mrdecibel
Responses from mrdecibel
| McIntosh MC2152 power amp technical question No responses. If I were you, I would contact Mcintosh. | |
| Speaker Volume I have tried a few phone apps to use, but heavily rely on my Radio Shack meter. A few good meters are available, starting at $20, going up to double, that I feel are superior to using the phone apps. My feeling is that the phones ( the built in mi... | |
| New Tortuga passive/active tube pre looks like a winner This Tortuga might be perfect for you, as you seem to like tubes, but this is not a 100 % passive pre, imo. The attachment above, to the piece, even indicates, in the 1st paragraph of the description, it is an active tube preamp. | |
| Speaker Volume The Persona B is a high quality bookshelf, stand mounted ( preferable ) speaker that has a bass limit to 60hz, + or - 2db. Not a cranking type speaker, ime. Your Nad is 140 watt Nad power, so this should not the problem. I would run the speakers, ... | |
| Where do I start!?! To the OP. With the gear your father ( not father in law ), has graciously and lovingly given you, you should feel special, and lucky. With that, you need to do your own do diligence, and research the amps and speakers, to determine what Mcintosh ... | |
| Can someone figure out the gain of this amp? Glad to hear it. The SYS, along with the additional set of cables, would obviously be detrimental to the sound, other than for the purpose you initially intended. You should have, an almost new system, with it opening up. Enjoy ! MrD. | |
| Power amplifiers with selector Class of operation? roberjerman, whether you think so, or not, speaker switching, brings the speaker output wiring, to the front, and then, back, to the rear of the amplifier, and, this, limits current, affects damping, and can only add / pick up noise. In your very ... | |
| Power amplifiers with selector Class of operation? I never liked switches. Why do so many Japanese power amplifiers and integrated amplifiers " still " use speaker switching ? ( I know this is different that the bias switching being talked about ). | |
| Can someone figure out the gain of this amp? Abery, I am not sure why you do not just try a " better quality " passive pre ( my Luminous is totally invisible, and fabulous ). I am not stating additional gain ( preamp ) is bad, but speakers such as yours, and the high gain of the STA200 ( not... | |
| Parasound A23 amp output fused?? Yogiboy, the sub works with another amplifier, as the OP indicated. OP, If the amplifier was in bridged mode driving the sub, the HSU might have an impedance that is lower than the bridged amp can handle. | |
| Parasound A23 amp output fused?? Been quite awhile since I have been inside an A23. If I recall, the amp does not use output fuses, but instead uses output relays. You should hear these relays, within 3 to 5 seconds, click on when you turn on the amp. If you do not hear them clic... | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load And still, no one commented, as likely, did not read, the two reviews I mentioned were worth reading, having to do with the Merrill 118s ), on page one of this thread. | |
| What Class D amps will drive a 2 ohm load FYI. The Merrill 114 is a single chassis, stereo, power amplifier. It has been mentioned a few times here, stating the 114 amps are mono blocks. Talk about 5th grade reading levels...lol.....why can't discussions of audio stuff, hifi stuff and mus... | |
| Hi-Fi Lo-Fi n80.. a very honest and admirable response. I still believe, at " retail "pricing, your gear that was acquired, was over 20 K, based on my familiarity with the gear, as well as some research. And, never hard feelings. The past is the past, an I en... | |
| Hi-Fi Lo-Fi dsper, you spent $6200. You over paid. I could have gotten it all for $3851. 23, lol. To the OP....you and I have been on a roller coaster here, with many " differences of opinion ". Generally, with your " doctor stuff ", pointing fingers at me, a... |