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Can static electricity cause a blown fuse in amp?
Static can do a lot of damage. If your pre-amp gets muted then you are lucky. The opposite can happen where the pre goes to full volume. Yes, it happened twice. When you are not ready for this, which is never, you better have an extra pair of unde... 
Dust...It's Killing Me
I highly recommend the Perfect Air Purifier from Bryant heating and cooling products. One drawback is that all of these high effecient air cleaners add a lot of static pressure to your existing furnace or fancoil. The higher staic pressure can cau... 
Is the RAM Modified Esound E5 the REAL THING?
 
Linn CD12 vs. EMM CDSA
The CDSA in another thread has been stated as a silky smooth machine. Not in my house it wasn't. It is musical and will jump out at you. It is not on the big silky smooth lush side of players. It is more forward and dynamic with good staging and i... 
Uneven speaker wire runs
Ozzy is right, if it is for home theater you probably would not notice the tonal balance difference. Plus you could set up your pre/pro to compensate if you heard a difference. In a good two channel setup you can hear it. Especially in the vocals.... 
Uneven speaker wire runs
Keep the wires the same length, use 10awg and if you bi-wire make them a true bi-wire. Two seperate runs. Impedence, inductance and capacitance needs to stay consistant and to do this the wire needs to be the same length. The amp has a different e... 
The best CD Player for the money
Zackattack420, please tell us more about the differences you heard between your CD-2008 mkII and the transport-DAC combos. Plus which modifier did you use? 
Ferrite Cores for Power cords
There are a lot of things I would like to do with the incoming power but that will have to wait. Two very young kids will put a stop to most anything that requires a lot of time on a project. I would like to try better sheilded romex on my dedicat... 
Ferrite Cores for Power cords
Jea48, I have tried ferrite clamps extensively everywhere and you are indeed correct. Too many and it sucks the life out of a system. I think the best place to use them is on the power cord on the cdp. One on each end. Someone sent me a Analysis P... 
Mods for Rogue 99
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Break in period
Look into Blackgate capcitors. This is something I have saved. I have Blckgate caps in my Denon 5910 plus other little goodies. The unit sounded great at 500 hours and it was not done cooking. 1000 hours and another blanket was lifted from the spe... 
Upgrade Source?
I now have the Denon 5910 and Dbld is correct. Spectacular to say the least. The 10k one box player I had in my system was great in its own right but not spectacular. My expectations have been surpassed by a mile. 
Speaker Cables for JM Labs Electra 936?
I have the 936's and have made many changes. It depends on where he wants to go with his system and how much he wants to spend. If he plans on spending some money on his system I would start with the DCCA power cords and get a "source" cord for th... 
Anyone tried/heart Dcca Audio Speaker Cable?
I highly recommend the Musical Essence power cord from DCCA. Transparent and extended with lush mids. Just damn good on my system! I will be looking into some speaker cables as well down the road. 
What is the best redbook CD player for 6K to 8K?
Jc51373, which Ayre player did you have when comparing your Mac combo to it? What differences were there in the two units?