pwerahera
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| Too much power? @dain your speakers are 86dB with nominal impedance 4 ohms. I haven't seen the impedance curve, but it may drop below 4 ohms at certain frequencies. This is a quasi-ribbon speaker and usually a demanding load for the amplifier. Your amp may not be... | |
| Looking for some listener experience with the Cary SLP-30. Just bought one… @perkri I have Cary Audio SLP 03. I got very good results with NOS Mullard CV4003 box plate, Amperex Bugleboy 12AU7 Holland and Amperex 12AU7 Holland (no bugleboy logo, later production). Some of these tubes can be very pricey. In your case you ... | |
| Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please. @larrykell I didn't see those specs, but I will take your word for it. Are these all power rating Class A? I read the brochure and it only gave 160 W rating at 8 ohms. | |
| Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please. @larrykell I am happy to hear you found the problem with amp. I had this happened twice with my Mark Levinson 23.5. First time, it was a capacitor gone bad. So I sent the unit to George Meyers AV and they completely replaced all electrolyte capa... | |
| Crackling in right channel, what do I do? Help, please. @larrykell 1. Swap left and right speaker wires at the output of the amplifier. Please switch off the power amp when you do this otherwise you may damage your speaker. If the problem also moves from right to left speaker, then you can rule out ... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? Lets start with what we have and then we can discuss how we are going to use it."CD quality” audio resolution uses a 16 bit word for each sample. The sample rate is 44.1 kHz. This is often described as simply “16/44.1k.” This translates into an an... | |
| low bass response @jw944ts You have a very good setup. Ravel go down to 23 Hz at 3db. So you should get good low frequency response. First you need to measure frequency response of your system from the listening position using Stereophile Test CD or similar with te... | |
| Thiel 2.3 @audiodwebe Congratulations doing home work and getting Thiels to sing for you. They are very revealing speakers. You can hear the difference when you change upstream electronics which is a blessing and a curse. But you were willing to tame the ... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? Classic audiophile dilemma is assembling: the most accurate audio system with very high sensitivity money can buy OR an audio system musical and forgiving with modest sensitivity Now some may argue one can have the cake and eat the cake. That dep... | |
| Phono stage price range 1500 to 2000 dollars. You cannot go wrong with Audio Research PH5 unit. There is one currently available for $1,400 with remote and original packing. I use the same phone stage. You have many options for tube rolling with 4 x 6922 tubes if you decided to do so. Highly ... | |
| Do power supply units/cables make a difference in sound quality? @baumwoll Vast majority have never taken classes in electrical engineering that include Electrical Circuit Theory, Electrical Measurements, or Wiring Diagrams classes. Few years ago, one of the biomedical engineering faculty members told me, there... | |
| Do power supply units/cables make a difference in sound quality? @baumwoll For nearly 25+ years, I never felt the need to change power cords, fuses, interconnects, add power conditioners to "improve" the sound from my audio system. @jasonbourne52 pretty much summarized the technical reasons behind why such chan... | |
| Need Help Matching to This System To Speakers @vthokie83 It would be hard to find a book shelf speaker matching Thiel 3.6, but at least gives me an idea re your "taste." Please include Joseph Audio Pulsar in your list. There are several available in the used market starting at $3,250. There... | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? I don't think Mr. Vandersteen even remotely implied his speakers are the only ones "correctly" done. He knew late Jim Thiel and John Dunlavy also designed speakers with the same philosophy. When I started this hobby, I auditioned Vandersteen 2Ce a... | |
| DAC`S @sheridanmartinj I own ARC DAC2 and DAC3 MKII. DAC2 is built-on one of the best DAC chip Ultra analog D20400 chip, 20-bit implementation and it is solid state. DAC3 is tube DAC built on a delta-sigma 1-bit DAC from Crystal Semiconductors. DAC3 u... |