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| HD FM tuners I tried the Sony and it was a big disappointment.This is the one that Sam Tellig really liked.In digital in had a narrow sound stage on every station I tried.Sam said it was better than his reference tuner.My analog tuners ran circles around it to... | |
| Amp switcher The main issue I have is a tube amp must have a speaker load on its outputs anytime it is on.If your listening to music and decide to watch tv and switch over from the tube amp to your SS amp without shutting the tube amp down first way in advance... | |
| What's the best system in the world? In response to the first one,wait until the SET tube model comes out! | |
| Specs for Duntech/Dunlavy PCL-15s? Here is some info from Audio Annual Directory 1992.Duntech Duchess PCL15 7" woofer,1" dome tweeter,70-20,000+-3db.Sen.83 DB 1 watt/1 meter,crossover 3.8k,imp 6 Ω min,6 Ω nom.Size 13x9x8,14lbs.The 90' issue states 50-20,000 without the +- DB.I don'... | |
| What's the best system in the world? They sure weren't the reference standard in my opinion either. | |
| WHICH TUBE AMP TO BUY If you like the sound of the Mac,go for it. | |
| Amp switcher If switched accidentally while the tube amp may have even a little high voltage stored up may blow the output transformers.A poor connection in the switch may do the same. | |
| Running 4 speakers from a 2-channel amp Heat does shorten transistors life.Running two 8 ohm speakers is about the limits of most amps(4 ohms total).All the amps I've owned do parallel the speakers through the speaker switches.Some budget receivers run them in series,but that ruins the ... | |
| Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers? Atmasphere,Balanced lines reduce not block noise. | |
| Does a tube phono stage get through... It will with mixed results.You'll have to be the judge of the sound of the combo.There are tube/solid state hybrid amps that have tubes in the input/driver stages with solid state outputs.Some people love them,others don't. | |
| Running 4 speakers from a 2-channel amp I found this on the net.One last thing,0 ohms is a direct short.LINK>>[http://www.1728.com/resistrs.htm] | |
| Running 4 speakers from a 2-channel amp With those two speakers running paralleled,the combined resistance is about 3.4 ohms.That is hard for an amp to drive. 8+8 ohms =4ohms.4+4 = 2 ohms.8+6= 3.4286 ohms. | |
| Buy LED, LCD or Plasma Enjoy! | |
| Crossovers, why so few options? A lot of folks are still purists.No extras in the signal path. | |
| Buy LED, LCD or Plasma Let me add a little more here.A lot of the upper end sets may produce better pictures on standard def pictures too.A lot of what we watch is still in standard def.Standard def looks bad on a high def set I imagine because they're engineered around... |