking with an eye towards purchasing speakers and you're wo... | |
| High speed internet via electrical power lines If it's gonna be a problem that begs a solution, then some corporate profiteer will oblige us with one. Damn those capitalists :) | |
| Blind Power Cord Test & results The problem with a/b testing in a controlled group is forgetting what was heard previously. Take another example: if you a/b tested digital cameras or photo printers and you laid out all the samples in front of people they would easily be able to ... | |
| solid state gear- leave on? It'd neither a good idea nor a bad idea. An amp will sound its best when warmed up and ready to go and every second thereafter will not improve things one bit. If the amp requires many hours before being warmed up, then, yes, I'd go for 24/7. If i... | |
| Pass x250 always on:how much more $ in electricity I agree with the $20.00 per month estimate. According to Pass' specs, it idles at 270 watts. Running 24/7 is about 200 kwh extra a month....figure on Con Ed hitting you up for a dime average per kwh.BTW, when I first ran my Class A mono's during t... | |
| 10/3 or 10/2 to each outlet? Dave, first of all your electrician will run the wiring according to code - regardless of what you suggest to him. The only thing he'll consider is wire that is sized bigger than required that will physically fit the outlet or breaker. For example... | |
| Help on basic 200 amp electrical service? If you want to know just the size of the service, the only two ways to do it is either to look in the service panel and see what the placard says, eg, "120/240 VAC 100-ampere" will tell you the maximum capacity of the panel is 100-amps. It doesn't... | |
| Most Common Gear-Matching Mistakes? Relying on other people's opinions, reviews and assigning way too much importance to specs - including impedance matching - without first listening. Sorry, but looking towards these things without critical listening and evaluation in your own list... |