kevemaher
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| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions I received power cords but they were not the black 12 AWG as advertized. What I received was grey and 14 AWG. Back it went. Crummy Amazon listing. Still searching. | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions I found a 12 gauge, 20A, 10ft long hospital grade UL listed power cord on Amazon that will fit the ApolIon socket. I bought two at $50 each. I'll get 'em in a week. | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions I dug a bit deeper into 12 ga UL approved power cords. Seems Amazon has some from vendors who claim UL listing. Must dig even deeper to see if this is a claim or reality. | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @devinplombier Thanks for the method you provided. The amp did not come with a manual. Apollon directed me to a pdf on their website. That owners manual is not for my model. No mention of power cords nor fuses. No power rating on the back exec... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @devinplombier Very good point. The back of the amp has the CE symbol just below the power entry. I looked CE up. It appears that CE stamp indicates that the product meets CE approval which indicates the following: "CE approval, or Conformité E... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @curiousjim Thankks for showing me that. Now I have an additional reason for refusing to buy non-approved power cables. I need about 2m. This cable at that length would cost over $200. I am never going to pay that for a power cable.. I didn't ... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @devinplombier Thanks for the link. There are a bunch of these on Amazon. I did not see a UL or any other testing agency approval for any of these. I am wary of power cords that don't have any independent testing. I make my own line level RCA an... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @curiousjim @devinplombier Can you point me to a US source for the 12 ga, 15A power cord, one that will fit into the IEC socket on the amp? I did look hard. Thanks. I'm asking for a US source because I don't want to pay tariff. There is presen... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @curiousjim Yes, the power plug inlet is standard size. However, 12 gauge, 20A rated power cords made in the USA always have connectors that will not fit into a standard IEC inlet. This is probably forced upon the cord anufacturers by some US sa... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions @curiousjim I emailed Aplollon yesterday concerning this. I received a reply today. Paraphasing their response: "yes, that's correct. We don't ship power cords since we don't know what the customer needs". Their email recommends 12 ga power cord... | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions Critical listeneng I mean. | |
| Apollon Hypex NCx500 ST NCOREx Stereo Amp - First Listen and Impressions I didn'r read anything on their website about that. I'm planning on critical thinking some more. What I reported on was my very first mpression. | |
| ARC SP-6B Newbie with Questions @wharfy Wow, that's bunch of AR preamps. What power amp did you use with your SP-6? I wonder if there might be a better option than the ML #27. Maybe Class D from Apollon? I listened to LPs all afternoon today. I noticed that the sound became s... | |
| Advicd Needed on Change from Levinson to Audio Research @pwerahera Hey, thanks for the encouragement. I really want to try the SP6. Although it is not balanced, I will use an RCA->XLR cable to the first downstream component.The rest of the cabling is XLR, including the line level to the power am... | |
| Advicd Needed on Change from Levinson to Audio Research Thanks for the info. I've looked at the D-76. It looks really complicated and expensive to maintain. I can't imagine the trouble involved in biasing all those tubes. What exactly will prevent me from obtaining the best performance from the sp6/Re... |