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Bias adjustment
Hay OP, didn’t mean to hijack your thread.. I’m feeling you frustration though. Regards 
Bias adjustment
rodman999994,287 posts04-24-2020 3:06pm@oldhvymec- If you’re interested in doing a HEXFRED update, on a Cary product, PM me.    I can talk you through it.    Did my SLM-100s, without their help.     Virtually, every other component I own, as ... 
Bias adjustment
three_easy_payments929 posts04-24-2020 2:42pmHow on earth are you guys measuring bias while running a musical signal? The bias moves up and down continuously while the music playing. It must be idle to measure it accurately.   I just checked ... 
Bias adjustment
+1 @testpilot   at what point does a consumer have a legal or ethical right to a firm's intellectual property just because they purchased a product?When he wants to fix it.. Like I've done for over 50 years. What a dumb thing to say. Is there a ... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
lemonhaze62 posts04-24-2020 4:58am which in some cases is clearly wrong. I took a paragraph to explain what you did in a chapter.I'm getting better.  or am I? LOLBut I like "Lemon Haze", the Haze brothers, THC Titans for sure.I'm with Eric i... 
It happened again tonight
Technicolor baby, every night. Roxy Music, Brian Ferry, what a voice.  Avalon.. yea that's some good stuff..Regards 
It happened again tonight
Strunz & Farah "Primal Magic". Twice last night, the whole album, then Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy.  Memory or two...with that one.. Great album. Pure bliss.Flamingist, something about that type of music, Al Di Meola, Strunz & Farah. ... 
Time for the Dynaco to go, Affordable Integrated or Separates for Wilson's Under $2.5K?
BTW,  OP, I wonder how they would sound with class D amps, hee hee..I was blown away, with my first real set down and class d..Wonderfulstuff!!!Regards 
Time for the Dynaco to go, Affordable Integrated or Separates for Wilson's Under $2.5K?
I have a question. Can you borrow an amp or two. Have any nutty friends with a shop full of unused equipment? (self reflection). High current SS amps are everywhere, CHEAP.. You don't need a new Pass to see if more horsepower is a good idea. I kno... 
Bias adjustment
I’ve measured my Cary with, and without, a signal. It was the same. I alway check without. I wanted to see if it could cause the reading you had. Mine was fine, so was your.. You do need to recheck at least a few times, back and forth.WHY?. In a s... 
Are big subwoofers viable for 2 channel music?
4 12s and 1 15" active, can be tuned with a single 15 passive. I'm saying 4 ea 12" active drivers,  and 1 15" active driver, can be tuned with a single 15" passive radiator, without over excursion of the passive. The reason, column can have a m... 
To horn or not to horn
stereo53,768 posts04-21-2020 8:43amI heard the big JBL’s once, they went for almost 50K for the pair.  If I could afford them and had the room to support them, I would have bought them in a heartbeat. Same here, I was in the Oakland Hills after... 
Heresy's II Finally Sound Right-sorry if there's a place i should have put this post....
If your happy I’m happy.One of my earliest recollections as a kid was, JBL and Klipsch, horns.Say what they may, they can sound very good. I like um..Regards 
Discussion of Class D Amps Application & Experiences
jaytor138 posts  These amps replaced a Krell FPB-300 I setting here looking at a pair of KSA-100 mk2s, that I LOVE, thinking do I want to listen to ANY, class a, tube, or other HOT running thing.. LOL. 87 degrees here, now.  In a month over 90... 
More Power or use subwoofer to boost bass for music
If you have the floor space for one unit, then go up UP U P!!Position as good as you can, treat as much as you can stand, without being yelled at. and go UP... A Column, a stack, hung from the rafters.If you get them swinging, who know what you mi...