marakanetz
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| Different amps for summer and winter? Schipo,Lots of the climate zones in United States do not have neither fall or spring. Mid-seasons usually have winter day and summer day swapping arround. for this I'd recommend having an A/B switch and turning them on whenever you feel like wormi... | |
| Audiogon purchase: too good to be true? if it's sold for $2k than perhaps its actual price is $1k | |
| Amp repair...What to expect. It's not break-in it's parameter settling of mainly large signal components such as power transistors and it's not 3 months worth of listening. It's substantially shorter at least audibly. 25...50 hours is more realistic.Leaving unit on stand-by f... | |
| Different amps for summer and winter? I used to have this kinda madness having VTL MB100 for winter and Sunfire SRA for summer.Decided to keep Sunfire for both of seasons because sounds better in both cases. | |
| Amp repair...What to expect. Replacing parts WILL be a great challenge. These amps aren't supported anymore by the manufacturer for long time already. God only knows who possesses schematics as well if the problem will rise more complicated. Assembled boards to replace aren't... | |
| Pre amp for Pass Labs XA30.5 – Tube or SS far not too many tube amps will be good with your amp and definitely not ARC of any modelyou can try BAT VK51 or VK31SE, but using solid state preamp is encouraged. I'd choose Wyred4Sound for clarity and transperency. | |
| Gyrodec vs Well Tempered Amadeus i own same and would not want to change its signature sound. autidioning other tables often brings me back to what i own and upgrade it so will probably to OP. | |
| Tightening Driver Screws don't make it habitual. you don't need it more than once in couple of years. | |
| Gyrodec vs Well Tempered Amadeus i doubt it.upgrading gyrodec will bring you more success. | |
| Amp repair...What to expect. Hi, I've just completed my project replacing filter caps and reapplying solder to all joints of all boards. My amp is now quiet and sounds great! I couldn't stand the fact that I will have to replace it. It sounds very close to class A at any volu... | |
| 60Hz humm in Sunfire SRA. i just couldn't stand the fact that i will have to replace it! it sounds like class A on any volume setting... rich defined and musical. | |
| Snap, Crackle, Pop - What is the cause? some of the vinyls were touched right after or during munching a burger that shed grease over the fingers... yak(burp) | |
| Power conditioning / surge protection if your area is affected by surges, you need an industrial grade surge protector such as TrippLite. all of these fancy units will serve the purpose of the clean power, but if bad will come to worse, you'll kiss your amp good buy. | |
| 60Hz humm in Sunfire SRA. replaced filter caps + reapplied solder in all of the boards eliminated humm. | |
| old newbie you can find Krell KAV300i within your price range. if you find it more expensive, than try to negotiate to your budget and you may succeed. |