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| Breaking in power cords FWIW, IMHO, worrying about powercord break-in is about as anal a concern as anything I have ever seen in this hobby! :-) | |
| Same CD/Album or Music ,In cable comparison, Its only important that (1) you have a system which is sufficiently resolved to reveal the differences, (2) that you know the record you are listening to "by heart", and (3)you know what you are listening for. There are too many varibles involved ... | |
| Hum or buzz through speakers If the input sensitivity of the McCormack is higher than the B&K it is quite possible that, as Steve Mc said, you are now hearing the noise floor of your pre-amp a bit more than before, although usually this is more hiss than buzz. See what ha... | |
| Left channel much louder than right? It is probably due to improper compensating forces to offset the cartridges natural desire to drift to the outside of the groove. As I recall your arm doesn't have built in anti skating compensation but the manufacture does have sugestions for doi... | |
| Hum or buzz through speakers Did you try putting a cheater plug on the amp PC. Only costs a couple of bucks at the local hardware store and is usually quite effective. That is what I meant by "floating the ground" as the cheater plug removes the ground from the circuit. This ... | |
| Room size-how do I determine speaker size? Generally speaking you couldn't have picked a more difficult size room to work with. You will have some suck outs and boomyness. Monitors usually work best because they are easier to place than floorstanders and don't excite the low end as much. O... | |
| How hard should I be scrubbing my...... Be gentle. Let the brush and the liquid do the work for you. If you have a lot of dirty records from new purchases etc, buy a record cleaner. Its well worth it. | |
| how do i know when my tubes are going bad? The dulling is usually indicative of the need for new driver tubes as you seemed to suspect. You might also check out the bias of the output tubes - they could be getting old as well. Consider EI's as replacements for the 12ax7's - they are chap a... | |
| Books, tutorial on biasing my tube amp HELP What you really need is instructions from the manufacturer of the amp. ARC's aren't a walk in the park, biasing wise. Contact ARC and buy a copy of their instruction manual. | |
| break in quicksiver v4`s The best way to beak in tube amps is thru normal use. They will be improving with age for some time, no need to get in a hurry and unnecessarily waste power tube life. Also, give your amps at least a half hour to warm up (playing music) before you... | |
| Sorry - a couple more newbie analog questions To follow on Rushton's last paragraph, it could be that some of the other set up criteria aren't spot on, i.e. asmuth and overhang. If your cartridge is properly set up you shouldn't hear much if any distortion. Brightness, lack of bass, for lack ... | |
| Amps Power Conditioners and Lightning, what to do? Most dedicated lines of which I am aware originate in the service panel for the whole house. You could have your electric company drop another service line from the transformer and have a second panel but that would cost a bit and I'm dubious that... | |
| Amps Power Conditioners and Lightning, what to do? We, here's a cheap solution with no down side that I'm aware of, other than its not idiot proof. When you put in your dedicated lines mark the circuit breaker in the main panel. When you have a lightning storm, or are leaving home when one might o... | |
| Power Cords for Sonic Frontiers Gear I used heavy guage 9' lenghts of Belden and frankly couldn't hear enuf, if any difference, between these and more costly stuff which would justify the cost. Try some, should cost less that $30 for a pair. At least you will have a bench mark for li... | |
| Gold Aero tubes?? If they are were relabled tubes sold by Gold Aero in the 90's they could well be Siemans (at least mine are). |