immatthewj
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| Speaker Hum Our house was built in the '60s also, and some of the wiring was somewhat upgraded and some was the original 2 blade outlets and it had the glass screw-in fuse box. One of the best (and actually relatively affordable) upgrades I ever did was to b... | |
| patricia barber - diana krall - holly cole They would probably tear at each other's clothes, like Lucy & Ethel. That's an interesting concept. | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time . . . and Suzanne Vega. . . . | |
| Maintaining a "Balanced" System Design? Perhaps purchase cabling on a trial or loan basis with an iron clad return policy…. The Cable Company used to do that, maybe they still do. You could give them a call about that. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? Thanks, @bigkidz , I will remember that. As it stands presently, I do not think I am having a problem with the amp, but reading that thread that I continue to reference from the OP with a 20 year old V12 which had a (what I am now sure is a ) PO... | |
| Maintaining a "Balanced" System Design? Of course that brought me to looking at amplification and I am sure everyone knows the story from here... Yup . . . I definitely know the story. | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time If I haven't done so already, I am putting Lucinda Williams on the list. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? @immatthewj - if the amp is idle then those years typically do not count but it all depends on how much is was run for the 14 years. Like I mentioned above, you can use a larger value but make sure they fit. You can call Chris Johnson at Pa... | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? (And I assume that the filter caps are the large electrolytic caps with the screw in terminals?) I’m pretty sure you are speaking of power caps. Filter caps are the small uF units that filter out unwanted signal. The big (blue?) ones with thread... | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? @jasonbourne52 Electrolytic cap lifespan is unpredictable! My Sumo Andromeda is still going strong while my BEL 1001 and GAS Son need new caps. how much life is on the caps in those units you mentioned? | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? @yoyoyaya It kind of depends on whether you believe in preventative maintenance or are a kind of fix it when it breaks person. I generally like to fix stuff before it breaks. Particularly stuff that might cause a lot of damage when it breaks. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? @audioman58 caps get dried out as they age . and does that statement apply to caps in units that have sat unused for a number of years? My amp didn't see much (if any) use from '08 through '10. and in '10 I officially unplugged it and it was... | |
| Soundstage drastically worsened when I replaced a solid state AV amp with tubes. @erik_squires it would be interesting to see what would happen if OP had access to and played that track from that test CD. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? Eric has provided good advice. Plus you may also begin to hear fluctuations in the music with power capacitors. If you are in the NYC area I can take a look at your unit. On Parts Connexion look for Nichicon Super Through parts. You can go up in ... | |
| Snowballs What’s the Audio equivalent? Someone going ballistic when a fly lands on their $100K power amp? I am not sure there is an audio equivalent. Maybe if you were playing something too loud that the neighbors didn't like and they waited for you ... |