jea48
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| It was 20 years ago today... @onhwy61 20 years and some. onhwy61 4,333 posts 05-11-2000 4:11pm Consider the Totem 1. Alternatively consider the Sony SM7a. The Sony gets no respect, but it’s a borderline great speaker and a tremendous value. https://forum.audiogon.com/users/o... | |
| It was 20 years ago today... BTW, Anyone know when our little club house was launched? Hard to tell anymore. Several years ago when Audiogon changed the format many of the members actual start dates were lost in the change over from the old to the new.albertporter start date... | |
| It was 20 years ago today... @ viridian Congratulations on your 20 years of being an Audiogon member! | |
| Directionality Explained Here’s the actual John Curl quote for my post above.Page 15/18 Also, we couldn’t use mylar capacitors, which are fairly efficient coupling capacitors. While mylars are fairly efficient from a size and cost point of view, we realized they have prob... | |
| Directionality Explained @ glupson and djones51, You can’t have it both ways..... You guys can’t require measurements to prove what some people say they hear from cables, and then turn around and use your opinions and theories why all cables don’t sound the same. Not ever... | |
| Cleaning tube pins @OP,Been doing it for at least twenty years. Alcohol quickly evaporates. What you are wiping dry is any water content the alcohol didn’t evaporate with it. . | |
| Cleaning tube pins @ daveyf I use Isopropyl alcohol. Dampen a clean white cotton cloth with Isopropyl alcohol. (Like a piece of an old white T shirt). Wipe down the pins good with the dampened alcohol clean cloth. Continue cleaning the pins with a new clean part of ... | |
| I have a weird buzz issue; can you help me solve the problem? @ mwsl Did you by chance plug the shorting plugs into an output? Inputs only.. | |
| What Power isolation transformer or conditioner similar to Topaz @ gte357s While researching, I come across a thread from head fi about Topaz isolation transformer with 0.0005pF capacitance. As for capacitive, capacitance, coupling. https://belfuse.com/resources/whitepaper/signaltransformer/wp-ST-Controlling... | |
| Fuse location ....( if any) in MGA Mitsubishi DA P600 Pre-amp @ rocky1313 As gs5556 said. You will find it on the left hand side of the switch. https://www.hifiengine.com/ service manual https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/mitsubishi/da-p600.shtml. | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues @ lowrider57 Glad to hear the new electrical service solved your hum problem.As for the service entrance cable the electrical contractor installed. Yes, it meets NEC, Article 338 of the code. And it is obviously approved for use by the AHJ (Author... | |
| Suspected power fluctuations on new 20A Circuit @ msafrick Is this the unit you have? https://www.amazon.com/SEVENSTAR-AR-1000-Regulator-Transformer/dp/B007YK1V8Y$60 don’t buy much.The unit is rated for 1000 watts. 1000/120 = 8.3 amps. 80% of 8.3 = 6.64 amps.6.4 amps @120V mains input voltage. ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! If you have to use conduit see if 2 conductor with ground MC aluminum armor cable is allowed. (Actually aluminum armor MC cable is better than Romex for feeding audio equipment. @ the_treble_with_tribbles I assume this is what you are referencing... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! That sounds like old knob and tube wiring. Is this what it looked like? https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=knob+and+tube+wiring&sa=X&ved=2... If it was knob and tube the wire was more than likely tinned hard ... | |
| Dedicated 20 amp circuit - Electrician laughed! the_treble_with_tribbles38 posts 05-14-2020 8:24pm@jea48 mentioned using Al wire instead of Cu, I would be interested to learn why. @ the_treble_with_tribbles Copy of post please. Jim. |