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Polarity mystery: Can you help me solve it?
Bryoncunningham,I was not saying the two box speakers were out of phase with each other, they are not. I was saying the two drivers housed inside each box speaker are wired out of phase with respect to one another. Am I still wrong.By chance have ... 
Polarity mystery: Can you help me solve it?
I inverted the polarity of the drivers, by simply reversing the red and black speaker wire leads to the terminals of both speakers, so that the speakers are still in phase with each other, but now the woofers are negative polarity and the tweeters... 
Sonic Frontiers Line 2, Heaven or Hell?
Blueskiespbd, What tubes are in the middle and back row of the Line 2 now? 
Polarity mystery: Can you help me solve it?
Some driver manufacturers (JBL for example) use the oposite polarity definition (cone pulls in).Eldartford, True..... My point was to verify the polarity was indeed reversed on the driver/s and with the test make sure both speaker box units are in... 
Polarity mystery: Can you help me solve it?
One sure way to check the drivers, crossover, and internal wiring of the speaker is to place a 1 - 1/2 volt D cell battery across the external speaker box terminals. Disconnect the speaker cables from the speaker box terminals. Connect two test le... 
Single dedicated line query
Your electrician will tell you that the correct wire size is 12ga. with a 20 amp circuit breaker.02-03-10: Dobieguy#12 awg is the bare minimum size wire per NEC for a 20 amp branch circuit. It's not possible to expect to get 6 or 8ga. wire into a ... 
FLAT TV Panel hidding cords
A power cord could not easily be inspected for age deterioration or what ever if concealed inside a wall. It is a safety issue. Power cords shall not be run through wall or be concealed in walls, NEC.Hire an electrician to install an outlet behind... 
Tone arm slow on the drop
Just my 2 cents, I would not use a hair dryer. You could heat up arm pivot lubrication and cause possible damage. Just do as Mofimadness recommended in his post. Exercise the arm lift. You can do so by gently using your fingers on the lift itself. 
Help me solve static electricity problem
Vhiner,Like others have said just add humidity to the room. The static charge is a good warning the air in the room is too dry. Really dry air can cause damage to wood speaker cabinets as well as fine wood furniture. I would also think the dry air... 
Amp transformer buzz/hum from DC on AC line?
I have measured .46 volts DC on the line to both amps.How did you go about measuring the DC voltage on the AC line.DC voltage on the line can cause transformer mechanical noise.http://sound.westhost.com/xfmr.htm#7-noisehttp://www.diyaudio.com/foru... 
Denon or Marantz? Home theater beginner.
Marantz and Denon are owned by the same Japanese company. The Marantz line is considered their higher end..... Best of my knowledge both are made in China...... 
120V or 240V
A third possible difference, that I should have included in my previous post:3)Leakage currents between the ac input and chassis/circuit ground in the amp, that might flow through parasitic capacitances or resistances in the power transformer, wou... 
120V or 240V
Power is power.... easy as PIE..... P = I x E.Power = (watts, VA)I = (amps)E = (volts)NEC 2008210.6 Branch Circuit Voltage Limitations. 210.6 (A) Occupancy Limitation. In dwelling units and guest rooms or guest suites of hotels, motels, and simila... 
120V or 240V
I agree with Kurt tank......Something else to think about, after market power cords. You can not use a standard NEMA 5-15R or a 5-20R 120 V receptacle on a 240V branch circuit. 
Dedicated lines- need break in?
Nilthepill,Glad to hear the electrician terminated the safety equipment grounding conductors in the same panel the branch circuits are fed from. As for the sound you are now hearing, if I understand you correctly, you were not using the R1 recepts...