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| Elusive Tube-Amp Hum Re soldering all the connections from the RCA's inputs is thefirst choice, grounds especially, then if not solved, the second choice is the filter capacitors in the power supply feeding the preamp-driver stage.Those could have a bad solder joint t... | |
| Is this clipping or just high SPL? A lot of us like to get the "live" sound in our homes.Mightnot be to late to turn it down and save your ears.You don'twant to be walking around in public and saying to your wife,girlfriend,I can't here you,wait till I turn up my hearing aid! | |
| Newbie could use amp, receiver help. More,4 ohm and 8 ohm impedance.A 4 ohm speaker is twice as hard to drive as a 8 ohm.It sounds backwards,0 ohms is a direct short. | |
| Newbie could use amp, receiver help. If you use an A/V receiver,make sure that it can drive a 4 ohmspeaker load continuously (same for power amps)into a statedXXX watts into 4 ohms continuous watts RMS. The standard for A/V receivers is 8 ohms,although a lot of A/V receivers can driv... | |
| Do tubes need break in / burn in? I agree with Cyclonicman.It's a different tube.Conrad Johnsonuses 5751's in some of their amp's,but they're designed forfor it.If your amp calls for a 5751,its a different story.YourVTL 5.5 calls for 12ax7's I think.It should deserve some goodNOS ... | |
| Is my wiring 15 or 20 amp? The breaker is 20 amp Have an electrician check the size of all the wiring.I don'tknow if you need a 20 amp in the bedroom.The electricianshould know this.If he can't trace all of the wiring to seeits size,he might change it to a 15 amp circuit tobe on the safe side.I ... | |
| Removing plastic phase plug from tweeters? I wonder why they don't manufacture the products instead of selling them since they have more expertise? Do they replace the tweeters if they turn out worse? | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? Yes a lot of preamps are made without balance controls.Lessparts,less noise.A volume or balance potentiometer can adnoise,distortion,and may need other parts in the signal paththat might degrade the signal.It may be a purist thing,butthe no-balanc... | |
| Digital Signals cutting out with Adcom Preamp If you are using Toslink interconnects,make sure its plugged all the way in.If your using the RCA wire interconnects, check their connections too.If your new to Toslink,they have about 1/4" travel to fully seat,also they (Toslink) ends usually shi... | |
| ground loop with new interconnects? If the hum goes away using the Audioquest they may have shielding that is blocking AC power noise from getting into the signal. Switch all the original interconnects back.Then try one interconnect at a time. Also don't run any of them parallel wit... | |
| female ballad song or artist from early 2000's ? Also if you find an artist that sounds like it's a possibility,type their name in first,then utube.The search engine must know you want YouTube,just a shortcut. | |
| female ballad song or artist from early 2000's ? Start off with songs or music list on the net.Some sites giveyou samples too. Another choice is You Tube.There are othersites on the net to check out music. Google music,hits,or useyour imagination.I found a lot of forgotten songs there.Startoff w... | |
| Dedicated Lines - Problem The people above are on the right track,having your new dedicated line tied to the same phase leg in your breaker box as your dehumidifier,and AC if that is the problem.If it is a 240 AC,the problem will still leak through since a 240 AC uses both... | |
| Ultimate DIY speaker design? Some people even used cast iron bathtubs for enclosures. | |
| CD Cases The copy's are good for your family members that want to use them in the car too! |