hifigeek1
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| Hum from both speakers...This is New Please read. Sometimes it's a ground loop involving the subwoofer. Have you tried unpluging the subwoofer from the wall?? Sometimes the audio isolator works at the rca inputs to the sub if you're running it passively. | |
| Thoughts on Audio Research D70 Just the throw my 2 cents in, I'm not a big fan of Hexfreds. They can be very problematic down the road. One the other hand, some good soft recovery diodes in the filament supplies would work nicely, (non-Hexfred types). Also because 6H30's pull q... | |
| Tube Preamps? I am not a big fan of the SP-9. It is a hybrid using old FET technology. BTW there are 3 versions of the preamp with the MKIII version being the best of the three. They have crosstalk issues. If you're looking for a preamp with a phono stage, look... | |
| Should I buy a new amplifier; and if so, what? You sound like an ad for CDE. Your assumption is that I was referring to a high quality capacitor. I wasn't referring to a super cap. Frankly the reason those caps are the price they are is because of the quality of the cap. Point is, many manufac... | |
| Should I buy a new amplifier; and if so, what? The problem is..older amps use large single caps for plus and minus rail voltages. They take up a lot of space as well. Newer amps use many small caps in parallel to make up the large capacitance. The advantage besides size requirements is, small ... | |
| Wright 2a3 SE monoblocks.. I would think you would be able to see if there are other taps on the primary of the power transformer not being used. | |
| Is it safe No, not a good idea at all. Use one or the other, not both. | |
| EL34 upgrade Does that tube draw the same amount of heater current as an El-34??? | |
| B&W N802: Which amp?? I would use a high powered Bryston. Would work great! | |
| System very bright after adding Mcintosh amp I'm assuming this is auto former coupled output. Are you sure you are connected to 0 and 4 or 8 ohms? | |
| System very bright after adding Mcintosh amp ..I was going to add maybe you're having a problem with your speakers/crossovers. | |
| Marantz 2240 B Maintainance The knobs must be removed and I believe you will find a nut holding the face plate on that's on one of the control shafts. Be very careful. If the slider isn't noisy, do not clean it. You can spray the slider dampening lube into the control itself... | |
| Thoughts on Audio Research D70 No doubt it's a good amp. The D115mkll has a bit more drive, dynamic range, and slam in the bass. | |
| Where to get regular fuses for an amp? Digikey does have a minimum order of $25.00 I believe. Try Mouser. They have no minimum. | |
| Thoughts on Audio Research D70 I work on them and retube them. Use ARC tubes only. Excellent amp. After 2000 hrs it's time for an output retube. I also set the bias down to 62-63mV @ 120Vac. Doesn't hurt the sound and runs a bit cooler. Very good amp. The D-115 is basically the... |