minorl
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| 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... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines I've been at this for quite some time and have experienced absolutely no problems splitting the load at the panel. First, I am a qualified electrician also and this is a basic element. Second, a dedicated line is just that. It can be run from eith... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines You won't get a ground loop by running lines on opposite circuits from the panel. The ground is the same. Most, if not all qualified electricians will calculate the load of the circuits and split them at the panel to keep the house loads approxima... | |
| Better sounding after 1 hour Yes, music from equipment does sound much better if it is allowed to warm up for a substantial period of time. The length is totally up to the specific person's taste. For me 30 minutes to an hour and I am very happy. Quite honestly, for my equipm... | |
| What's improved the most? In my opinion, the greatest improvements have been the design and quality of specific components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors (especially transistors), cabling, speaker driver technology and speaker cabinetry design along ... | |
| price point to move to separates vs integrated I didn't see any mention of space. This is one of the main reasons why people get integrated amps. Separate pre-amp and power amps take up space, where integrated will not. There are some very nice integrated amps out there. You should investigate... | |
| What reviews do you trust if any? I always review the technical aspects of the review to see if the equipment is performing as the designer intended and is also performing as is should based on what it is. I'm not going to purchase any equipment that has rediculous distortion or i... | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Go to your friendly neighborhood Radio Shack and buy their relatively inexpensive sound level meter and get the Stereophile Test CD and run it on your system and in your room to see what is happening. You can get on the Stereophile web site and or... | |
| What should I upgrade next? What specifically is missing from the sound of your system? It appears that your system is very nice indeed. I agree that room tweaking is very important. Also, you may want to borrow a nice DAC to see if that makes an appreciable difference in so... | |
| Replacing my Martin Logan SL3 speakers. The Prodigy's are a different game altogether. Try them. I don't know about this lack of support from ML. I've never had any problem or issues with their support staff. I've owned Sequel IIs and currently own a pair of Monolith IIIXs for quite som... | |
| Replacing my Martin Logan SL3 speakers. Why are you replacing the SL3s with box speakers? Why not grab a pair of Prodigy's used for less than $5,000? | |
| Identify this hum, please I agree with Atmasphere's approach. | |
| Audio Research Ref 250s for Magnepan 20.1s? Take a paire of REF 250s home and demo them in your system. Any dealer worth their salt will let you take a pair home for a week or so. You will find these amps to be absolutely wonderful. Also, if you are listening solely to vinyl, then you might... |