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| cooling mono amps This might be the BEST of the quiet fans. Several sizes / models. I'd get 12v fans, and dial down the voltage to maybe 9v. They'll be quieter and put NO noise to the mains and radiate little. Use a rechargeable battery. http://www.noctua.at/main.... | |
| Help using integrated as power amp Any idea how much $$ it would cost to fix the switch on the Arcam? adding more 'stuff' won't help, if you were satisfied with the original gear.Maybe 2.1 for HT? works for me, without additional complexity. | |
| Best small speakers? Audience, made in Southern California are terrific. Huge, open sound.....when I walked into the demo room, I thought the big-brother line source speakers were playing.These are full-range multi-driver speakers with a passive radiator. And for the ... | |
| What happens to an amp below 2 ohms? Buy amp and speakers as a unit...and than after a nice test listen. If you are really after a 2 ohm stable amp, and they are few/farbetween, leave out ALL the 'd' amps with ICE modules. The data sheet says the limit is 2.7 ohms. I'd be inclined to... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? I'd say that .....guess?....the voltage rating of caps, the punchthru voltage, is based simply on type and thickness of the dialectric. 'x' # of volts per 'mil' of whatever material? | |
| Best CD player under $25000. The ONLY way I'd touch such a megabuck CD player is if I was issued a gold plated guarantee of support for the next 2 decades. CD players are subject to certain parts, usually laser or transport, being NO LONGER available. If, 5 years down the lin... | |
| The wrong speaker for the room ? I went to my very first show a couple months ago, up in NewPort Beach Ca.THE Show was my first listen of so much I'd read about, heard about, but never heard inperson. The systems more in scale with the room did sound better. The Focal Grand Utopi... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP Have you tried flipp'in them around and listening to the pole piece side?Take you 5 minutes and you'll be surprised. in a good way, I hope.The panels are NOT the same front and rear. The pole piece to the listener is the way they were shipped unti... | |
| Does such a product exist ?? I do that with an Airport Express...AE, for short.I DO NOT have a wireless router, instead running the AE in 'client' mode as a dead end. My IMac has wireless and bluetooth built-in. Simple, capable and functional. I even use an IPod Touch as remo... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Forming new caps? I think there is something to that. All my photo flash gear (studio and on-camera) recommend a few low power flashes to 'form' the caps. This is brand new stuff.Also, on the hi-fi note, my Maggies when right-out-of-box were not r... | |
| How to restore faded veneer due to sunlight? UV is tough on everything.I'd get some UV Proof 'thin film' coverings for the widows.Some of that automotive window tint may work. Just make sure it is UV blocking. | |
| Relays, Capacitors, and Blown Speakers Right you are, Metro.Their is also a class of part called 'time delay relay' which is internally controlled to enable the circuit a given amount of time after receiving the 'on' command.These also fail and will sometimes latch in either open or cl... | |
| Relays, Capacitors, and Blown Speakers find and read the thread.....it's here somewhere, the subject of which is caps and cap aging. Lifetime is addressed. Please read that carefully.Speaker relay? I don't see how that part going South could damage speakers. They just won't turn ON. ..... | |
| Speaker height vs ceiling height Map,You sure got that right! I heard Audience speakers...the 2+2 at THE in Newport a couple months ago. 5 large, but really special.....Right in back was the line array of 16 (count 'em.....16) idential drivers. I didn't bother to ask | |
| Speaker height vs ceiling height Chad, most room mode calculators treat the ceiling as just another surface . It may absorb more energy than say.....a slab floor or sheetrock wall, but still and all, you must treat it with respect. Construction makes a big difference. The mitigat... |