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| How much Power do speakers really use ??????? Let's say you have two amps - one at 50 wpc and another at 5,000 wpc - with identical speakers and listening rooms. If you play both at a certain volume level, say 80 db SPL, both amps will provide the same power. However, during transient peaks, ... | |
| Were to get fuse box for dedicated line? ... I was assuming a remote panel. Installing a parallel, or subfeed panel, is a legitimate installation provided that the subfeed panel is properly bonded, grounded and supplied with neutral lugs for each circuit. In other words, it has to be a U... | |
| Were to get fuse box for dedicated line? The reason you're having a problem finding a load center type fuse box is because (I'm pretty sure) they're not made anymore - they're sort of like NOS, surplus only. Where are you going to grab the power for your fuse box? If it's from the main h... | |
| changing tubes in my phono causes hum ? Your phono section may have AC tube heaters instead of the (preferred) DC. Some 12AX7's don't like AC and will let you know by humming. | |
| How hot do a pair of Pass Labs X600 amps run ? As long as the heat sink temperature is not excessive, say above 120-130 deg F, it's normal for a pair of Class A amps to run warm enough to heat the room. When I run mine all day in the winter, the rest of the rooms in the house drop 10 degrees s... | |
| What's the most important speaker attribute...and For me, it's not so much a particular spec or trait but instead it's can I tell the difference, on a recording, between a Gibson and a Martin, a Guarneri and a Stradivari, etc. The most reasonably priced speaker that can do this, irrespective of l... | |
| I need an explanation of "damping factor". When an amplifier sends a signal to the speaker, the electrical signal energizes the coil and causes the driver to move. When the signal stops, there is no more electrical energy to the coil; however the driver keeps moving through inertia - it ca... | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? If anyone's still interested, playing a Rudolph Serkin Beethoven piano sonata CD, the average SPL at the listening position (9 feet away, 13ft x 25ft x 9ft room) with the preamp pot at 12'oclock (50%) was 65 db with 71 db peak ("C" weighted scale,... | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? Zaikesman: I am not having anyone on... I would never do that, especially here. I purchased the 2A3 amps to use with my DIY single-driver speakers I'm building. In the meantime, I hooked them up to my Thiels - yes, they do make more than enough SP... | |
| Tubes with Thiel CS-3.6's? has anyone had success? I use a pair of Wright-Sound WPA3.5 (2A3) amps with my 3.6's. No problem filling up my room, and no problem at all with the sound quality. I listen mainly to classical (string quartets, small scale orchestral, and jazz).But - I have a CAT preamp (... | |
| why does triod mode sound better than ultralinear? The "ultra-linear" configuration was developed by Mullard to sell their EL34 pentode. It generally differs from a typical SET in that the SET usually has two tubes per channel - driver (eg 6SN7, 6922) and output (eg 2A3, 45, 300b). An ul amp will ... | |
| Speaker Balance It could also be that one speaker is closer to you than the other. Try moving the right speaker back/forward an inch or so. | |
| speaker sensitivity dividing lines I would factor in amp/preamp gain also. I have a 26 db gain preamp and a 4 db gain 2A3 SET and 86 db @2.83V/4ohm speakers. This front end has about the same effect on these speakers as a 100W amp with a typical 12db gain preamp (but at different v... | |
| Chassis ground and balanced mode - please help me It sounds like that the Pass preamp is providing the signal ground that the Plinius "chassis/open ground" switch provides. So by opening the ground on the Plinius, you are eliminating multiple ground paths which caused the hums. Multiple paths rem... | |
| Separate ground for dedicated line If you run 2 grounds it would be: a) illegal in most places, and b) a sure-fire recipe for ground loop hums.A ground is by definition at one point and that point is at the service entry. You are really not gaining anything and giving up a lot safe... |