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| Review: Wright Sound WPA-3.5 Tube amp I have owned a pair for a year now. Excellent amp for the money IMO. From my trials:For the best sound, Classical or Jazz, a pair of RCA Cunningham single plate 2A3's with an RCA VT-231 (gray glass).For general listening, the RCA double black plat... | |
| Phony buyers on Audiogon Nothing unusual about this. Unfortunately, people, for whatever reason, will want to buy or possess something and out of impulse they will "buy it!!". Explains why a lot of us are in credit card debt. Anyway, it is not uncommon, as another example... | |
| Cooling Help in a Closet Equipment Room An exhaust fan will work good, especially if the room where the closet is adjacent to is air conditioned. For the 240 cu ft closet, I would suggest a fan/light ventilator with a 120 cfm capacity. Mount the unit in the ceiling, run 3-inch flex alum... | |
| Oxidation and bare silver or silver coated wire??? Silver can oxidize but the process is slower than copper oxidizing. But, the oxide of silver is a good conductor, unlike that of copper. However, silver has another trait: it tarnishes. There are always trace amounts of hydrogen sulfides in the am... | |
| 6SL7 the same as 6SN7 ??? Just to add to Ed's thread: Same in only pin configuration and heater and plate voltage - but not the same operating characteristics. 6SL7's have a higher amplification and a lower transconductance than the 6SN7. The tubes are close enough, howeve... | |
| Dedicated AC line with tray cable Tray cable is an NEC wire designation. It differs from standard THHN wiring in that it uses multi-strand tin-coated soft copper. However, some use standard THHN conductors (as does Romex and BX). Whether TC Type power cable is superior to Romex fr... | |
| What is a good intro to "Mahler"? If you really want to appreciate Mahler (a complex and fascinating individual), I would suggest you start by reading about him. A very good reference is "Mahler" and "Mahler: Vienna" both by Henry Louis de la Grange. Personally, I enjoy his music ... | |
| What to do when seller does not send item paid for First check to see if the money order was cashed... people do have emergencies, priorities, computer crashes, lost cell phones, etc - I wouldn't worry about the two week time span if the MO was not cashed. However, if the MO was cashed, I agree wi... | |
| Dramatic Visible? Power Issues -- What Next? ...and worried you should be. I would unplug the sucker immediately and place a phone call to the preamp's mfr tech support. Dimming the lights??!! | |
| Gain and Loose b/t SET amp and Maggies route? Generally speaking, without referring to any particular speaker: the higher the sensitivity the bigger the speaker, the lower the overall accuracy of the frequency response and the lower accuracy of the low frequency extension. | |
| Why upgrade transport??? A transport does not send out "1's and 0's" -- what it does is take the digital information off a CD and convert it into an electrical signal that is REPRESENTATIVE of the digital stream of "1's and 0's". This signal is then routed to the DAC in a... | |
| How to get my money back? Pursue it as if no money changed hands. The demand for payment is not satisfied until the check is deposited or cashed. It is NOT the same as losing cash, money orders, certified or teller's checks. Small Claims court (or equivalent) is the usuall... | |
| Central AC Ruining MY System Sound The likely problems are electrical noise in the air conditioning equipment grounding conductor, and the compressor motor reducing the power factor. Without knowing whether your subpanel is breaker-fed or subfed through the lugs or the type of feed... | |
| Why is my amp distorting? Was the "repair shop" familiar with Mac equipment? If not, McIntosh's website has a listing of their authorized repair facilities. | |
| Speaking of scams, how does Paypal work.... Paypal also provides you with the option of wiring funds from a checking account (which they prefer) to the payee. But you have to take steps to protect yourself; after all, your credit card and checking account numbers are travelling over the int... |