jchiappinelli
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| Surge protector vs wall debate for amps I have a pair of Furmann SS-6B surge protectors that cost me about $60. I don't want or need conditioning, but I do want to protect my equipment from surges, spikes, and voltage dropouts. The SS-6B offers a slight degree of RFI and EMI filtering b... | |
| Lets talk dedicated lines It seems to me that the first thing you should do before incorporating any of the good suggestions mentioned above is determine if you really have a problem that needs fixing. If you do not hear any hum, noise, hash, RFI or other anomalies during ... | |
| Speaker sensitivity, impedance, and calculating amp power Erik (or anyone),You stated:So, if you have an 89 dB sensitive speaker, and apply 100 watts, the output at 1 meter will be 109 dB. What is the formula for calculating what the SPL would be at 3 meters (typical listening position) rather than 1 met... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? Mofimadness,Of course PL's new line has the prescript EVO which includes amps, preamps, integrateds, etc but the OP's question was specifically in reference to the PL EVO 400 preamp which does not, as Millercarbon claimed, have a dedicated power a... | |
| Best Value Line Stage Tube Preamps? "The best value in line stage tube preamps is a tie between Raven and Prima Luna. Both come with their own dedicated power amp included at no extra charge."No Millercarbon. The Pima Luna Evo 400 is strictly a preamp and does not include a power am... | |
| Any tweaks I'm missing? The J.C. Whitney syndrome at work. | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? surprised no mention of Martin Logan.J.Chip | |
| To power strip or not I use a pair of Furman 6B-SS power blocks simply for surge protection and convenience. Didn't notice any audio improvement or degradation but i have the comfort of protecting my gear and the added simplicity of disconnecting my whole system from p... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in Thanks Elizabeth,Since I live in a fairly rural area, my power is pretty clean and my noise floor is dead silent (at least to my tin ears). I do have a pair of Furmann power strips for surge protection which are supposed to also offer EMI/RFI prot... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in As indicated above, my source is the CD player in question.J.Chip | |
| Jazz for aficionados Jumping in midstream here so if you've covered him already, my apologies. I'm talking about Gato Barbieri. The tools of most great jazz musicians have a distinct voice regardless of what instrument they play. When you hear Miles, Coltrane, Jamal, ... | |
| Surely someone can weigh in Love how my system sounds but my source (the CD player) is probably my weakest link other than, of course, the limitations of my listening room. I'm running Cary Audio AES Six Pac tube mono blocks (50 w triode) with a Prima Luna Dialogue Premium p... | |
| Does any one have experience with a high-end amp switch or the Luxman AS-55 Beresford makes a quality line of amp/speaker switch selectors that are both affordable and provide dummy loading to protect your amp if you forget to turn it off when switching. http://www.homehifi.co.uk/S/selector.htmJ.Chip | |
| How To Clean Piano Black Speaker Finish? Best way to keep piano finishes looking great is to not contaminate them with fingerprints or other contaminants in the first place. Your speaker finish will never need more than a dusting if you are careful. Whenever I have to move my speakers (w... | |
| I wonder why...... What? No drinking? If musical enjoyment is the end game, I submit one of the best tweeks is a glass of single malt (or your personal favorite adult beverage). Seriously, I rarely listen to my system without some libation. If i didn't prohibit mys... |