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| How many watts is my system using? Maybe this will help with the "time" or "rate" question. The unit you are speaking of, the watt, is a unit of power. Power is energy per unit time. 1 watt is 1 joule per 1 second. So time is "built into" the "watt". That is, the watt is, by defini... | |
| Power Conditioner and Surge Protector Surge protection is not a bad idea. However most of the damage I have seen (many years in an engineering capacity and background is BSEE) involves nearby lightning coupled via phone lines. Problem is that this is not all that easy to protect again... | |
| speakers for classical music Got a chance to listen to several active speakers this weekend. Looks like this may be the way to go. Out of the bunch the genelec 8040 sounded the best - a great sounding little speaker - detailed, clean, and sounded good at low and high spl's. A... | |
| Power conditioner or not? As to the individual who initially asked the question. You may want to consider contacting a design engineer at the manufacturer(s) of your equipment or the equipment that you are thinking about purchasing and posing your question to that individu... | |
| Power conditioner or not? Physics and science are not changed by the application. Audio is not rocket science. | |
| why not use biamped studio monitors? For Pacific Island Audio and Dr. Joe - what distance to the speakers (near field) and what genre of music do you listen to ? | |
| Power conditioner or not? Power conditioning is what you have a power supply for in you amp, receivere, preamp, etc. Unless you have poorly designed equipment (and that is highly unlikely if it retails for more than $100) or live above a machine shop with large lathes oper... | |
| why not use biamped studio monitors? Very good question - I am thinking the same thing. The amps are matched to the drivers, flat frequency response, highly accurrate. It appears to me that if one wants to hear what is on the source a studio monitor is unsurpassed. Furthermore, the a... | |
| To biwire or not to biwire, that is the question?? Biamping makes engineering sense - biwiring does not. | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Depends on what source you want. Assuming you are going with a cd only - spend no more than $500 there, between $1000 and $1500 on the amp (stay integrated) and between $2000 and $2500 on the speakers. Keep only enough left for speaker wire (#12 o... | |
| speakers for classical music Interesting responses. Narrowing the field a little. Not interested in horns, electrostats, personal (vs established company) designs etc. Speaker must sound good for both 105 db orchestral and 70 db chamber. Not interested in opinions from those ... | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? As to those persons running a Mcintosh 402 - what preamp are you currently using ? Has anyone tried a C45 or C46 and, if so, what are the results and any comment as to the differences between the 2 (i.e. any advantage to spending the extra $ for t... | |
| speakers for classical music Does anyone drive sonus or vienna speakers with mcintosh mc402 - how are the results? | |
| speakers for classical music What are good models and manufacturer's for actives? Will active's also sound good at low volumes. It would be nice to have the same set of speakers for Mahler's 2nd symphony at 100 db and a shubert trio in the early morning at 70 db? I have heard... | |
| speakers for classical music for the person recommending vienna acoustics - what electronics work well for those speakers (mahlers and something smaller)- both amp and preamp? And in general what are people who listen to classical music using to drive their speakers? Tastes r... |