jameswei
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| Any Levinson owners/critics out there? I bought a 39 CD player and upgraded it recently to a 390s. The 390s sounds much more dynamic and more detailed/brighter. I really like the build quality, and I appreciate the availability of an upgrade path. ML is a highly reputable manufacturer,... | |
| Should I upgrade my Meridian 508.20 to 24 status Presumably, the upgrade will provide a small but audible improvement in sound for you. (Some people won't be able to hear the difference, but they're not audiophiles.) Most audiophiles who can afford an upgrade will do so if the result is audible.... | |
| Audio stores in my area... Two things to try: (1) log in to the Stereophile web site www.stereophile.com, go to "Links 2 Die 4," click on "Equipment Dealers," then "California," where dealers are listed alphabetically by name, but their locations are identified in parenthes... | |
| Can you help or do I have to get divorced? You're gonna have to get a wall unit entertainment center. A big, expensive piece of furniture that most wives are willing to accept. Get one where you can put the TV in the middle section at waist height, with two other sections on either side of... | |
| So how many people are using subwoofers I'm having good results with Sunfire subwoofers. I know Bob Carver is controversial and often disparaged in the high end community, but his engineering is sound. His True Subs are tight, fast, and go low enough for me. I have a pair of True Sub Si... | |
| TUNERS..anyone? I get surprisingly good mid-bass from my Magnum Dynalab Etude from some stations. | |
| Speaker Cable Too Short What to do? The MIT circuit box is usually located fairly closely to one end of the cable and probably doesn't need to go through the hole. | |
| Current: Power Line and Amplifier Amp Ratings Wattage equals the resistance times the square of the current. W=RxIxI. If power were 16 watts and resistance were 4 ohms, the current would be 2 amps.By the way, the capacitors in your amp's power supply store energy like a water tank stores wate... | |
| Speaker Cable Too Short What to do? In view of Perfectimage's suggestion, I would offer an idea that would work if you are trying to lay the cables around an inside corner of a room perimeter. Instead of putting an area rug over the cables, you can drill a neat hole in the floor at ... | |
| CD direct to amp vs active preamp Dear Rockhead,Some CD players have built-in volume controls. These can be operated using knobs or buttons on the CD player or buttons on the CD players' remotes. Often the manufacturer will describe the volume control as digital or analog. Analog ... | |
| CD direct to amp vs active preamp In one of my systems, I'm running a Mark Levinson 390s CD player directly into a Pass Aleph 3. It sounds good. The 390s has an analog volume control. (Digital volume attenuation involves losing data.) Compatibility with the Aleph 3 is fine; I am a... | |
| What has blown my tweeter???? If you suspect the Cap 101, I would try switching channel connections and listening at low volumes to see if the high frequency noise is recurring (don't fry your other tweeter!). If you can isolate the source of the noise to the Cap 101, I would ... | |
| Use of Ferrite Cores for EMI Reduction??? Commercial products you might want to consider are Audioquest's RF Stoppers and RF Stoppers, Jr. Radio Shack also sells ferrite cores appropriate for audio systems. I was getting RF noise through my turntable, and using three (one on each phono in... | |
| amp blowing up Unwanted preamp switching noise often arises from (1) a power switch that causes a voltage spike when it is flipped and (2) uneven discharging of capacitors. A high quality preamp such as the ART could easily avoid these issues by buffering the po... | |
| What has blown my tweeter???? It's not clear what you mean when you say the tweeters have totally disappeared. If they look normal but just aren't playing, you could have a component failure in the crossover or a bad wire connection inside the speaker. Or you could just have a... |