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| System to system Not a good idea to hook your speakers up in parallel to two amplifier outputs. That one amp is off will not negate the difference in impedance caused by this setup. What you are trying to do, I assume, is have the capability of driving your speake... | |
| "Audiophile" Printer - But Interfering with AC? Your printer problem intrigued me so I measured the current draw of my HP. At power up, after being off for 12 hours, the peak current was slightly higher than 5 amps. This was the steady state current when printing. When not printing it dropped t... | |
| Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats? I have no difficulty believing Magfan's experience. But that is not what is generally referred to as speaker break in. The switching of stereo image rapidly back and forth sounds more like an impedance problem likely to a connection. Also likely i... | |
| EMI FIELDS A correction to my post of 2 minutes ago. With regard to the wrist strap, for your application do not attach the wrist strap to the chassis of the unit. Rather attach it to ground at some other point. Of course you really don't need the wrist stra... | |
| EMI FIELDS Not by merely putting the fabric on the top of the unit. Enclosing an measurement set up in a conductive mesh (called a Faraday cage) is a good solution when dealing with low level signals. In a lab to which I provided engineering services, they m... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? Sounds like you already have the proper approach and are a rationale consumer; as evidenced by your comment about the Wilson Cubs. Biwiring does not make any sense from an engineering standpoint. The theories used to support biwiring are pretty mu... | |
| "Audiophile" Printer - But Interfering with AC? I have an HP laser printer on the same circuit as my audio system and have never experienced dimming of lights or any other noticiable effect. Nor have I ever seen this happen in any other setting. Your printer should not draw that much current. Y... | |
| How would you run an audio salon? How would I run an audio salon? At a loss. I would only enter that business as a retirement venture for the enjoyment. And I would enter it expecting to lose money - which is not all that unusual in retirement ventures. Given the trends with a lot... | |
| Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats? Speaker break in will be the same because what is being broken in is the listener not the speaker. Neither the transducers nor, in particular, the crossover components should change after the first 2 seconds of use, unless they have been just take... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Pubul57: Thought I would respond to your statement which seemed to indicate that you felt that you did not have a lot of knowledge as to double blind tests. The "double" in double blind means that neither the researchers (those administering the t... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones Magfan - I know I am a bit too shy in my approach and often do not make my point; alas, it's a fault, but what's a mother to do? Thanks for the reminder of repeatability - I knew there was a reason that most of the work I did for medical researche... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones By the way, if I am mistaken as to the location of the fuse of which you speak, and it is indeed neither a line fuse nor, for that matter, a fuse for one of the rails, then it makes perfect sense that the gold endcaps would make a difference. I wa... | |
| fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones I hope this fuse of which you speak is not a line fuse. If it indeed a line fuse there is no reason to pay more than a couple of bucks max. The idea that a line fuse made out of gold will somehow improve the sound is ridiculous. What exactly do yo... | |
| Power problems.... Ground, dedicated lines, ect I am not sure what you mean by a "local" electrician, but there isn't a much simpler task than installing a couple of outlets so if the person is in business and has been doing it for a while it is highly unlikely that he got it wrong. Lights dimm... | |
| Which of Ravel's Bolero CD should I get? I second the recomendation for Lopez Cobos. Actually three conductors with the Cincinnati Symphony did a nice job. I lived in Cincy for a number of years attended probably 50 or so classical concerts at Music Hall and quite a few in the Summer in ... |