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| Room size and dimensions The Cardas website has some good info on this. | |
| how to regulate the currant and the voltage of the I have no experience with NAD equipment so the following applies to solid state amplifiers in general.I think perhaps you did not fix it. Most solid state amplifiers are self biasing, they require no adjustments. If it is overheating after a few m... | |
| Preamps. Do we really need them? It is my contention that if you have:1. A source with low output impedance, most made today do2. A power amp with a high input impedance, many do, especially tube amps3. cables with low reactance that aren't too long from pre to power amp, I use 1... | |
| Am I imagining things? Don't think in terms of which way electrons are flowing, think about energy. No matter which way electrons are flowing, energy is being transfered from the source to the pre and from the pre to the amp. This is a one way street. | |
| Difference between polarity and phase w/sub You adjust the knob until it is in phase with the mains. You will know this because the bass will be strongest at this setting. It can be done by ear but is much easier with a test recording and a sound pressure level meter. Play frequencies near ... | |
| Difference between polarity and phase w/sub This is one of the most misunderstood concepts for the audiophile, perpetuated because manufacturers such as Conrad Johnson and many others use the terms incorrectly. It is also very difficult to explain without pictures of the waveforms. In a ste... | |
| Is this the best analog has to offer? Try some Galaxy jazz recordings from the late 70's/early 80's (Johnny Griffin, Art Pepper, Hank Jones). Johnny Griffin's "Return of the Griffin" sounds like the band is in the room and they are wailing. If these sound dry and zippy then there is d... | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Aball, back to an earlier question: when you say that capacitors drift, for a given type of capacitor, do they always drift in the same direction? | |
| Upgrade To Conrad Johnson Premier 15? The 15 is a phono stage only, not a full function preamp, | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Missile guidance systems ???????????? Are you seriously comparing the performance of missile guidance systems to that of audio circuits? If you insist on taking your experience in controlling the flight of giant bullets and using it to explain the... | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Eldartford, It is really very simple.1. a prototype is built2. it is allowed to burn in for an extended period of time3. the sound is evaluated4. adjustments are made5. it is burned in, evaluated, adjusted6. it is burned in, evaluated, adjusted7. ... | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Eldartford, you are correct. Components are ignorant, but designers are not. They listen to their creations after everything has settled in, if it sounds worse than when they began they attempt to find out why. This is the same reason amps, etc. s... | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Eldartford, your logic is flawed. Even though it is true that components are rated at some value plus/minus some percentage, it does not follow that a different value will sound the same even though it is within the rated specification. For exampl... | |
| Physical explanation of amp's break in? Sean is right, as a piece ages, the components inside it change value. Resitors changes value, electrolytic caps start to dry out and ALL of them will eventually fail if used long enough, substances such as plastics used as dielectrics change espe... | |
| Best Cabling for Wilson Sophia's My Wilson Witt II's were internally wired with Monster cable. They sounded great with Transparent cables. |