magfan
Responses from magfan
| WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend The focals didn't particularly sound like music.Other setups DID float my boat. Voxitiv, for example, a SDFR in a piano black enclosure made by Schimmel was a terrific intro for me to such drivers. Sanders? They were playing very nicely with the M... | |
| WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend San Diego is the largest small town in America. I've lived in both OC and SD, and much prefer SD. Just a good example, I was perfectly willing to pay for parking. The website said 5$. No problem. Well, the problem is there was NONE on site. I don'... | |
| WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend Did you guys airdrop in or take a bus....I drove up from 60 miles South and parking was awful. None on site or next door, where they caught on pretty quick.I ended up down at the bank. worked well and no charge, but I wish I had been warned.I like... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps PFC? Still no answers. I suspect it is a solution in search of a problem. Again, what is corrected? amp power supply to plug? OR speaker to amp? /both are reactive loads. Make the speaker look like a resistor to the house current? The problem rema... | |
| Dedicated Line ....... my system SUCKS A SAFE way to check line voltage is to get a Kill-A-Watt meter....They are about 25$ or so these days. Plug in the meter and plug the amp into the meter. You'll get a direct voltage reading. You can also measure current to the amp as well as watts... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps First, I know what Power Factor IS and how large scale PFC can help a large company with electric bill reduction. You get charged for watts but consume VA.... Unless your load is pure resistive, VA will alway be higher.Now, and maybe YOU can expla... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps Oscars review....from '08 points out the use of the ASC module, which I believe needs a powersupply. OR can be driven by the appropriate power rail on an ASP module. 'd' may lack upper range information on very low impedance loads where the Zobel ... | |
| Bob Dylan's Hifi? I'll agree with the AR-3(A rev) but with some beefy, vintage SS....maybe some SAE or Threshold. And VINYL......lots of VINYL spun on a Benjamin Miracord TT with a Pickering V-15 type III cart. | |
| Bowers & Wilkins - B&W Part of the 'deal' is that the store is still there next year to support an active customer base.People shopping price kills margins and can eventually run a store out of business.For the small amount I buy, I'm quite content with the 'deal' I get... | |
| SummerTime and Amp Heat OneMug,I think blazing saddles got the idea from 'Treasure of theSiera Madre'....a terrific Bogart Movie. Alfonso Bedoya delivered the line which has been paraphrased in a bunch of movies, including some animal comedy where 'badges' was morphed in... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers Darn good question....and I have NO answer. You'd think if a manufacturer were proud of a top amp, they take the data and Brag.Considering the cost of electronic test equipment, this would be a drop in the bucket. Stereophile even skips this test.... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers I don't know about impedance matching, but if you want a high damping factor the idea is to get speaker / amp impedance pretty much as far apart as possible.4/8 ohm switch or taps on SS? Maybe to limit power into lower impedance loads to make up f... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP Good mods. I'd do it a little different...not necessarily better, but different.Just 2 examples::I won't use a rigid, mechanical, bridgework style stand for my panels. Living, breating wood is where I'll head, and as light and rigid as I can desig... | |
| 4-ohm setting with 8 ohm speakers And yet, nobody has said a single word about reactance. This is implied when taking about impedance. Tube amps do not like capactive loads. period. I hope I got that right. A 'flat' impedance curve? I've never seen one. If their are any crossover ... | |
| Magnepan 1.7 too bright, HELP GREAT question! What WERE the last set of speakers!? I Hadn't thought of that!Have you flipped 'em around yet? That tamed mine. And Yes, I'm a magnepan veteran. Close to 30 years now, but only a few amps. I've never been an equipment swapper and s... |