jea48
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| Did I just cook my preamp? @obarrett , Subwoofer? You keep adding equipment... Does the 120Vac IEC inlet connector on the back of the sub have three prongs? Therein an equipment ground prong? My bet is yes. Correct? *** Does the CDP use a grounded power cord? Therein the ... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? jea48 4,616 posts 03-27-2025 at 03:12pm it is actually the Southwire "10041N autoranging multimeter." I use it mostly for DC mA but occasionally I use it for checking continuity and less often for checking AC voltages.... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? @immatthewj Is this the meter you bought? Compact 3-In-1 CAT IV Digital Multi-Meter Is this the amp? Cary V-12; it features a dozen EL34s and each pair has a switch in between them that configures that pair to either triode or ultralinear. ... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @faustuss That’s it! Look at them high quality audiophile connectors. | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? @obarrett Two examples of good multimeters. This is a good multimeter that will last... The extra cost feature of LoZ setting eliminates false phantom AC voltage readings. Klein Digital Multi-Meter, TRMS Auto-Ranging, Temp, Low Impedance .... | |
| Question for Atma-sphere, will expensive power cables improve your amplifiers? @devinplombier said: 03-25-2025 at 10:56pm Cable warning: In recent years a number of cables have emerged on the marked that are manufactures with no or little consideration to the electronics that they are connecting, unfortunately there are n... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? @obarrett Said: RR2160 amp has built in DAC and has two coax inputs. One to CD player one to bluesound node. bluesound node Internet provider line into your home? Fiber, Coax cable, other? Are you using WiFi or hard wired Ethernet cable to ... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? EDIT: works good for finding reversed AC polarity. works good for finding reversed Hot/neutral AC polarity. . | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? The OP should first locate the problem. Was it the phono preamp power supply that caused the problem? Or was it x or y or z that caused the problem that damaged the phono preamp? . FYI, in older homes with old two wire branch circuit wiring, a ... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? @obarrett Said: Incredibly, when I was unplugging the phono preamp, I actually got some current from simply touching the exterior of the box. To receive the electrical shock your body had to have a point of entry and a point of exist. Can you ... | |
| Did I just cook my preamp? After getting things back into place, I listened to some music using coaxial input before reconnecting the interconnects of the phono stage. @obarrett ??? please explain ??? coaxial input? Source? To get a spark as well as an electrical sho... | |
| confused about 20 amp power cables @mintakax said: Are you saying the 10AWG power cord could have been 12 AWG and would have been less expensive? No, not saying that at all. My thinking was, If I had ask about the size of the wiring of the existing 20A dedicated branch circuit... | |
| confused about 20 amp power cables @mintakax said: Thanks! I believe the wire was 12AWG and the run is roughly 60ft. Most of the advice I've received has been to plug the amp into the 20A wall outlet. Hindsight is 2020. I wish I had asked you earlier in the thread about the A... | |
| confused about 20 amp power cables Edit: It would be nice if a reviewer took the time to measure the AC line current at power output clipping. From the owner’s manual specs: Output Power* (Peak) 8 ohm 380 W 4 ohm700 W Peak is not max continuous output power. Just for a rough ... | |
| confused about 20 amp power cables @mintakax Said I read the recent thread you participated in (AC Power in misc-audio), lots of good info in that thread. I may end up putting in a Furman P-2400 at some point. I don’t know enough about P-2400 to recommend it one way or the othe... |