oldhvymec
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| Help with Hum issues. Is this an XLR, or RCA setup? I've had both make a lot of noise.You've swapped everything out and you still have the noise?Speakers?Speaker wire (cable)?Power amp?Preamp?I see you changed wire. Which wire, (cable) did you swap? How cheap is the ca... | |
| Looking For Advice After Dumb Vandy Purchase Does anyone have a schematic of the crossover? I know I can figure one out from there. For 1200 dollars a pop.. I'd be looking, and building, my own. I'm sure there is a workaround and from the pic I saw.. AND better than factory.. Full of Wima c... | |
| Suggestions on Integrated Amp./Seperates to Run my Klipschorns Three times I’ve had sit downs with corner horns. All three times were Mac, MC30, 60 and MC240. It was a toss up for me, between the 30 and the 240.. My oh My.. they can light up a room. Something about a great 6L6 valve. Tones the highs down a bi... | |
| ??? Wood Plinths: Layers: 7/2/1 ? Wood Type: Solid or Veneer or Vinyl Wrap wood look ? I use stair flats, 3/4 butcher block black oak, with 1/8" red oak veneers and a 1 x 1" red oak toe kick. I can swap the top and use, 121.124 Thoren, Any of the Russco, Sparta, QRC, Garrard 301, 401..Then I uses a good BR high bubble count, to line... | |
| Power Amplifier To Pair with Klipsch KLF-20's I’m running 94% with planars. I have a 5800, that is quiet as a mouse.That is a great amp... I’m sure you looked at the routing of the IC and PC.My Adcom would show an IC problem. GOOD XLRs or shielded (only one direction) with RCAs, or noise.Mine... | |
| Why not more dealers take trade ins? Something to consider,I had a shop and repaired equipment. If the equipment was used, or taken in as a trade, the SELLER had some obligations, in brick and mortar stores. I had to be listed as a Pawnbroker on my business license. Where I did bus... | |
| if you remove 100% brick wall limiting from digital audio will it sound like vinyl And if upsampling to dsd moves the noise well above 22khz will downsampling back to 16/44 flac using a high pass filter to remove all noise above 22khz remove the digital brick limiting and sound more like vinyl. 22Khz that is way up there. I ... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life Just like a little kid. WHY?Why do I (you) listen to music?Do you like music? Does the music sound the way you like?Does it HAVE to be right?Can you get it to sound the way you want?Do you like to tinker, and tinker and tinker to get it RIGHT?Are... | |
| What could cause this amp to fail? You know static discharge is never good. Just a little moisture in the air goes a long ways.. You have a fix, you raised them up.. As long as the conductors and binding post aren't touching the floor or carpet, your good. I like enough room to be ... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player puffbojie OP71 posts06-02-2020 9:16amWhy does a good CD player make a difference? Does it have a magical dac or is it how it reads the information? You asked me what I use. I use a good deck. One of the biggest bangs for the buck is Sony ES se... | |
| Big source improvement using CD player So you want a good SACD, for spinning silver disk, right.You have Spotify and the CD sounds better? Does it have to do both?A CD I have a great little nugget, if that's what you want.Regards | |
| What could cause this amp to fail? I also bought a used Perreaux EX-120 (circa 1994 MOSFET Class AB 100wpc) Integrated amp on ebay for pretty cheap.1994, you want your money back? I'm surprised. 26 year old amp you picked up CHEAP.To bad it failed. The carpet thing... not damp ... | |
| Replacement Tubes for ARC Reference 6 Your unit tracks tube life? About 2000 on the 6550 and 4000 on the 6H30P. Why on earth that valve, duno.. They're expensive, can't use any other valves either. KT88 are not recommended either. 6550s, and 6H30P only.Regards | |
| Is being an audiophile a disease? OCD, oh yea.. disease no, disorder yes. The old Corner horns, cost a fortune today, Garrard 301 and old Victrola.. I have 2 of the 3....If you have all 3 then head for the hospital..Another thing, there is no garbage cans in a true audio nutters h... | |
| Tube amp - tube socket problem Clean and tighten the pin pockets, It’s not hard at all.YouTube it..If the noise is still there, you might need to have a solder joint repaired or the worst case a socket replaced..Regards |