jea48

Responses from jea48

skipping problem - Marantz TT-15S1
The arm just seems to lose pull as it gets towards the spindle. Any other thoughts?Storguso Do you mean the arm want to move outward, toward the start of the LP? If this is the case decrease the anti skate. In fact for starters do not apply any an... 
Tape out put for phono
Yep, tape out of the Krell to any line-in input of the ARC 
skipping problem - Marantz TT-15S1
Are you sure you set up the TT properly?Correct tracking force? Make sure the arm lift is set properly and clear of the arm in the down position.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1155072518&openfrom&1&4#1http://www.walk... 
Dedicated circuits? Bldng a new house. Help.
Next pay the extra $$ and have copper wire installed from the electric meter to the main electrical panel, not aluminum. The utility companies wire to the meter will be aluminum, nothing you can do about that.The utility companies wire to the mete... 
Dedicated circuits? Bldng a new house. Help.
If you have not started the wiring yet, the first thing you need to do is spec the main electrical panel to be Square D QO. The Square D QO panel has copper plated buss not aluminum as many have. Make sure it is not the Square D home Line brand, i... 
Static from right channel with Rotel RA1062 Amp
I checked the connections on the speaker cable and the interconnects and they are all connected properly. I switched out the interconnects with a pair of Monster M550i to test and I still get the static from the right speaker channel. So I switche... 
Too many components to turned on/off one by one?
Check out something like this. The Marantz RC2000 MK2 remote 
Tripping Breakers
Kitdog,What make is the electrical panel? Aprox age of the branch circuit breaker that feeds your Amp? At first when the problem started, aprox, how many times did you reset the breaker before it would not hold anymore?jim 
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