rsuminsby
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| Who are the Jazz Cats on Audiogon? SDCampbell is indeed the Jazz Professor of Audiogon....do a search for his previous posts and you'll be very pleasently surprised! | |
| PS Audio power plants I second Mg123's comments...I've had a P300 with multiwave for about two years, and love it. If you are only running front end components like preamp and CD player, you'll probably only draw 50-60W of power, which reduces the issue of power consum... | |
| Anybody stop using power conditioning? Zaikesman - you may be on to something. Although others in this post have rejected PS Audio power plants (which is fine, to each his own), I have a P300 and find it very beneficial. When I lived in England, I inquired with PS Audio about running i... | |
| Upgrade AVP or buy outbd DAC for improved 2 ch. I own an AVP and just ordered the AVP2 upgrade. Can tell you in a few weeks what I think, but I'm very optimistic about the quality of its digital processing, based on the trickle down effect from the ML No.40. It's not just the quality of the DAC... | |
| Firehawk screen or white screen? Help I chose the Firehawk because my DLP projector, the Plus Piano, has a fairly low light output (450 lumens). The Firehawk has a gain of 1.3 (like the Studiotech 130, I believe), whereas the Greyhawk has a gain of .95If you are using an LCD projector... | |
| Krell HTS Change from 60 to 50Hz As an alternative to 300 pounds for a conversion, pick up a used PS Audio P300 here on Audiogon. You can reconfigure the P300 internally to run off 220v, but you can still output 110v, and set the Freq to 50 Hz. | |
| halogen lighting? To answer Ed's question...on inexpensive halogens, a small transformer is built into each individual lighting fixture, so there is no way to isolate the source of the noise from the source of the light. The Home Depot-type tracks are called "low v... | |
| Where can I have the amplifier voltage switched ? This question comes up all the time. Just search the archives for "240v" and you'll find all kinds of posts on this subject. | |
| halogen lighting? Low voltage halogens provide great outstanding atmosphere lighting for a listening room, BUT, the step-down transformer that is a part of the inexpensive fixtures will make a significant amout of mechanical noise if the lights are set at a moderat... | |
| How can I improve my HT audio? At the risk of opening a debate that will never be settled, I would not agree that you should "avoid dipoles/bipoles". True, the shift to DD5.1 convinced many people that direct radiators were a better bet than dipoles, but there is by no means a ... | |
| What about cables and my power source? First bit of advice: if there's any sheetrock work involved in putting in a dedicated line, then put in two...it beats paying for the sheetrock work all over again when you decide you need another one! Try to have the electrician run 10 gauge wire... | |
| Kudos to the USPS I lived overseas on a military base for 3 years, so all of my gear had to go USPS to my APO box to avoid exhorbinant shipping costs. I had a pre-pro, a power amp, surround speakers, and a PS Audio P300 sent via USPS, and everything arrived in perf... | |
| Any surround better than none at all? I'd suggest using a "phantom center" setting on your processor rather than using a mis-matched and sub-standard center, since the center channel carries so much of the load in most soundtracks. But I agree with Albert Porter...any surrounds will e... | |
| thiel v1.5 vs 2.2 I own both 1.5s and 2.3s..ahven't heard the 2.2s. In moving up to the 2.3s, the big difference was a more extended low end (more weight and heft to the sound, althought the 1.5s are very good down to about 45 Hz), and a "taller" and therefore more... | |
| Sources for A/V Room Information www.hometheaterforum.com and www.avscience.com are both good sources of info from other folks who've tackled DIY HT projects. Good for getting your creative juices flowing. Running dedicated power is a good idea. If the basement is unfinished now,... |