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No bass in the Proac Response 3
Ducchau, here is what ProAc says about filling the sand cavity......Quote"After removing the cover the cavity should be part filled with dry silver sand, then the listener is invited to add or subtract sand, which will tune the bass quality for hi... 
Running Speaker Wire through Drywall
Mantaraydesign,a Fish Tape.If you use a low voltage bracket, as I showed in an above post, you will have a hole in the wall approx 2 X 3 1/4 inches. If you push a stiff piece of wire, or fish tape, up through the drilled hole in the basement to t... 
Running Speaker Wire through Drywall
Low voltage bracket for existing Sheetrock or plaster walls. Best not to get too close to wall studs, stay a few inches away. Just never know what may be fastened to the stud inside the wall...If an interior wall always check the other side of the... 
Running Speaker Wire through Drywall
I assume your home is stick framing. Putting a hole through the wall, between the studs will get you into the wall cavity. You will still have a bottom plate and sub floor you will need to get through. You can drill up through the sub floor and pl... 
Ground Loop Issues
Jdt332, just an added note. The ground lift switch on the Amps does not disable the safety equipment ground from the chassis. Quote:There are three toggle switches, two pairs of loudspeaker terminals, and balanced and unbalanced inputs on the back... 
Ground Loop Issues
Jdt332, you need to start from scratch. You will need to weed out the piece of equipment, cable, or what ever, that is causing the ground loop hum.I assume from your post you have eliminated the possibility of a bad ic. Also from your post you hav... 
Powering up amp
02-28-08: AvguygeorgeWhile I always turn the amp on last---I get some noise/part garbled music if I turn off the amp first.--All source signal material, music, should be off first. In other words no music playing....... Otherwise sure when the Amp... 
Powering up amp
Last on, first off. 
Out of phase?
Also agree with Racamuti. Simple test to check for the proper polarity hook-up of your speakers. Disconnect the speaker cables from the Power Amp.Take a D cell battery and momentarily connect one speaker cable wire to the positive side of the batt... 
Loud Dimmer Switches
02-06-08: Don_sI have had several Lutron dimmer switches (slider model) burn out. I get tired of replacing them. They were quiet. None of them made any audible noise.Don you may hay been overloading them. Dimmers are usually rated in Watts. Best n... 
Loud Dimmer Switches
Check into Lutron dimmers  
Tubes or simply the characteristic of the Pre-amp?
Order of importance,Middle rowback rowfront rowRun the Amperex PQ tubes in the middle and the back row, Tesla in the front row. Try that and post back.I also recommend Herbie's HAL-O tube dampers.Install them near the top fat part of the tubes.. 
to ground or not to ground
My apartment has a circuit breaker in the breaker box but my audio is not grounded.Dazzdax, I am going to take a guess here. The receptacle your audio system is plugged into is an old 2 wire type, no equipment safety ground. If all your equipment ... 
How to make sound less detailed with warmth?
Patch1980I had the SFL-1 preamp connected to my system for a while a few years back. As you know the SFL-1 is a Hybrid. With a Sovtek or EH tube it will sound like a SS preamp. Change the tube to a NOS Mullard.... The preamp will sound like a tube... 
How to make sound less detailed with warmth?
Preamp: Sonic Frontier SFL-1Patch1980, what tube are you using in the SFL-1? Try a Mullard tube.