minorl
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| Monster Regret!! Monster made decent equipment. nothing wrong with it. There are better equipment out there and also worse.A point of clarification, Ground Loops are not caused by connecting to different outlets. Ground loops are caused (mostly) by poorly design... | |
| Question For Those In The Know About Audio Research Power Amps First, I'm pretty certain that the factory warranty for REF 110 amps is long past. Second, this is a clear example of us needing to do our homework before purchasing. a quick initial inquiry to Audio Research before purchasing would tell one whet... | |
| 2 different Bedini 150/150 Mk II Amps The instructions make very good sense and are correct for that amp. You either need the schematic or if you understand circuit design and layout, you can see clearly the emitter resistors. However, since, you don't know an emitter resistor from a... | |
| Audio Research REF 3 worth buying today? Yes!!!!! The REF 3 Retubed is still an excellent pre-amp that out performs many of the newer pre-amps today. If you can find one for a good price, get it.I did direct A/B Comparisons between the retubed REF3, REF 5, REF 5SE and REF 6 and let me t... | |
| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? When I visit my good friends out of town or out of state, it is always enjoyable to listen to their excellent systems, while have a good glass of wine. That is great.when I'm home, it is typically by myself and that is also very nice with wine an... | |
| Output test on amp Also, you want to measure this directly from the amp, not through the pre-amp to the amp.in addition, if you really want this done right. use a Osciloscope instead of a DB meter.But, we are talking inexpensive here. So a Radio Shack DB meter (or... | |
| Output test on amp An inexpensive signal generator is what you need.Connect the signal generator to the amp, with level all the way down.Get a DB level meter and from the lowest frequency to the highest, go for it.Set it at 1KHZ first and a decent output level from ... | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? @rushfan21, apologies if you didn't appreciate my contribution, however, the subject was not audio, but how one was treated. So I added my contribution to let some know that for you it is rare, but sometimes (in the past) often at some audio stor... | |
| Should people who can't solder, build or test their speakers be considered audiophiles? some of these responses are pretty funny.Also, many cars don't have spare tires anymore because the manufacturer is supplying the cars with run flat tires. After re-reading the OP's original post, I do believe he was having a bit of fun with the ... | |
| 2 different Bedini 150/150 Mk II Amps I believe the upgrade path on the transistors were:1. MJ15024 to,2. MJ21194.Those were NPN transistors. Verify on your amp if they were NPN or PNP. I believe he used the same design on his amps with both rails using NPN output drivers in a nic... | |
| Ever feel like a "low dollar" customer that your dealer doesn't think worth their time? My experiences mimic'd many of the ones presented here. My philosophy is that I refuse to pay for bad service. Anywhere. I've nurtured relationships with certain dealers to the point where they (two) actually let me go to the extremely high end... | |
| Advice/Warnings for a newbie hook the system up first as-is and take some serious time to listen and enjoy. Then start listening for anything you feel may be missing or off, if that exist at all. I don't think it will be much.Then, and only then, start playing around with t... | |
| Any alternative to Radio Shack sound level meter? You are absolutely correct. But, if you don't know what the problems are especially peaks and holes in your system/room response, you are stabbing in the dark.but, you are right. fixing it is serious business. Room correction has got to be the ... | |
| Best debut album Nina Simone; Little Girl BlueRoberta Flack: First Takeenjoy | |
| In your experience, what is the best Pioneer Elite units of Audiophile quality? 1. DV-09; Extremely overbuilt and excellent as a transport. hard to beat even today. 2. DV-79AVI: All around excellent transport and excellent as a CD player. Very nice internal DACS.3. BDP-95 FD: very nice unit 4. BDP-09 FD: This is th... |