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| Amplifier Hum Garfish, I thought you sounded familiar. How's the DNA-2 upgrade working for you?Here's what I did to eliminate my DNA-2 LAE's transformer hum:If you narrow the hum down to the amplifier's transformer, try to determine which circuit the amplifier ... | |
| Do power conditioners really help? Some power conditioners work in some systems and some power conditioners don't work in other systems and some power conditioners don't work at all and some systems don't work at all.Now that I've cleared that up...If you have a high quality power ... | |
| semi-budget sys - under 1450 Check out the following audiogon thread:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1016149072&openusid&zz | |
| Amplifier Hum Could be your furnace, dimmers, microwave oven, etc.. You may want to look at some of the other threads here about hum. Here's a few about amplifier transformer hum:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1014100392&openusid&zzSt... | |
| Great sound at high volume What are we talking about here? What's the budget? What do you consider very high volume? Very high volume only or does quality of sound have anything to do with things also? Seriously.Not to mention what amp you would need. Some to many amplifier... | |
| bypass outlet and hook wires directly to romex?? My thought for the last 6 months has been to run the romex straight from the service panel through the hole in the wall (where the outlet would normally be) straight to a WATTaGATE male IEC plug that goes straight into the component. No breaks in ... | |
| Powerful Integrated Amp for Inefficient Speakers I'm going to assume that you are looking for an integrated because of $$ and not because of space.There are a few amps out there that are sonically pretty fantastic and not expensive. Check out Odyssey Stratos at http://odysseyaudio.com and read t... | |
| Passive or Active Sub??? You're welcome. You will discover that there is so much musical info way down under, whether classical, pop, etc., that you'll be amazed how rich and full the sound in your room with be if you get the sub-sonics right. It just so happens that ther... | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? There's an XRCD cd entitled Flamenco Passion that is just a fabulous recording containing a very articulate and fast flamenco guitar(s) along with a nice cello. A bit more mainstream is a country cd called 'Come on Come on' by Mary Chapin Carpente... | |
| Help Cables Dan, read up on Harmonic Technology's single crystal technology and their Pro-Silway Mk II's interconnects which sell used from about $175 to $300 and their Pro-9 speaker cables which sell used from about $350 to $650 depending on length and bi-wi... | |
| Passive or Active Sub??? A word of caution about any 10 inch subwoofer driver. In almost every case, a 10 inch driver cannot properly reproduce the two lowest octaves which is the entire purpose of a real subwoofer's existence. They end up distorting, popping, compressing... | |
| What processor competes with best preamp? About 2 years ago, I was thinking about going down the home theater path. I stumbled across the Primare P30 and couldn't believe it's sonic qualities with my 2-channel system. I was never that impressed with home theater anyway and I was immensely... | |
| DVD/CD suggestions If your budget is under the $2k range, I highly recommend the Sony DVP s9000es for your dvd/SACD/cd needs. It's an excellent all around performer. It's not the end-all sonically but it gets you pretty close. And Stan Warren's $250 mod on this unit... | |
| dedicated curcuit question???? Thanks, Glen. Much appreciate your answers to my questions especially on your day off. :)In the future, I think I will refrain from mentioning lifting the ground.And, yes, there certainly is a risk anytime one dabbles with electricity.It scared th... | |
| dedicated curcuit question???? Glen, could you elaborate on some of the real experiences you've encountered or heard from non-grounded environments?I shut off all components if I'm not in the house and when I go to bed.If I hear a storm is coming or go on vacation, I unplug all... |