joeabrams
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| Why people sell power cord not specify connector The majority of AC cables for sale on Audiogon have the US-Type plug and the 15 Amp (six-sided) connector. Most sellers would specify if either of these factors were different on a particular offering. If you wish to be 100% certain, you can conta... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help What speaker cable are you using? Many solid state amps will not respond well to high capacitance speaker cable -- some will go into "protection" mode, as yours is doing. Speaking very generally, many flat cables and many skinny/round cables are h... | |
| long speaker cable run or long balanced IC ?? If there were just one kind of amp, there would be only one answer, but tube amps and SS amps have completely different output characteristics. Generally speaking:Tube amps are more comfortable with short speaker cables.Solid state amps don't mind... | |
| Help Father of the bride dance song. My kid brought tears to my eyes when she chose "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde)Congrats of your daughter's wedding!Best,Joe | |
| Sumiko F4 with 103R sounds flat??? The FT-4 has an adjustable VTA base. If you are running the arm parallel to the platter, try raising or lowering the back of the arm a few degrees & see if there are positive results.ALSO, be sure that the tracking force of the cartridge is se... | |
| cables for apogee duetta II Unsound -- thanks for your question. Even with the Zobel, a solid state amp sees a highly reactive load. The Zobel simply keeps the amp from going into serious oscillation. That's why I call it a band-aid. ALSO, the presence of another component s... | |
| cables for apogee duetta II Not a good idea to use ANY high-capacitance cable -- such as Alpha-Core (even with the Zobel band-aid) -- with a solid state amp.Disclaimer -- I own Portal Audio, a manufacturer of solid state amps; also own Equus Audio, which sells MIT cables.BTW... | |
| MIT Z Stabilizer ll ? operation ?? Your kind words are gratefully accepted! The key to MIT Stabilizers, in general, is less about filtration (although they do an excellent job) and more about Power Factor Correction. In residential AC, the Voltage component and the Current componen... | |
| Dual 1219 noise If the noise is a repeating low _thump_, then you likely have a flat spot on the idler wheel. Sometimes this is caused by leaving the wheel engaged while the power is off. The only remedy is replacement of the idler wheel. If you are certain that ... | |
| Do Plinius amps have high frequency anomalies? What you are describing could be caused by high capacitance speaker cables, which causes some solid state amps go into oscillation. What speaker cables were you using? | |
| Theta/Spectra/Avalon - system revamp advice needed Dear Gary,Getting to your question of 12/4 -- I can't argue with your logic; I have a Theta Gen8 driving my Portal Paladin monos. BUT -- one of the strong points of the Gen8 is its balanced output; one the strong points of the Spectral amp is its ... | |
| Theta/Spectra/Avalon - system revamp advice needed The manual for your DMA-180 was written BEFORE MIT released the Oracle interconnects with adjustable impedance-matching switches. Now that you can tailor the impedance-matching, the Oracles will be perfectly compatible, and will have performance F... | |
| Theta/Spectra/Avalon - system revamp advice needed First a disclaimer: I'm an MIT dealer.The system you describe is a genuine classic and is capable -- even now -- of near-SOTA performance in all areas except deep bass. The change I'd suggest, especially in terms of bang-for-bucks, is to upgrade y... | |
| Overload indicator comes on when playing vinyl Sounds like you're getting acoustic feedback through the turntable. Solutions are:1. move the TT away from the speaker2. put the TT on a stand or surface that has better isolation3. if you have the TT cover down, try leaving it UP4. if all else fa... | |
| Confused...not satisfy with my system : Just curious -- what speaker cable are you using?ATB,Joe |