pistha
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| McIntosh C2300 noise @kalali - that was the first thing i tried - while it makes the needle jump - it doesnt change the noise - frequency or pitch. Am gonna try borrowing some tubes just to rule out tubes | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise ^^^^^^Excellent question. grrrr | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise If you are using the main single-ended outputs to your amplifier, try using one of the other outputs and see if there is a difference. @bondmanp - yes - i tried Outputs 1 &2 with same behavior. Differ with you on calling McIntosh - i get very... | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise If you had no sources or amp connected to it, how could you hear the buzz? Is it a transformer hum from within the preamp itself? the YT video shows no source connected but amp and speakers connected. buzz goes up and down with volume on phon... | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise It was a Glade Plug In air freshener. I tracked it down to an apple tv being too close to the preamp I moved the 2300 to a different room - no sources or amp connected - still same behavior. Infact I used the dedicated refrigerator AC line ... | |
| McIntosh C2300 noise I do use Tele NOS in line stage. The line stage makes a very very low pitched buzz which isnt really a big deal when i start playing music. I tried moving the Teles to the phono section and still see noise shoot up with the meters dancing like in ... | |
| Mcintosh 452 vs Pass Labs XA 30.5 one thing about pass that makes it a pleasure to own is their phenomenal customer service. i own a mac c2300 pre and the pass x250.5. So i call both companies every once in a while. Pass treats me like a prospective customer every single time. Mac... | |
| Romex power cable as speaker cables? glad to see i am not alone here. for me - this quest has become an exploration of solid core copper cables. clearly off the shelf romex isnt flexible or usable enough. | |
| Solid core Versus Stranded Speaker cables @digiman14 - when you say solid core - do you mean like romex power cables? Or is there a place solid core cables are sold? Solid core here. Tried it 20 years ago, never went back. @noromance - do you get bare wires and wrap teflon cover on it? | |
| Integrated Amps - Ayre vs Pass Labs @blokemate700 - imho - you need to lock down on your speaker selection first - then look for the right amp. Many parameters like sensitivity, listening level, impedance to frequency response will play a critical role in amp selection. Some speaker... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Back to the original question from the op - The BD105 is sort of a streamer DAC plus a digital preamp right? I am curious what quality of digital music the op is playing? if its high res - perhaps the digital volume control is more forgiving to th... | |
| Pass labs X250.5 cracking noise This is fine one side could be in a draft more than the other no biggie. I heard Pass mention the same thing about draft - silly me - i assumed he was talking about air draft from a/c vent! Now that you mention - what exactly is draft in the sen... | |
| Pass labs X250.5 cracking noise Called Pass and the engineer assured that this was just the heat sink making the noise from thermal expansion and contraction. Apparently the heat sink can be more tightly secured with a couple of bolts behind the faceplate. btw George - i measure... | |
| Pass labs poweramps Ditto on my X250.5 - definitely notice metal sorta clicking noise after powering down. I called Pass and they explained it was the thermal contraction in the heat sink causing the noise and that it was completely normal. This past weekend - i noti... | |
| Pass labs X250.5 cracking noise George, I dont drive them hard - I dont think i ever exceed low 80db spl. I also notice that the bias meter doesnt ever leave class A for my listening level. I drive a pair of wilson sophia 3s. I dont think the sophias swing wildly in impedance ei... |