minorl
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| Does it bother you? Doesn't bother me at all. Some recordings are just bad. Because of the equipment used by some recording studios and equipment used by the artist themselves. Some (most) are not audiophiles and are not interested at all in the detailed sound qualit... | |
| If you solicit offers, shouldn't you respond? Sorry, but some offers don't warrant a response. It isn't rude to not respond some times. Some times it isn't work the effort or heart ache. Some people want to haggle. While others list at a "selling price" don't want to haggle or don't have room... | |
| repair Gary at Musical Fidelity in Culver City. | |
| Power supply to Amplifier Dedicated line with its own hot, neutral and ground back to the panel. Don't let the electrician share neutrals with some other circuit. | |
| Tube amp down, need guidance from the experienced 5 to 6000 hours on the tubes???? Wow. Who told you that the tubes have a useful life that long? I think you really were pushing your luck. Manufacturers will give an estimated life range for the tubes they use and will include a "fudge factor" amo... | |
| Manufacturer Repairs? What is a reasonable time? I agree with Zd542. If you feel that this is entirely too long to wait and they won't give you a reasonable estimate for repair time, then maybe it is time to ship it back to you. A decent repair facility can diagnose and repair an amp. Any amp. M... | |
| Pioneer PD-65 & Parasound z-dac Sorry, the Pioneer Elite PD 65 is number 8 on the list. | |
| Pioneer PD-65 & Parasound z-dac My PD65 works just great in my office system. Decent as a transport. However, I compared several CD/DVD players as transports into my separate DAC and the results are:1. Pioneer Elite DV79AVI2. Mark Levinson No. 393. Pioneer Elite DV09 Wonderful u... | |
| Manufacturer Repairs? What is a reasonable time? I'm curious as to how you know that "one channel not working" is a "minor repair"? It is not as if the company has their employees just sitting around playing card games. If they have a long queue of repairs, it is typically, first in first out. S... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss I have to tell you that this tube vs solid state discussion and other discussions are typically biased against solid state and towards tube. As I have mentioned previously in other posts, I have heard many excellent tube amps. But, I have also hea... | |
| Chinook vs AR PH5/6 No one mentioned the AR PH6. I have it my system and it is quite nice. I haven't compared it against the other two listed above, since I was replacing my AR PH3 at the time. I have heard the AR REF Phono 2 and it is quite another much much higher ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines There are many ways that noise can be added to the power lines. Large industrial motors, generators on the system, etc. However, when in your home, it can come from florescent lighting, refrigerator motors, microwaves, etc. You can actually scope ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Bifwynne; In response to your question, the answer is no, the signals will not be out of phase if connected to different phases of the electrical panel. I suggest to the OP to be very clear in the instructions to the electrician. If you want 10 ga... | |
| New CD player or new external DAC ? Can you "borrow" some CD or DVD players and DACS to try out in your home system. Take some home, connect them and A/B compare them with your existing equipment to hear the difference in your system for yourself. First, borrow a decent DAC and try ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines This is really interesting reading all the posts and suggestions. 1) show me evidence where connecting electronics on the panel as balanced loads split evenly between phases actually causes ground loops and noise. I would bet money that this is an... |