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| type of house wire Stick with NM-B, Romex trade name. Plastic rough-in boxes. Forget the Leviton receptacles. Bare minimum use the Hubbell HBL8300H receptacle, non plated. Main breaker panel, Square D QO minimum. Not the Home Line brand. | |
| Help needed with 50hz hum/buzz in Tube system 01-21-07: WeiserbThe cable runs into the HT receiver which also ran to the Preamp but that does not seem to be the issue.The cable may very well be the problem. A difference of potential, voltage, between the signal ground of the cable coax and th... | |
| How to get rid of Hiss I had the cable company out and they hooked my Manley's up to a power inverter via there truck Vol-a ground/power hum gone.That was quite nice of them to do that. Use a floating AC source that does not have a reference to ground. What they did was... | |
| Lifting the Ground Do you agree with Jea48 that there's little risk in lifting the ground on a high wattage SS amp? Rockyboy, in no way do I imply lifting the safety ground on equipment means little risk of an electrical shock hazard. You the operator must weigh the... | |
| Lifting the Ground At this moment, I have all grounds floated but two days ago I had only the cdp grounded.Stehno, just curious about your CDP. My Arcam Alpha 9 accepts a three wire plug and cord with an IEC connector. The male connector on the CDP only has two blad... | |
| Lifting the Ground Is it recommended that I use a cheater plug on any or all of the three units? I have my solid state amp going into a second wall outlet. Is it recommended that I also use a cheater plug on the ampRecommended, surley not by the manufacture.========... | |
| How tubes influence sound A taste of TubesJoe's tube Lore | |
| tubed preamp off and ss amp left on? 12-17-06: WarrenhFunny, I had posted a similar question a few weeks ago, having come back to seperates after over 20 years. If the volume is down on the preamp, should it matter which you shut off first? Nowhere in my amp or preamp manual does it ... | |
| tubed preamp off and ss amp left on? If the preamp has a mute feature, switch the preamp to mute before you shut it down. See if that helps.Otherwise you best turn off the power amp first then shut down the preamp. | |
| What is the voltage at your receptacle? Stan, how did the electrician measure the voltage at the receptacle? With a load connected, or no load connected? The proper way is with all intended loads connected. A 124Vac unloaded reading would not be unusual. What type of meter did he use? D... | |
| Tube question Warrenh, here is some great reading materialhttp://www.vintagetubeservices.com/ | |
| Noise when shutting off power amp? Help? Should I just turn the volumn down on the preamp before I shut the power amp off?Yep.... And if the preamp has a mute feature, mute the preamp before turning off the power amp. Post back with your results. | |
| watts or joules? The VT 50 has a better power supply.....http://www.arcdb.ws/VT50/VT50.htmlhttp://www.arcdb.ws/CA50/CA50.html | |
| Will the ipod be the death of the CD? Clarification, I know there is a digital music system called ipod. But I have not, as yet, heard music from one of them. As for downloading music from the net, I can honestly say I have not, as yet, done that either. Does the downloaded music soun... | |
| Dedicated Lines - 32 amps possible? He has installed Isolators near the receptacles, which is a big ON/OFF switch (which has and earth line), this will then run into the US style duplex outlets (115v 20amp)...see link below...a check with Furutech, say's that 230v 20 amps running th... |