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| Mark Levinson 38s Question Real or Fake? the L plug that goes in the bottom, I ordered 1 from amazon but it does not clear the legs of the 38s. Any suggestions? https://www.ebay.com/itm/IEC-320-C13-Down-angled-rewirable-plug-C13-plug-female-UL-approved-plug/251... | |
| Best amp/ IC's to go with my Thiel 2.4SB's If you're going to consider pass, I would call them and ask for a recommendation. I used an xa30.5 on mine, which was much better than a 250.5. At the time I was warned by pass that the 250.5 would be "a little bright" with the 2.4s, and that ... | |
| Anybody bold enough to try a voltage conversion on your own? Although the transformer will run hotter at 50Hz, as long as the transformer is designed to operate on 50/60Hz, you shouldn't worry about it. And its usually clearly printed "50/60Hz" on the back of the equipment near the AC power socket! | |
| Anybody bold enough to try a voltage conversion on your own? Schematics for ARC preamp and power amp:http://www.arcdb.ws/VT100/VT100.htmlhttp://www.arcdb.ws/LS25/LS25.htmlBest way to do it is add a voltage selector:http://www.pdfdoc.ru/relays-switches-and-indicators/switches/slide-selector-switches/slide-sw... | |
| Two different amps to horizontal bi amp? In most cases I am not a big fan of bridging amps into mono and prefer to bi-amp instead. I had a customer who was using two big 600 wpc. McIntosh amps bridged into mono and we unbridged them for him and set them up as vertically bi-amped ster... | |
| Phasing As for phase, use a 1.5 to 9 V battery. Check that when you connect the battery the woofer moves in the same direction on both speakers. +1, Battery test is simple and effective!BTW, most multi-way speakers battery test only worked on woofers. Due... | |
| Recievers, Pre amps and amps. Magnepan Unitrac 1 is a low mass (7g effective mass) tonearm, work best with med-high compliance cartridge. I suggest you get a inexpensive MM cartridge to setup the turntable, make sure the table and arm are in good working order before you go a... | |
| Best Cartridge I suggest you post your question on Analog section and you will get a lot more response.https://forum.audiogon.com/topics/analog | |
| Tweeter Blown OR Crossover? How to check? The tweeter is dead! Years ago I paid $150 for a M20 tweeter. | |
| Tweeter Blown OR Crossover? How to check? You don't need to desolder the tweeter for 1.5V battery test .BTW, caution on the strong magnet in case you want to do any soldering/desoldering. | |
| Tweeter Blown OR Crossover? How to check? Contact a 1.5V battery across the tweeter terminals, you should hear some popping noise if the tweeter still good. | |
| Anybody bold enough to try a voltage conversion on your own? Alternatively, just buy a 220V-110V transformer and use it with your power conditioner. +1, cost effective and you have a isolation transformer with your setup!http://www.hammondmfg.com/289T.htmhttps://www.tripplite.com/6kva-6kw-stepdown-isolati... | |
| Setup using Denon AVR-4520CI with Bel Canto 300i (D) and 2 Velodyne DD15 subs Will I have to have an outboard crossover? One way to do it is add a 80Hz high pass filter from Bel Canto integrated speaker output to Revel M22https://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-80-hz-high-pass-4-ohm-crossover--266-456?utm_source=go... | |
| New setup +1 Monitor Audio Silver series suggestion Dealing with a large room like yours, you need powerful amp and/or high efficiency speakers, a pair of subwoofers will help to relieve the receiver and main speakers. http://www.audioholics.com/hom... | |
| Various Impedance Speaker Setup with One Receiver Would using Arcam avr600 be an issue with the fronts being 4 ohm and the rest 8 ohm? No problem, the receiver auto setup will take care of it. |