kijanki
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| Why has audio become so specilized over the years? Sunnyjim, I remember very old big furniture pieces with built in TV, TT, Receiver and sometimes even speakers. It was difficult to place, to upgrade and to repair. Repair was possible only at home. Today, we got smarter and have very flexible syst... | |
| Is there an average life span for a preamp? Ralph, that might be because of the inductor in series with the woofer that has resistance in order of 0.08ohm at best, but some people still complain about overdamping and the lack of bass. | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? Nglazer, I hear you. I'm also getting mad with all the stupid system errors but that's why I bought Mac. From this point on everything went without any problems. Computer works like swiss watch and now I understand how bad the Windows is. Since ma... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Magfan - I'm not sure what power cycling does. It improves something, I'm sure, since they recommended it, but don't really know. Capacitors in Maggies' crossover that affect imaging most likely aren't electrolytic but might settle like everything... | |
| Is there an average life span for a preamp? "universally accepted amongst those who do such work that the filter caps in the power supply should be among the first things to be changed during a restoration"I agree. I would also like to have caps changed during restoration of old amp but wou... | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? Dhl93449 - Maybe I was lucky, but I never experienced failure of stationary hard drive. Just in case I have 2 backups, but I agree with you that CD on the shelf is safer (unless you have fire or theft). I have three hard disks containing exact cop... | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? Nglazer - many people still don't use computers seeing them as confusing, buggy and not as reliable as abacus. I use Mac Mini with Benchmark DAC1 thru Apple Airport Express with short Toslink. It works without any problem for a long time. Computer... | |
| Is there an average life span for a preamp? Atmasphere, My calculation based on Nichicon data shows that at 35degC (95degF) standard caps should have 80% of capacitance after 17.8 years. Each 10degC cuts life in half, so I would estimate not more than 10 years for caps in hotter amps unless... | |
| Misconnected interconnect XLR is superior in that respect since it cannot get loose, be plugged into output instead of input and cannot be touched since exposed inputs are female with recessed pins.Plugging and unplugging should be done always with everything switched off ... | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? "Apparently lossless digital isn't as perfect as many would lead us to believe"Files can be better than original CD. The reason for that is that CD player cannot read the same sector many times, playing in real time, thus interpolating data when s... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Jeff_jones,There is no need to form new capacitors. When capacitors are unpowered for many years electrolyte eats out dielectric (aluminum oxide) lowering breakdown voltage. Such capacitor should be powered at the lower voltage, increasing it slow... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? I agree with Jallen, that Jeffrey is spot on. I calculated from data provided by Nichicon on large electrolytic caps (I published it in different thread) that standard cap running in 35degC (95degF) has 80% of capacitance after 17.8 years. Long li... | |
| Apple Mac Mini as a music server "I am using a mac mini with a Benchmark DAC 1"Shadorne, how do you feed it? I use Airport Express. | |
| Are Disc Players Dead? Vinyl isn't dead. It just smells funny. | |
| Interconnect Help I'm very happy with Acoustic Zen Absolute 0.5m XLR that I bought used for $600. Foam Teflon, oversize tubes, 7N zero crystal silver (with 1% copper), 6.1pF/ft 20nH/ft - it doesn't get better than that, at least for the price. Very clean, open, dyn... |