johnss
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| How much Amp for Paradigm Studio 100 v2's I would consider the Parasound 2200 mk 2 as well. good sounding amp, which has tons of current for driving lower impedance speakers. | |
| Sansui AU - 919 Thrift Store Find at lower volumes, the 717 and 919 series when older have a common problem with channel drop out. two main causes are either a dirty volume pot or a cold solder joint on a PCB that acts like an open at low volumes. I would try cleaning the volume p... | |
| amp for maggies 3.6 Parasound 2200 Mk2 or Parasound 3500. Both have tons of current. the 3500 is almost impossible to clip, it never runs out of gas. | |
| Sansui au 2900 for dedicated 2 channel vinyl? I am using a Sansui AU-217 for an amp on my PC speakers. Sansui used a glue to hold board components in place prior to wave soldering. this glue over time usually eats through the component leads. You may want to check your unit and look for oxidi... | |
| Power Cord on Parasound A21 almost any aftermarket cord will sound better than the stock one. Even a piece of romex with connectors on the end should be an improvement. | |
| Adcom GFP 555II Preamp Bass Lacking Moviemakerkeith, almost all of the adcom preamps use a tiny power transformer. it kills dynamics, and bass response. replace it with an outboard 400 watt toroid and you will be shocked at the sonic improvements in all areas. I have worked on a hal... | |
| Direct Drive TT...vintage era....sleepers.... Phasecorrect, go to KABUSA dot com and check out the technics upgrades he offers for the 1200. | |
| Kenwood KR-9600: leaking maxi electrolytics This is a common problem for this model; even 10+ yrs ago. The caps were worked pretty hard, and rail voltages were too close to rated working voltage. | |
| Need Reel to Reel Tape Primer Sources I don't think the A5500 will handle the high bias tapes like 996 or Emtec 900.There is plenty of NOS scotch 206 and 207, as well as maxell UDxl on ebay to source from. | |
| External hard drives and sound quality Really depends on the resolution ability of your system the audio signal is going through. On many systems, you wont hear a difference. On a high res. system, a NAS has a less darker background than a spinning HD, which is not as quiet as a solid ... | |
| Computer Speakers Not made in China Using the existing built in sound card on the mother board is a big drop in perfrmance. You will need an amp of some sort. I picked up a pair of Infinity kappa 200s (boookshelf size) make in Denmark for 220 a pair used. Am using an M-audio Audioph... | |
| Ripping to Mac OSX Ricky, as long as you are using WAV as a file format, I don't think the ripping part will make a huge diff. Audio card will def. make a dif.Other comments:1. as your music collection grows, you may quickly get beyond the typical artist, album type... | |
| Windows Media Player I would be more concerned with teh sound card I was using than the plybck softwr | |
| New Adcom GFA-555 se - Special Edition The orig. 555 II sold a lot of copies, and was a good value for the dollar. having said that, it would still just about tear your ears off with its harsh high frequency response. I have worked on a number of the 555 II. They can be made to sound p... | |
| Analog upgrade path for less than $1200 go with the KAB technics, it can not be beat for the $$ as long as you go with Kevin's arm re-wire, dampener trough, and PS upgrades. |