katman
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| Amplifier and Speaker A/B switcher I used one of those cheap switch boxes off Amazon and it worked fine. I had a hafler xl280 and a Jolida brc 1000 tube amp hooked up to my acoustat 2+2’s. if I was going to listen for just 20 min, I’d go sand amp, 30 or longer- tubes! The proble... | |
| Ferrofluid No, won’t start another thread. My thought was , if you have a quality, well designed speaker , going to active bi/tri amping is more likely to improve things that than trying to “improve “ the crossover which isn’t likely to improve anything . ... | |
| Ferrofluid I don’t want to spin this into a Triamp thread but when I say triamp, I said use an active crossover , not passive . You can call me a hypocrite as I have my energy 2.8’s passively triamped but I plead innocence as : 1) the manual says don’t use... | |
| Ferrofluid There’s nothing inaccurate about a cheap meter, they are all good. I see no relays in that crossover ( or any other crossover ) and diodes generally don’t go bad. a meter would confirm to op that all caps are good and I bet they are as they used ... | |
| Ferrofluid No need for a tech, just order a capacitance meter off Amazon $20, put either lead on either side of each cap and see if the number on the meter is with 10% of the number on the cap. It’s really that simple and you can do both crossovers in 15 mi... | |
| Ferrofluid My only FF experience was when I rebuilt my Boston a400’s. It took me maybe 10 min per tweeter . One had tarry looking FF, the other looked fine - go figure. I replaced both anyhow. I used a meter ( $20 off Amazon ) to check capacitance of the ca... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? Phase: with ads 1230, only the ads 2000 biamp crossover will work. . This is because the internal and ads 2000 crossovers do something to the phase of the woofer . I used an external analog crossover and had some big holes in the freq response a... | |
| Am I wasting money on the theory of Bi-amping? Biamping is for wimps, real men triamp! I Triamped my Boston a400 and they sounded like different speakers . highs very detailed , more solid bass. I used an active crossover .My energy Veritas 2.8 are passively triamped, the manual even says n... | |
| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? I use Griots ceramic 3-1 and their ceramic detailer on my Veritas 2.8. The shine is incredible and unlike wax, it doesn’t attract dust. | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes I replaced the EL34’s in my Jolida 1000brc ( purchased used for $1200) with new russian made Mullard EL34’s. | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes I picked up a used Jolida 1000brc tube amp for $1200 and it sounds like a tube amp- just replaced the EL34’s the other day. | |
| Energy Veritas 2.8.speaker best paired to which amp and preamp I have my 2.8’s next to my acoustat 2+2’s which are driven by a 100w Jolida tube amp. I have my 2.8’s connected with silver played 10g wire I got cheap from a surplus store and frankly, at the volume I listen at, it’s massive overkill . But hey,... | |
| Energy Veritas 2.8.speaker best paired to which amp and preamp I have my 2.8’s triamped with three NAD 208 amps- works for me. |