herman
Responses from herman
| 300B Tubes - Which is Best? Stereophile did a comparison of 300B tubes a while back. It is archived on their web site. | |
| Transformer hum? Transformers work because the expanding and contracting magnetic fields in the primary windings created from the changing primary currents cut through the secondary windings and induce current flow.Transformers are designed to operate with a pure ... | |
| Transformer hum? It doesn't matter if the dimmer is on the same circuit. Everything is tied together back at the breaker box. The dimmer on the light in my stove hood upstairs made a balanced line conditioner hum in my basement. If you are in an apartment your nei... | |
| TT set up in the Bay Area You could try the Analog Shop in San Jose. They are very good but I don't know how thrilled they would be to work on something you bought from Audio Advisor. I disagree that you got a good deal if you can't get it to work correctly. Maybe you woul... | |
| Transformer hum? You probably have noisy AC lines, which may be caused by light dimmers. Turn off everything in the house and see if goes away.Do a search on "transformer hum" for more ideas. | |
| hifi as investment? While some items retain their used value (usually about 50% of retail) longer than others, as soon as the next generation of that item comes out they will drop in value. Since you can't really preditct when that will happen, I think your plan is f... | |
| Adjustable output on CD player My name does not often appear in the same sentence with elegant, simple and cheap is another story. | |
| Advice on MM/MC phono pre-amp please. No damage will occur in either case.Your cartridge was designed to be used with the MM stage. The MC stage is louder because the gain is higher to accomodate lower output MC cartridges. Since yours is high output you don't need the extra gain from... | |
| Adjustable output on CD player You may also wish to consider in line attenuators like the Rothwells | |
| Amp heat sinks are ringing Excellent idea Gnobber, I would continue to acquire wine corks. Even if it doesn't stop the ringing you won't care! | |
| Power amp for Supratek Chardonnay preamp I think the better question would be what power amp to mate with my speakers. The power amp to speaker interface is much, much more critical than the pre to power interface. Just about about any power amp on the market can be properly driven with ... | |
| Amp heat sinks are ringing You also try the opposite of Rhljazz's recommendation. Put the blocks under the fins so the weight of the amp rests on the blocks instead of the feet. That way the heat from the fins could rise and escape more easily than if the top is blocked. Yo... | |
| Help - Tube amp Problem Hi,It is very likely a defective tube.Unless you just want to buy a whole new set, the conventional approach is to swap tubes from one amp to the other until you find it. First swap half the tubes, maybe output tubes. If the problem moves it is in... | |
| Cardas Interconnect Placement Nrchy, now that you have complemented my system we can be friends again. I have updated it since you looked earlier so you might want to check it out, and yes, I agree with your last post.My apologies to Bobby for hijacking his thread. | |
| Cardas Interconnect Placement I had no intention of being rude. If it came off that way then I apologize. If I am a stupid dork for suggesting that it should be tried both ways, then I will just have to accept that I am a stupid dork because I still agree with Ingvar that is t... |