miket2us
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| Quiet fan to cool amp and preamp? I have seen some good looking and quiet 19' rackmount fans for computer servers or studio equipement. the nice thing is they have a power switch and come in 1U and up the nice thing is they usually multiple small fans so you can run them at low sp... | |
| Preamp mods/Why capacitors? Capacitors are very much like batteries in how they function and even in chemistry (i.e. electrolytic) so no wonder they wear out. Some caps dry up over time especially if they get hot (i.e.Tantalum). There as been a lot of improvement in capacito... | |
| Any good gear made in Taiwan? Classicjazz brought an intersting point, any gear using fancy semiconductors needs the right assembly line/equipmentthe packaging technology on new IC's puts it out of reach for the garage operations to assemble. I don't think that applies to ampl... | |
| calling all audiophiles Correct me if I am wrong but people seem to confuse spikes, noise and thunder. Thunder or excessive spikes are easy to control as they are usually adressed by devices in parallel with the line so they short when a high voltage hits MOV and gas tub... | |
| What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose I hope someone from the other side of the fence (manufacturer) reads this thread as there are some intersting views being shared. I personally believe that largely due to technology it is becoming harder to build crap. not that technology alone ma... | |
| Will the HDCD format survive This is a great forum, there is enough knowledge here that if you read trough a thread you will usually end up with enough knowledge to draw your own conclusions, especially on questions related to the future,which unless you own a crystal ball (a... |