holmz
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| Does anyone know where I can get transistors for a 30 yr old Spectral amp DMA200? @lewm or the OP could just get them from the first link that showed up? (A testimony to the power of my 2 cups of coffee.) | |
| Speaker Sound This mess is making me laugh enough to spill coffee.... Sorry - it is almost a crime to cause a coffee spill so early. | |
| Does anyone know where I can get transistors for a 30 yr old Spectral amp DMA200? … that are probably near failure … I doubt it. Fighter planes and spaceships run this gear, and they either work or fail. (Sometimes it is possible to have them go bad in a non binary way.) Did you try “GTS” (Aussie slang for “Google that $hit... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer and what a remarkable coincidence you mention banking and Nigeria.. I thought they made a power conditioner? The Swiss are also known for banking. | |
| Speaker Sound No wonder you're getting poor sound with cheap jumpers. Paper clips indeed! You need to get the new Super Jumpers by Reptile Grease. $1,100. Each. You get what you pay for. You'll love 'em. I think that you’re missing the part where ... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. @holmz I agree with you on the streamer. I too run roon on a NUC and am having trouble finding any real evidence that a streamer improves digital performance. There are people I respect who say it does so I’m keeping an open mind. I would go ou... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. @jjss49 So it is like a car? 😎 The cartridge is literally a generator (motor). The DAC is more like a graph paper to electrical plotting. And the ADC like the signal to the graph paper. @czar2000 DAC is digital phono preamp and cartrid... | |
| Speaker Sound You could use a paper clip. | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. I mostly agree with this. the importance of a DAC is underestimated by some. @carlsbad yeah it is mostly ignored by the people in the 80s who were told ads naseum about how great digital was. And some of that is from posts like this: My anal... | |
| Speaker Sound Or use speaker wire as jumpers. @teeter ^obviously^ … but at this point the OP could cut up and old extension cord and use that wire if he/she was too lazy to leave the house. “no wire” jumping over, is worse that using some “non magical” spea... | |
| Black Cat 3232 Speaker cable? Really depends on what sound characteristics and improvements you’re looking for. No way to make a meaningful recommendation without this info. And also no way to do it without cable specs. The black cat name does conjure up some halloween m... | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer @stereo5 @holmz, Nope, not cancel culture at all. Do you even know what cancel culture is? That is why I said “Audio equivalent” (of cancel culture). It seems like many people want to get threads chopped off at the point that they turn i... | |
| Directional cables - what does that really mean? @secretguy I mistakenly ran an interconnect in the wrong direction. It immediately swelled up and burst. There were electrons all over the floor. Took me an hour to Swiffer them all up. That is a bit negative. (Maybe I am more of an optimist?) | |
| Speaker Sound @fiesta75 +1 One could use a coat hanger as jumpers, just not a plastic one. | |
| This 60 Hz hum is driving me crazy I just got a new to me, Prima Luna Prologue Premium Integrated tube amp. Sounds great, but there is a "ear to the speaker" 60 Hz hum. Hum sounds the same if I adjust volume +-/ The only thing I have connected is a Parasound Zdac. Speakers are... |