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Amplifier maintenance for beginners
Bring the thing up on a variac. Start at about 75% line voltage and gradually build. Make sure it does its math home work and practices pronunciation of its consonants. If it gives you any feedback PUNISHMENT IS IN ORDER. 
Power cable shutting amp down
If componant parts are manufactured to a tolarance of +- 5% and speced to +-7%. The IEC male could be minus all the way to its extreme tolerance and still spec good. One cable could measure to the minus limit and the other to the plus limit. You c... 
Power cable shutting amp down
Still could be your male iec in your amp. 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
Its one thing for a manufacture or retailer to brag and beat their chest (Duke and Ralph do it constructivly all the time) and not hide their I.D. Its an entirely different kind of personility that derides a competing product then remains anonomus... 
conundrum
Maggies dont suffer from a low celing. The B&W might benefit from a high one. 
Power cable shutting amp down
Might be a loose connection at either end of the PC and your amp has a relay in its power supply? 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
Audiofreekgeek sells JL subs? Does the op sell Velodyne?Are you DD plus guys really crossing at 200hz? 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
Wondering if you have also owned the DDplus? Or your compairisons based on your DD15, Tell us more based on what you have evidence of. My next purchase will be based on what I hear guided by you Goners direct observations and not a companys market... 
Velodyne DD Plus: New King of the Jungle?
Do you think velodyne has shot themself in the foot? Cause you can now do with one sub that it used to take two? I'm calling David tomorrow! 
Cary CAD-211AE tube rolling
I have heard that you can't use EmL mesh in this location with this amp. 
Top 5 Cue Joints
After leaving the fanous Freemont dragstrip with a now famous prostock driver. We headed north insearch of the best BBQ joint in No Cali. Except I couldnt recall exactly where it was all I knew it was in Oakland. Yes that Oakland; murder capitol o... 
Hi efficient speaker, bass problems
Extension, dampning and efficiency are the tradeoffs. The vectors go in different directions. The op questions grip vs eff. The extension is not. as I understand. part of the query. But I'm all in for a free lunch of any kind. Elucidate 
Hi efficient speaker, bass problems
In that case it is prolly a function of amp output impedance and not power. Tube amps, especially set amps are of high out putimpedance. When this reacts with a speakers impedance which can be low in the bass and higher in the treble (without a zo... 
Hi efficient speaker, bass problems
Boy T M please rewrite your post. Efficency and sensitivity are not the same but not different only opposite. Thus bass is not opposit only different ? ? ? 
Best Garage or Workshop Design for Audio Gear
Haas tool room mill to make face plates. You know you look at your gear more then listen to it.