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| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? ,sorry................your rant is just about impossible to followSober up and then formulate a response.Your position that power supply caps don't matter could not be further from the truth. They are the heart and soul of the amp. I build my amps... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? .RowerWhat you say is just plain wrong.Unless it is bulging or leaking fluid it is impossible to visually inspect a cap and determine if it has deteriorated. The capacitance drops and ESR goes up and they leak current and you have no way of knowin... | |
| Fed up with people making noise at classical shows .There are two types of distractions, those that can be controlled and those that can't. ....Coughing and sneezing; hard to imagine somebody would do that on purpose. When you have a large group of people it is inevitable that somebody will cough ... | |
| Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment? ,Looks like we have that settled.......................not. | |
| Hello, I may have a chance to go to .I've been there and it didn't look to me like they were selling things any cheaper but I could be wrong. Be sure to factor in the customs duties you'll have to pay as well as the fact the warranty will be void and no Accuphase dealer will service... | |
| Airport Extreme to DAC .Don't know about those two programs but get one that adjusts playback rates on the fly. Some, like iTunes, are stuck at whatever Audio Midi was set to when they started. So if AM was set to 16/44.1 when iTunes starts it will down sample a 24/96 f... | |
| schematically speaking ,Tweaking a solid state amp would be much more difficult than a tube amp. Tube amps usually have more room to work in and are generally much simpler circuits. Solid state amps on circuit boards would be more difficult. One great benefit is getting... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k .If true there would be more choices. Much more important is the number produced in the first place. Most people keep their cars for a number of years yet there are millions of used ones for sale. I searched Carmax for 4-6 year old Ford Taurus'. T... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k .Matti, the amount of turnover is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is if the thing you want to buy is readily available on the used market. BTW, I agree with you. I buy lots of used stuff.Mapman, I usually don't worry about a warranty. If y... | |
| Itunes ? .A clone is a bit for bit copy including all hidden files. If you want to make a bootable disk that includes the operating system you have to clone since a backup copy won't grab everything you need to make that work.If it's just data files then a... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k .Matti, why buy anything new? You can buy just about anything but food on the used market. Cars, boats, clothes, toys, furniture, appliances, and on and on are all readily available used at a fraction of new. Just curious, do you usually buy most ... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? .Minor I would have to disagree with "it is only too late if it fails" when it comes to audio. The statement may be true with power supplies for some equipment, but since they typically affect the sound of an amp long before they fail they have to... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? .Cathode, I don't feel it is being negative to correct a mistake. Electronics is a branch of physics. It is science. We use specific terms with specific meanings to avoid confusion. Why anyone would insist otherwise baffles me.For example, your us... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k .On the preamp, this guy can build the best http://www.jeffreywjackson.com/On the speaker, I don't understand why anyone would pick a speaker to match an amplifier. The speaker is the most colored component. First you find a speaker you like and o... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? .Rieff, we are systematically replacing all of the motherboards and video cards from the affected period.Minor, so you mean physical leakage like stuff oozing out of them. The problem is they are performing below spec well before they start oozing... |