heyraz
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| In the red; insufficient power Many Power Suppliers cut back the voltage (slight brown out) during peak usage hours to protect the grid, especially during a summer heat wave. This morning my house measured 115 VAC, during the heat of the day it was down to 100 VAC. Tonight, it'... | |
| Power On First/Off Last Device? I have an inexpensive Monster Power Center that turns on my amp last and off first. As I recall, they made other units with programmable "timing" options allowing you customize the order of shutdown and start-up. | |
| Starting out- a Beatles question The Beatles Yellow Submarine Soundtrack is available on vinyl as an import. It is a recent remaster and is in my opinion the best example of how good The Beatles can sound on vinyl. I like it better than all my MoFi's, mono imports, etc.. | |
| Op-amp replacement for Unison Unico I upgraded the NJ4556a (2-channel)op-amp in my phono preamp to 2 opa627's (mono) on a Browndog adapter recently. Result was lower noise and greater clarity. So much more clarity that I ended up hearing how much the coupling caps affected the overa... | |
| Forte FP1 I believe the Forte FP1 uses the same settings as the Threshold FET 10. The layout may be different, but you'll get the gist. It seemed to work for a friend who has the FP1. I copied and pasted this from DIY Audio:Threshold FET-10/PC phono setting... | |
| Does phono stage noise drive you crazy too? I had the same problem with my Grado Statement Sonata1 using the Grado PH-1 preamp. Reading this thread was like having a deja-vu. My (short story) solution was to upgrade the op-amp in my PH-1 from the NJM4556A to 2 x OPA627's mounted on a Brownd... | |
| Parallel Capacitors-Theoretical Question I was really trying to get away from experimentation, it gets too costly. I realized that after rolling op-amps into my phono preamp recently. Before I knew it, I had spent nearly $300. Capacitors are a bit more complex I think. There are more iss... | |
| Parallel Capacitors-Theoretical Question Jburidan-very good insight. I think the Original and New Large Advent tweeters were more silk than metal and were described as the "fried egg" tweeters. They had their own unique sound which I think defined the character of the speaker. The crosso... | |
| Parallel Capacitors-Theoretical Question Please remember this is a theoretical question. The original 13uf value may have been chosen because of availability and price at the time. The nominal value is probably something else. What I want to do is replace the capacitor with a value as cl... | |
| Fisher SA300 biasing Thanks. Since I last posted, I've read up and think a dual trace scope isn't an unreasonable instrument to own and is perhaps the only way to get this amp perfectly aligned. I think Fisher had a precision amp in mind when it was designed, and alth... | |
| Fisher SA-300-B Thanks for the reply. I have since decided to fix and keep the Golden Tube SE-40, which is amazing me as I write this. I also re-tubed the Fisher SA-300-B, which is amazing a buddy I fixed it for, and now I am looking forward the repairing the ST-... | |
| Transformer--Subpanel Wiring I think he means Hospital Grade Outlet | |
| How does music "move" down a wire? How many things does "db" stand for? I can think of two, one is a logarithmic unit of sound intensity, the other can be bought in a pharmacy. | |
| Using an External Hard Drive as a Music Server Shazam-you got it right. Western Digital makes an inexpensive NAS (network aware server) with a 10/100/1000 ethernet connection to your switch (router) allowing it to be shared by any device on the network. I use a cheap and quiet netbook to acces... | |
| Are audiophile speakers turn on for single women? The equalizer was the first thing every woman noticed and commented on. All the buttons and slides seemed to draw their attention. It wasn't even connected, it was there for show. I called it my "chick magnet". |