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| In What Order Do You Turn On/Off Gear Separates ? Mary, please tell us what preamp and power amp you have. That may help you get the correct response for your situation. Some preamp manufacturer's absolutely recommend turning off the power amp first (and on second) because there can be a risk to ... | |
| In What Order Do You Turn On/Off Gear Separates ? Unless your tube preamp has a muting circuit, I would probably turn off the power amp before turning off the preamp, and turn the power amp on only after the preamp is turned on and fully powered up, to reduce the risk of damaging the power amp an... | |
| Are DIY Cables Worth It? To answer your question, as in most things audio, it depends (on your components, budget, length of runs, and other factors). IME, DIY cables can give you pretty good sonics at a fraction of the cost of comparable new cables, if you want to put th... | |
| Selling to someone in another country Rambone, you are lucky things have worked out for you. My problem was a purchase from a Canadian who neglicted to include a valid NAFTA agreement for goods manufactured in Canada. FedEx did not want to deliver the package until I hounded them for ... | |
| Selling to someone in another country I have had significant problems purchasing from Canada due to seller's lack of a NAFTA certificate, and subsequent duty, brokerage, and state tax fees I had to pay above the advertised item price and shipping costs. These costs were significant an... | |
| Isolation device under Ayre CX-7e? Harp on the bottom, Guinness on top, your basic half and half. | |
| Isolation device under Ayre CX-7e? Thats just great..., now I am going to have to visit a bunch of bars so I can evaluate the optimal bar coaster composition, and which one sounds the best. The potential bar coaster tweeks could be endless, does it sound better soaked in beer, vodk... | |
| How tubes influence sound Your question is quite broad-ranging, and there is really no simple one-fits-all answer. There are different circuit designs using tubes, different tubes and different utilization of the tubes. Some designers only use tubes in a portion of the cir... | |
| Ayre and McCormack ... a good match? Hi John, your point is well taken. I wish I had considered that option at the time I posted, but I was in a hurry and just plain didn't think of it. At the time I thought it would be better to be up front that I was selling one. However, after rea... | |
| Ayre and McCormack ... a good match? Ok, this is a shameless plug, but the comments are true. Disclaimer - I am currently selling this;http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?preatran&1171971732&itemI have recently tried the K-5xe with my DNA 500 and thought it performed very w... | |
| CD player upgrade/ Arcam vs. Ayre I also own the CX-7e, and while I find it of similar quality to my previous Muse 10 I discussed in this post last July, it is different sounding in a good way. I would say the Ayre has better resolution and definitely deeper bass. The only thing I... | |
| adding a fan to an enclosed cabinet Kgproperties, very cool implementation of a ventilation system. Depending on one's situation, the fan could actually be mounted in a basement, if the hose can be run through the wall and/or floor. By placing the cabinet openings at the bottom, siz... | |
| adding a fan to an enclosed cabinet This is like Deja-vu. I have a cabinet similar to Sonofnorway, purchased the variable dc power supply from Radio Shack like Chadnliz's friend, and use the exact fan pictured in the link by Mijknarf. The only thing I can add is whether you blow in ... | |
| Isolation device under Ayre CX-7e? Mine sits on 3 myrtle blocks, which are placed on a Black Diamond slab, which rests on top of a Zoethecus Z slab, which is on the wood shelf to my rack. Probably could do without either the Black Diamond slab or the Z slab, but it sounds just fine. | |
| Preamp Quandary - sonics vs. ergonomics?? Can't do that with the DNA 500, per Steve McCormack -"I usually design my amps with a 100K input impedance for maximum compatibility, but using the Jensen (or Lundahl) input transformers forces a shift to 10K (at least for the 1:1 types I prefer).... |