oldhvymec
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| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers The cables have different inductor values, and maybe a little different HF inline XO. Yup, Snap, Crackle, POP, just like the cereal. ;-)Do the Douglas Fargo on Eureka. LOL...Regards | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R I just received Solen 700 v 2. uf silver polyprops in the mail for the V12.Signal coupling caps. They are some good caps,The new upgraded PS with the Superfred. I used turret board and alu angle for the mount.. ;-)The Silver/gold supremes went fr... | |
| How to protect my amp without changing the sound? You must really have some good ears.Nuclear sub +1, problem is parking, two blocks..Diesel generators have some of the dirtiest power you can get. MQ Whisper, Cat is the best. 100,000.00 for a 50k.. City won't allow for diesel generators. Only as... | |
| Adcom GFA 5800 AMP Fix it, great amp, lots of power, sound great. I still have a stack of Adcoms, 5500, 5800, 565s, 7500. Old but good. They do run hot, and spin a meter pretty good. 565s are 2 ohm stable have to add fans. You can fry eggs on those.There are a few ... | |
| Emotiva Xpa 2 Gen 3 power amp From Emotiva to Pass, I bet there was a big change. We’re talkin’ Morris Minor vs Rolls-Royce. Have to build a fire under those things to get them going.. Take forever to start to sound good, and never quite make it..Their Ok for HT, but really no... | |
| Tube Failure Who makes the amp? Do you have to bias your tubes or self bias?Power tubes in a Mac and VTL 2-5000 hours on power tubes.Signal valves depends on the duty and what it’s being used for, sometimes only half the valve is being used, but you still need... | |
| Former Sony High-End, Champagne front players. I know what it was. You could buy @Corian caddies and put them in the 777 and 9000. The AM caddies were made somewhere in Japan also. Spendy little guy, 1000.00 or so... 15 years ago.Regards | |
| Former Sony High-End, Champagne front players. 777es 9000es, all the ESs I used, were just wonderful. A true sonic nugget, few know about.. I bet the quality stacks up against, 3-4000.00 silver disk spinners... The only one I didn't use was the multidisk ES. I use the 777 and 5500 (?) now.. Bi... | |
| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers POP a fuse if your lucky, if not it's all down hill from there, from a pop to a BOOM, get my drift? There is a way to combine amps if they are made for it, "strapping" or "bridging". You bridge the amps, then run a single set of speaker cables if ... | |
| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers I had a speaker cable from a tube (valve) amp fall onto a cable plugged into a class d amp. It was biamped. The weird thing, the class Ds were not ON, just plugged in. That cable drop tripped a 20 amp breaker, took out a channel on my MC275 GG and... | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh The only thing I didn't see is a budget. You have a limit? Mcintosh can be spendy if your not careful. I've owned Mac for 50 years, you know my position. Not to say there aren't better components out there. I will say the overall brand "Mcintosh"... | |
| Speaker cable arrows??? djones511,895 posts05-11-2020 3:56amDoesn’t matter. It won’t matter if you can’t HEAR the difference. I do believe that is the point. Some people can hear the difference and some can’t. Still doesn’t change the fact for those who can. Some folks n... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? I like used, or NOS. Better yet "I bought it but never used it", I love that kinda deal...A 55 year old valve amp, two days of use, the guy pass on. The wife cuts the end off the power cord so the kids won't get hurt. The wife passes on, The kids ... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? The old purest will hook from a phono directly to a power amp with gain control, that's it..., The same with a CD or whatever the source is. Like ebanksms said.. coloration and "INs and OUTs". Some have a bypass thats a cool feature...Regards | |
| Speaker cable arrows??? I know this for sure, if the cable comes with a project box and or a lump or a bump in the run, direction does matter.. Will it harm anything? NO. Will it change the way it works? YES, Will it change the sound, YES.If the cable has a high pass fil... |