njonker
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| P300 Users: where do you place the unit? I have mine on a dedicated shelf above the power apm below the pre-amp. With pre-amp and CD player connected it delivers about 110W, gets a bit warm but not too bad. Looks good, works fine. (Mine has no fan, no multiwave, outputs 110W at 90Hz 24/7... | |
| XLR vs RCA I am not an expert in this area, but here's what I know.In a single-ended setup, there is one wire which caries alle the audio signal, and the hield which is usually tied to ground. The shield is there to keep RF noise out. This solution is not 10... | |
| How often do you upgrade your other passions? Is buying new music an 'upgrade'? If so, I think there are probably few hobbies that go through as many 'upgrades' as this one. ;) | |
| Has your system changed the music you listen to? I guess for me it was organ music. I used to hate organ recordings, becuase they just never sounded right. As the system got better, especially the power amp and speakers, I found myself listening to organ music more often cause it sounded like it... | |
| PsAudio 300? I have owned a PowerPlant 300 for over a year now. When I bought it, I was a skeptic. I found it here at a good price, and figured I would try it, dislike it, and resell it. Here is is a year later, I am keeping it. I run my CD Player and Pre on t... | |
| How do you get Good Sound from a PC ? I use a Mark Of The Unicorn 828 hooked up to the computer through FireWire. It has 8 channels of balanced / unbalanced I/O and built-in D/A and A/D converters and works nicely. It also supports LightPipe I/O which allows you to use an External A/D... | |
| Apple's Wireless Air Port The only negative effect I have seen from having WiFi (The technology the airport uses) and HiFi together is the interaction between one of those wireless Video Extension devices I was using and the WiFi stuff cause they were running on overlappin... | |
| Converting S-Video to Component?? Yes there are. One company that sells them is Smarthome, they have a few versions, ranging in price from $50 or less to several hundred dollars. You can also go to Radio Shack and buy a distribution amplifier for $40 or so. I bought one of these, ... | |
| Headphones and amp questions I have tried the Grados and Sennheisers with the XCan and XCan 2 amps, and did not like either combo that much. I finally settled on the 600s for phones and a Headroom Max for the amp. I have not yet found anything better. | |
| Can an FM Tuner be "hot-rodded" long distance??? There are a couple of things you can do. Probably the simplest thing you can do is to get an RF amplifier which you can hookup between your antenna and your tuner. These can be had from Radio shack and the like, and may help. Next step would be to... | |
| Experiences with your "Better Halves" My wife actually instruced our cleaning lady to not move the speakers. I found out because the cleaning lady came and complained to me. So I asked my wife why she did this, because I had never openly complained about having to move the speakers ba... | |
| Do power conditioners really help? I tried numerous power conditioners and did not have too much luck with them. The inserted the PS Audio PowerPlant in front of my CD Player and Preamp. I bought it used, thinking I'd be selling it in a few days, but it's amazing and will stay. Mor... | |
| "Pro" Active Monitors Just to give you a different point of reference, I own a pair of Mackie HR-824 active monitors which I have used for a few years now in sound editing and production work. I love them because they are detailed and image beautifully when they are se... | |
| Advice on how to get FedEx to pay up on damage I have ample experience with FedEx and the like damaging very expensive equipment. If it was insured, you can proof it was working prior to shipping, and you can proof it was packed OK, you just go through the lengthy claims process which will tak... | |
| 120Volts to 220Volts? You have a few options here, you already mentioned the option of a transformer. If you do this, you should probably consider a servo controlled variable transformer, which will ensure that any variances in the source voltage will not translate to ... |