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What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean?
">>Reading it I notice that "Hospital Grade" means it has certain characteristics, like tolerance of "Abrupt removal" (yank the wire) which are probably important in the Hospital environment, but which IMHO are not relevant to the outlets we... 
John Dunlavy may not be with us much longer.
Try thishttp://www.audioasylum.com/audio/general/messages/420527.html=========== 
Burning CD question
>>"I have been using Verbatim DVD+R discs and burning at 128."<<[Uppermidfi]>>>>>>>>>>>>I have to admit I am totally confused. Am I wrong in my thinking that a DVD+R disc will not, or should not, pla... 
Burning CD question
>>"I have been using Verbatim DVD+R discs and burning at 128."<<>>>>>>>>>>> Thats a new one to me, my CDR burner will not even read a DVDR disc. Try a CDR blank disc, see how that works.... 
Power cord 15amp and 20amp
Neil, if the PC also has an equipment grounding conductor does UL still require the shield to be grounded on both ends? It would fly in the face of the way a shield works would it not. I was always taught to ground the shield at one end only and t... 
Power cord 15amp and 20amp
>>"Quite often, cords are described as "20 amp" cords even though they have 15 amp hardware (plugs). This is because the wire conductors themselves are 20 amp capacity. The only reason I can think that cords are sometimes described this way ... 
How long do Cassette Decks last
I have had my NAK 500 since 1978 still works fine.Hours on it, hundreds.Jim 
Power cord 15amp and 20amp
The 15 amp cord will have a NEMA 5-15P plug on one end and a IEC 15 amp receptacle on the other end.The nema 5-15P plug will plug into a 15 or 20 receptacle. The 15 amp IEC receptacle will only plug into a 15 amp IEC plug on a piece of equipment. ... 
Dac acts like a microphone
>>"I bought them on Ebay. Why do they sound good now?. If it is a bad microphonic tube will it show itself again?"<<>>>>That is just a chance you will have to take.======= >>"When I powered the unit up there was a str... 
Dac acts like a microphone
Sounds like a bad microphonic tube. If by chance you just bought them from a dealer send him an email. Most dealers will replace microphonic tubes. If they are a matched pair he should replace both. If you bought them on Ebay, well.... 
CD-R discs for music
Cdc, I was going through the archives and ran across this one, good reading.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1051384332&openfromJim 
Ground Loop Problem - Stumped
">>All of my sources both digital and analog are plugged into the SP15A which in turn is plugged into the EP15A. My amplifier is plugged into the EP15A. The EP15A is plugged into my wall outlet."<<>>>>>>>The SP15 i... 
Ground Loop Problem - Stumped
If you plug the amp and preamp directly into the same wall outlet do you have the hum? 
CD-R discs for music
>>" The U.S. government has deemed cloning legal so I now clone CD's and no longer copy them.'<<>>>>>>>I did not know that, LoL.=============Something to try to get the "clone", closer to the original.Use a dark gr... 
CD-R discs for music
>>"The latest Sony's I bought say "made in Austria"."<<I bought some of those about 2 years ago. I had very good results with them...How have they worked for you? Is the data side still blue/green in color? Is the outer ring edge cut s...