spatialking
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| Backup Generator transfer switch It is possible the main transformer down his street shorted a winding about the time of the installation and that is the reason he is having sound quality problems. There isn't anything in the ATS that can clip a 120VAC sine wave but if he reall... | |
| Ideas For A Beefy Solid State Amp For Subwoofer Duties Or do this one: Parasound NewClassic 2250 v.2 Two Channel Power Amplifier-Audio AdvisorI have one and it is a great sounding amplifier and it is on sale for $999. It is a stereo amplifier so get two of them so each channel drives one sub. It... | |
| Scratching my head...Bluesound Node 2i direct to amp Maybe it is just me, but it seems all the home theater receivers I have owned, four so far, sound fine in home theater with movies but fall short of a good quality two channel sound system. Even putting them in "Direct" or "Pure two channel" mo... | |
| IC vs. S/PDIF? The 75 Ohm is the "characteristic impedance" and pretty much all video gear is 75 Ohms. When the impedance of the output source and the termination source matches the characteristic impedance of the cable, there will be less overshoot and ringin... | |
| Are there any other cheaper options for power regeneration than PS Audio Yes, some folks here recommend Pure Power and others recommend Goal Zero Yeti 400. I haven't used either of these so this is not a recommendation from me, only repeating what others have found to work well for them. I know there are others out... | |
| APS Pure Power A/C Regenerators @bifwynne The reason most companies don't provide EMI filtering is cost plus the fact so many engineers and managers just don't get the fact it isn't "just 60 Hz" coming out of the wall. If it was, there would be no need for any filtering or iso... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? So, I installed the Pyle PS-1000 unit and have been playing around with it for a while now. The very low level hum that was evident from APC unit is gone and with it there was a noticeable sound quality improvement. I'm not saying this Pyle un... | |
| Backup Generator transfer switch I have been following M. Fremer's problem in Stereophile closely as well. As I mentioned before in other posts, I am Director of Engineering at a green energy company and we bought that exact same transfer switch to reverse engineer. As you mi... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? @jafreeman I agree, when you have a ton of money invested in a system, why skimp on dedicated 20A line? In general, it isn't too expensive to have an electrician install one and usually it's free to get a quote. @clearthinker Those torridal tra... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? The two Pyle PS1000 units arrived today. The PS stands for Power Sequencer and it will sequence 8 outlets Overall, it is a clean build and well worth the $125 price for each. The sequencer can be daisy chained so up to 100 outlets can be sequ... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? @mitch2 @audioguy85 Thanks for the info, it was very helpful. The two units from Amazon arrive today - these are the two I mentioned before . For $250, I am not expecting much in the filtering but the sequencing will be much appreciated. I ... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? @cakyol Actually, all of the equipment is plugged into one outlet. I agree, everything should run from one potential. A while back I had one amp plugged into an outlet 6 feet away but it was wired to the opposite side of the distribution panel... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? @mitch2 The filter should protect equally well in both directions if it was designed to be symmetrical. But even if it was not, it should give you some filter action. | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? @vegasears Thanks for that, I had to chuckle: yep, I hear you. If your are going to do it, why not overkill it and never but never have to do it again! Gotta love that philosophy!@mitch2 The only reason for having separate digital and analog ... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? I just found this device on Amazon, it has 8 outlets and can be interconnected for more outlets. It is cheap enough, only $125. I am not expecting much in the filtering section, as they don't even spec the number of surge joules it can handle or... |