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| Balanced or Unbalanced? The principle advantage to using balanced vs unbalanced topology is that unwanted interference is presented common mode and subtacted out. So, if you have noticable interference, the balanced approach should show significant improvement over the u... | |
| Suggestions for "balanced" interconnects? BLue jean cable sells inexpensive ic's that they will terminate to your desired length. They work fine and are well made. | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? "I get the noise as soon as my preamp and amp are engaged, whether or not I have a source hooked up. Can I buy a cheap AV-style IC from Best Buy and and see if the cables are the problem, or are those low-end IC's they sell really shielded? Are th... | |
| Latest Stereophile - Recommended Components Azmoon: agreed - ok for entertainment value ( about on par with "UFO weekly"). It does provide one with model numbers of some equipment for further research. | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? When is the noise present? Always ? With or without a signal present ? For all sources ? etc. Does the volume of the noise change with a change in the position of the volume control? The first thing I would do is find out what the noise looks like... | |
| How much power is to much power? Likely the areas where you will have the most need for additional power is in large orchestral classical pieces. This is due to the wide dynamic range of such pieces. But the difference between a 140 watt amp and a 200 watt amp is not going to mat... | |
| My speakers don't "dissapear" Aren't you glad that you didn't waste a bunch of money on cables ? You used good common sense solutions instead of voodoo- and they did not cost you a cent. Good lesson learned. | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect I'd like to hear the explanation for a ground loop causing your lights to dim when your ac powers up. Ground loops cause 60 Hz hum due to unintended potentials introduced into the signal path - not your light to flicker when your ac kicks in. Soun... | |
| Your fast is your amp f rom 0-60 .? As to comments about SS gear taking more than a minute after power on to stabliize - whether temperature or otherwise - that should not happen. If you have equipment that does so then, whatever you paid for it you paid too much because it is very ... | |
| So whats your favorite music themed movie? The Hunger - Bach, Schubert, Delibes, Bauhaus. A Love and Death - Prokofiev. A Clockwork Orange - Beethoven. | |
| mc402 vs 501 monos vs mc 602 with B&W802d The 402 just barely makes it for the 802d if you like your sound loud. In auditioning the 402 with the 802d the power guard came on a couple of times on orchestral pieces. Of course this was a the limit of what the 802d would put out - about 110 s... | |
| Using bi-wire cables on non-biwirable speakers I agree with Eldartford with the caveat that if you run both conductors from the amp to the given speaker you will be doubling the cross section of the , thus providing a slightly lower resistance and reducing I^2R losses. This will likely not hav... | |
| Cardas Golden Reference - Reterminate? I have no idea how your cables are wired internally. You can take an ohmeter and find out. Typically, pin 1 is connected to the cable shield, pin 2 is connected to the non-inverted signal and pin 3 is connected to the inverted signal. Non-inverted... | |
| Power conditioning v re-generation; Shunyata v. PS Markny said "If the PS unit is producing new power from its battery - why do they recommend that I upgrade the power cord from the wall to the unit ? It would seem to not matter what is going in since it is totally re-created as new power from the... | |
| Cardas Golden Reference - Reterminate? Assuming your cable is terinated as a std xlr already - going to a non-balanced set up (again assuming that you are using RCA's on some ends of the cables) terminate the wires connected to pins 1 and 3 to the sleeve and pin 2 to the center condudu... |