jea48
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| AR ES-1 Transport Bolt Needed 1/4-20 x 1/2". With lock washer and small flat washer.Jim | |
| Hum problem BTW, RFI was most likely from powered wireless connection to internet for my music server Did you kill that thing when you were isolating things to find out what might be causing the hum? Has this amp always had the hum issue? If not, can you thi... | |
| Hum problem @swampwalker,By chance did you unplug all the other associated audio equipment from the wall AC power outlet? Audio equipment near the amp as well as the speakers?By the way the reason you hear a loud buzz from the amp/speakers with the shorting p... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE folkfreak OP537 posts 10-29-2017 6:14pm@jea48 i suspect you may be misunderstand how these systems work. They have no effect on nor relation to the safety ground. As @ozzy has o... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE ozzy2,848 posts 10-29-2017 5:53pmJim,I am using an ordinary AC plug with just the ground wire connected. Then that wire is connected with a 4mm banana to the SR grounding block... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE @ folkfreak,Thanks for the response. I might be wrong but I think the "active components inside" the box are mostly responsible for the reason why the thing improves the SQ of an audio system, not the AC mains safety equipment ground.I have to wo... | |
| Hum problem At this point all I can suggest in addition to what you are planning to do is to reiterate the suggestion of seeing if the hum is present with nothing connected to the amp’s inputs, if you haven’t already done so. Or better yet, with shorting plu... | |
| Hum problem My technician has been all through it and does not find a problem. Says he cannot hear it in his system, but it's quite apparent on my Horning speakers (94 dB maybe?). See if you can hire the technician for an hour or so to come to your home... | |
| A better lamp cord for my stereo equipment? Local audio repair guy wouldn't touch it. Now I know why. Or possibly he didn't have the confidence in installing the IEC power inlet. What if in the process of cutting the hole for the IEC inlet he screwed something up? How many "repair guys" c... | |
| A better lamp cord for my stereo equipment? @toolbox149,As for your old 2 wire zip cord with a non-polarized 2 blade plug.I have read on other audio forums, where guys didn’t want to modify, or didn’t have the room, to install an IEC inlet connector on the back of their vintage equipment so... | |
| Digital coax cable, real world experiences? It's not just 1s & 0s.https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/why-do-digital-coax-cables-matter. | |
| Digital coax cable, real world experiences? @uberwaltz,Did you try my suggestion of flipping the digital cable end for end to see if you could hear a difference? It won’t cost you a dime......Here is a quote from an old Stereophile article from 1993. Changing the direction of the digital in... | |
| Digital coax cable, real world experiences? @ uberwaltz,Agree, not all S/PDIF coax cables sound alike.Here is a quote from almarg for a few possible reasons why. almarg7,489 posts 10-09-2015 1:45pmJadedavid, the reason that a length of 1.5 meters is often recommended for digital cables is ... | |
| Using contact cleaner in tube sockets cleeds, "Refer servicing to your authorized Audio Research dealer or other qualified personnel." As a rule retubing an amp should not require sending it back to the factory or to a qualified manufacture service center. ARC should have made mention... | |
| Using contact cleaner in tube sockets For cleaning tube socket female contacts and male tube pins I use isopropyl alcohol. |