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| Millercarbon's Mega Vibration Control Journey MC, I have an issue that is going to be rising, same thing.. Leg on the speakers! I have 5 pieces that are on Queen Ann legs, there will be 9 total. 4 leg per. The cabinets vary from, hardwood, to MDF and HDF.I need to figure some type of magic fo... | |
| Subwoofer failure LOL, I'm with you.. it is tough to get an automotive unit audiofile "certified".. Is there such a thing? I say that tongue in cheek. :-)I would suggest that other than for your own personal "knowing", the (bass) section of most systems (250hz and ... | |
| Warm romantic & detailed OP what happens with the tone control. Set flat it does that?Are you using a silver clad wire? for speaker ICs?, Again are you using silver clad wire, in you IC between source and Pre, and pre amp to amp?.. All of those can add a lot of "BOIL to t... | |
| Power Conditioning / Surge Protection I wonder what "Balanced surge protection" is. Both 120vac legs are tied into the Power station? Neither can get a surge because both rails are protected? In case a piece of EQ wasn't on the same leg? Just wondering?Regards.. | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Vibration Control Journey millercarbon OP6,455 posts11-07-2020 11:35amThe early bird reads the good post. Got to be fast to beat the snowflakes and censors around here. oldhvymec triggered someone with his edifying and entertaining post, now removed, leaving us all the p... | |
| Subwoofer failure I use tuning phase plugs... They come loose eventually.. I use a quick JB Weld for the center and an o-ring (cut a grove in the backside of the phase plug) and super glue gel on the outside of the o-ring. So the super glue will set in about 4-5 mi... | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Vibration Control Journey I had just turned 12 years old. My father was just back from South East Asia. He had just retired. 3 guys and a female in a car, ran into the back of the car. we were in.. They were DRUNK... No biggie right... The three guys start swearing at my f... | |
| Rotating (not rolling) Tubes It's a good idea to check and rotate. Make sure they are staying matched, WHY? well the 2300 sounds a lot better with balanced HQ valves, at least in 'pairs". Good idea with a slight mod... My Macs all use 12AX7s, some the 12AT7 and 12AU7.. I norm... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? I check my own. I buy in lots and bulk, have for 40 + years. The folks here will chime in on Vendors that will check and MATCH your valves.DON'T pay a lot of money, but don't cheap out.. 12AT7s there is a slough of those around at good prices..and... | |
| Pick oldtimers memory. They have bump stops, they were popular, and 20-250 + - 3 db, 250 watt plate. They are more of a bass bin (wider range) 250 down. The kits had a 12" HE driver. I just googled the things.. Had a pretty good rep... The thing with a down firing driv... | |
| More power for moderate listening levels? If you go about it bassackwards as Chucky says you’re in for trouble. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A laug... | |
| How do you feel about a wheeled dolly permanently under large floorstanding speakers? I've taken a standard wooden dolly pocked the casters outside the cabinet. The actual cabinet was only raised 2". The base was 1 1/2 thick with 1/2" under, to clear.. I did a couple sets through the years.. An afternoon collecting stuff.... 1 2 X ... | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Vibration Control Journey turnbowm242 posts11-06-2020 6:48am@millercarbon - You never answered my question regarding SR, but I think the answer is rather clear. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<&... | |
| Quick fuse question Like I said no idea LOL I got a great idea. With my little experiment, I proved to myself that the fuse circuit inside a lot of older amps in particular, really limited the amps ability to work propper.. I NEVER had a failure that took out an amp ... | |
| Quick fuse question I know this, I have removed the fuse circuit a few times, and welded silver conductors, not soldered, WELDED, Silver wire to a silver dipped spade, via, joining the two with 99.99 9 silver... BIG difference, in sound..Not the wisest move, but it s... |