phildebrandt
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| Batteries are Cheap, Backup power is expensive Great point @erik_squires ! I hadn’t thought about that limitation when I did the calculation. That was for an old EV Restauration project (a 1910 Baker Electric) and I ended up with a stack of golf cart batteries that nicely took the place of the... | |
| Batteries are Cheap, Backup power is expensive One point that hasn’t been addressed is that makes a UPS more expensive than a stand-alone battery/inverter set up is that the UPS is able to take over within Miliseconds, allowing most electronics to continue running seamlessly. That’s actually n... | |
| Efficient speakers -- What was your journey from A to B to ? I’m running two amps (Pass Aleph 0s and Audio Note 300B). I have tried 2 models, Zu Soul Supremes which I found fatiguing (shrill, bright, glassy?) after a brief honeymoon period and Audio Note AN-J/LX which I am currently running and which I love... | |
| Has anyboyd used this amp, your thoughts on it If you don’t mind DIY I’d give Elekit a look. The 8600 is a decent 300B set and the headphone output is ok I hear (I’m not a headphone guy so can’t verify myself). it’s got enough power to drive a reasonable efficient speaker (90+ dB/W/m) to r... | |
| Costliest Brainfart Just this weekend I decided to try out a new set of driver tubes i - and while pulling the old one out I slipped, somehow lost my balance while crouched over the rack, stumbled, and cracked a 1990s Western Electric 300B. Literally the most expens... | |
| Lounge Audio Definitely too long and I think you’re not unreasonable at all. I ordered a phono pre through the website back in May (when it said “ships in 1 week” and haven’t heard since. |