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| ideal voltage for SS How are you measuring? To neutral or ground? The difference might be due to something running to the neutral. Should be referenced to ground.American residential has 2 phases of "115" volt, cumulative to 230. Possibly an imbalance between them tha... | |
| TVC Gain effects The additional 6 dB of gain affects impedance issues for the worse. For the S&B, the input impedance would be 2500 and the output impedance increases. Obviously, that isn't a problem or you prefer the frequency extremes slightly rolled off. | |
| Up & Over sampling Is one superior to the other? Sorry. No habla generalizations. | |
| What is the best CD player under $2000 ? I looked at the Cambridge 840c and read some reviews. Looks promising. The upsampler is the newest generation and it uses dual differential DACs. | |
| CDP's that have Digital Inputs Cambridge 840c with newest generation Anagram upsampler. | |
| dedicated outlet cost I cheated. The main panel was full, obsolete and buried in the bedroom wall.Split off from the 230V/40A oven line and ran 6/3 in the crawl space up to a subpanel in a closet. Dual 15A breakers to the 5KVA transformer and have "balanced" AC on both... | |
| bass traps..which wall first That's not what I meant. You were asking about bass traps and foam just doesn't work for bass. It's mostly air but it works fine for mid to high frequencies and would be the choice for reducing highs without affecting lower mids. Denser material a... | |
| bass traps..which wall first Foam is NOT a bass trap, unless it's 4' thick. Cotton, compressed fiberglass (703/705) or mineral wool are denser and wideband but become less effective below 200Hz. Even the commercially available membrane traps are limited due to shipping size a... | |
| bass traps..which wall first Behind the speaker,in the corners, I prefer something soft and wideband. Then, behind the listener, membrane traps for deeper bass. Both can be combined if you're going DIY. | |
| Bass traps Does the bass sound different in various locations in the room?The second step would be to get a Radio Shack SPL meter and a test tone CD or software and determine if there is any suckout at the listening position and elsewhere. The severity of th... | |
| Question about video scalers You could run the signal through a coumputer and TV card (I'm not sure if Hauppage PVR has ouputs back to TV) along with a shareware program called DScaler. There might be sound sync problems due to computing time, so a very fast computer is needed. | |
| Upgrading Sonic Frontiers Line 3SE to ??? The Line 3 is certainly not shy in bass and dynamics. I've heard tighter bass but I would look more at the amp/speakers. Have you tried tube rolling? | |
| Review: Dunlavy Audio Labs Dunlavy IVa crossover modification Thanks. I'll try to convince my friend to contribute what he's done for his SC III's. I know he found some exotic military caps and ribbon tweeters. | |
| voltage transformer and tube gear I should have mentioned that transformers can have an audible hum due to internal and external factors, but espescially when overworked. One might be quiet in one spot and be noisy somewhere else. Good grounding helps. Ideally, they should be in a... | |
| Kappa 8 amp suggestion Carver Lightstar or A-760 Aragon Palladiums or 8008BBUnfortunately, your budget and the demands of the speaker preclude some of the more refined amps. The crossover is low enough to allow biamping in the future with Paradigm X-30. Even with biampi... |