mcintech
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| ISO advice for replacement fuse I used to work for several European HiFi brands and ALL their fuses were marked with a "T" to indicate 'time delay', AKA Slo Blo. Example: T3.15AL250VP on the fuse itself. Meaning 3.15A 250V slo blo to us Yanks.The sockets were also marked accordi... | |
| What more possibly could they offer consumers? I look forward to interactive TV's which integrate a cursor the user can point to items/actors/places on the screen and a window pops up saying what/whom/where that is. Be kinda cool to have instant access (to more completely useless information t... | |
| Dual volume control - it should be standard I can certainly understand the appeal from an engineering point (no stereo pot tracks perfectly throughout its range unless it's a stepped attenuator w/ individual resistors carefully matched), but I have too much OCD to keep leaving the sweet spo... | |
| Changer I whole heartedly agree with a Harman Kardon changer. Mine from 1995 sounds profound (I was US service for dCS and Nagra and never felt my lowly HK was embarrassed in any way!) Plus it decodes HDCD, which none of the Ultra HiFi units did.I have th... | |
| review of Eastern Electric M520 Hi,I am one of their Service Centers, and have not had an EE unit in for almost two years! Very special gear that hits way above its weight class.Their engineer is magical with his transformer knowledge. Some people really 'get it'. | |
| stripped allen wrench screws If the screws are not recessed, and you have replacement screws available, I recommend you buy a Dremel, and with the cut-off wheel attached, carefully cut a flat slice into the top of the screw so you can remove it with a flat-blade screwdriver.J... | |
| NAD C541 Tray Won't Open Hi, former NAD Service Center,If your belt has broken, here are the NAD Part Numbers (they had at one time a very high $20 min shipping fee on top of the part price, I guess since they are in Canada). C541: #4102-6111-0 "Square Belt"C541i: #4102-9... | |
| Recharging Nargra Pl-P The User Manual clearly states that in an emergency one could operate the PL-P on standard D-Cell alkalines, but I have never gotten one to even power up in that state.I personally own a PL-P Power Supply Charger (PL-P CCC3) that I can sell you as... | |
| Recharging Nargra Pl-P Norm,A clarification: since the PL-P uses rechargeable batteries, there is a charge monitoring circuit as well as just straight DC input, and therefore the PL-P must use a different supply (the CCC3) vs. the other non-battery Nagra units used the ... | |
| Recharging Nargra Pl-P Nagra USA service department replies;The average lifespan of the NiCAD batteries for the PL-P are 3-5 years max.The NiCad 'sticks' in the Nagra PL-P are spot welded then heatshrinked into a 4-cell stick. The CCC3 Power Supply's sole purpose in lif... | |
| What about a fan blowing over McIntosh 7205 AMP? Authorized McIntosh Service Tech here, and I seem to recall that the MC7505 runs very cool like most recent McIntosh Solid State amps. In my opinion your bias settings need to be looked at and I'd be willing to bet they are higher than the 13mV-15... | |
| quietest fan to use inside my enter ctr cabinet Another 120V fan, meaning no noisy AC adapter.http://www.hometheatercooling.com/PQFan.html | |
| Bob Dylan's Hifi? Likely a mono setup with some pronounced nasal coloration... | |
| Class D amps,bang for your buck ones Isn't "Bang for the Buck" the entire point of Class D? For very little engineering outlay, one can sell a decent sounding, high powered, extremely energy efficient amplifier that costs far less (or should!) than any normal Class A or AB solid stat... | |
| Under $500 - Used CDP or DAC/Transport? Recommend a Pre-loved Arcam DV-88. Superb sound, HDCD decoding and you have a great DVD player in a pinch. |