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| 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. | |
| Differences in electric outlets Here is just one thread posted on AA . Volumes of posts on AA regarding electrical receptacles. Just do a search for more info. The oyaide R1 is all the rave at the present time | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? Zargon, you may want to consider incandescent wall sconce lighting. The link I provided is a nice paintable ceramic type wall sconce. Paint the the same as the wall color.Lutron makes a nice dimmer that will not put noise or DC offset back on your... | |
| 20amp IEC connector with a 15amp plug PC? ?? Rex, I concede to your challenge. Obviously I was wrong..... After doing some research I have found the IEC connectors are in a category all their own. The oddest thing I noticed the same connectors can be used for either 125Vac as well as 250Vac.... | |
| 20amp IEC connector with a 15amp plug PC? ?? First I would bet the cord is not listed by UL or any other recognized testing agency.Under UL guidelines a NEMA 5-15P plug, (15 amp), cannot be connected to a continuous load of more than 12 amps.A NEMA 5-20P plug a continuous load of more than 1... | |
| converting from 110 to 220 I currently have 2 dedicated 20 amp 110v lines.Jaf2290An electrician can convert one or both of the 120V dedicated branch circuits to a 240V branch circuit/s. The receptacle must be changed out to a 250V receptacle and at the electrical panel the ... | |
| ground connection on dedicated line? I should mention I'm not in the US. So maybe not illegal here. Point taken, though: one ground. What should the resistance be to be considered a good ground?As for the US, as measured at the receptacle the resistance measured from the neutral to t... | |
| ground connection on dedicated line? I'm planning to install two 20A dedicated lines for my system and I'm wondering if the isolated ground on the receptacles should be connected to the general house ground, or to an independent ground. Any light you can shed on this would be appreci... | |
| Does absolute polarity matter? Record Mastering With a Difference Enjoy the music. |