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| Tweaks I have trouble believing that vibration traveling thru the air and vibrating a SS amp could have much effect. Audible!? Does the effect get worse when you turn it WAY up? Now, what is the modulus of elasticity of silicon? I know from experience th... | |
| Tweaks Of course 1000 people could be wrong!Look how many people voted for XXX (fill in 'favorite, here'!!!)And, like voting, tweaks without coherent scientific theory are also an 'act of faith'. Look how many supporters politician X has even after getti... | |
| Tweaks In all fairness to the 'other school of thought', some of the science associated with tweaks is a little .... weak? Solid State Microphonics? Tubes without question, but SS? I can also see doing something with a CD / optical player. But what? Isol... | |
| Nad c-370: Right Channel drops out Tim, I think the main thing is to shop techs. The OP was not served by the original guy who saw $$. In all my years of fixing stuff and as a process technician in a place making integrated circuits and discreet, the #1 thing I learned was to get a... | |
| Nad c-370: Right Channel drops out Well, as a matter of fact, I've worked on semiconductor processing equipment for decades. I was expected to be able to fix darn near anything, at least to the board exchange level with schematic, knowledge of how it was supposed to work a meter an... | |
| Nad c-370: Right Channel drops out I know there is sometimes special knowledge involved, but really. Once a tech has the schematic and test values what could possibly go wrong? Mechanical disassembly except in special cases is pretty routine. The only 'glitch' in the ointment would... | |
| Amplifer Wattage Question Kij,Let's say you kept away from 'max power'.could you at least get a number that made sense using the technique I describe?Also, My ICE amps (max) power spec is time limited. I suspect you'll fry the Zoebel network at that output.Agreed, however.... | |
| Nad c-370: Right Channel drops out Well, Tbone, I don't know. RadioShackup has some stuff. Read the label, then the same label at the 'audiophile' shop which will be 5x the cost and probably the same stuff from the same pipe.Use per directions. I HAVE NEVER USED THIS STUFF, so I do... | |
| Why Rhodium? ANY time 2 different metals come into contact you form what is called a junction. It is called a thermocouple and produces a (minute amount) electrical current. While I wouldn't expect it to be a factor in power or power supply, it could be a larg... | |
| Nad c-370: Right Channel drops out What's a 'main amp kit'??? | |
| Short List of the Best 20K Speakers 1st, Enter 'room mode calculator' in Google. The lengths of sides being 2 1/2 times the height is awful, not to mention the room being square!2nd, In this case the room is really your enemy. Spend some time and money on the room. If the total budg... | |
| Rebuild or New? Caps, especially powersupply electrolytics age....poorly. Look up 'roland' who is an acknowledged Carver guru. His e-mail address is in my other confuser, long gone. There are some proprietary parts which may be tough to find as well.Are you in th... | |
| What Speakers How did you end up with an amp and no speakers? Did you audition the amp with anything? The only other possibilities are gift (nice one!) or it fell of the back of a truck! | |
| Best speaker used under $1000 for piano rec. I have never fallen for the 'recommend a speaker for xxx' until now.My panels produce some of the finest resolved piano I have ever heard.Solo guitar, classical and progressive jazz is also 'in the room'. | |
| Integrated as preamp? Why not?My integrated as unbalanced outs. I currently use these outputs to a sub. |