ths364
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| Class A SS vs. Class A/B SS Hi Podolaw, In regard to the thought that less wattage is required for class A; a watt is a watt- doesn't matter whether it's tube,ss,or a hair dryer. In my opinion if you're used to tubes the class A amps would be the way to go. The tonal charact... | |
| Who was the best jazz guitarist ever? Orpheus10, I like your statement about jazz becoming "Amorphous after 1970...). Reminds me of Frank Zappa's quip that jazz is not dead, it just smells kinda funny. | |
| best wood for speaker cabinets ? oak,cherry, balti Having been a cabinet maker for 15 years before I changed careers I would say that If you're serious about building speakers and are relatively efficient why not try building a pair of them from one of the solid woods you mention AND a pair from b... | |
| HELP-woofer moves alot when playing lps Try engaging the subsonic filter if you have one-sometimes lps can have a slight warp or off center spindle hole that cause spurious low frequency excursions. | |
| upgrade for less than $1k Good question Rotarius. I have read on the AudioKarma forum pages in regards to a JVC QL-A7 turntable that I have that I could spend over a thousand dollars on a new tt and be disappointed that it was a not of equal caliber to the JVC. If you're g... | |
| Help with Loud Pop in Denon AVR If there is a headphone jack that turns the speakers off when a plug is inserted you can buy a 1/4 inch phone plug and insert it when powering on or off. A 1/4" to 1/8" headphone adapter would also work and be less bulky. | |
| Cat damaged speaker, Help I would probably go with the silicone sealant or buy a bicycle tire patch kit and use the cement that comes with it. I wouldn't add a patch because it may cause the woofer excursion to pull the voice coil to one side and/or change the compliance o... | |
| Cary 805C Coupling caps modification Hi Gunsur, You may try to find a schematic diagram online. Failing that, it's possible that Cary would be willing to provide the cap locations and values. An experienced tech familiar with tube circuits could quite easily point them out to you-the... | |
| Pioneer SX-1050: worth repairing? A reputable shop will usually, on an older piece such as this, elect to include a complete re-cap when doing this sort of work. I had a Pioneer sx-2500 with a blown channel, and when I took it in for repair the tech said that a complete replacemen... | |
| Help My Nautilus B&W 804's 'pop' at loud volumes. Sounds to me like you may be bottoming-out the voice coil. A loud transient can push the speaker out pretty far and the recoil can cause the piston to hit the motor assembly. It would be worthwhile to verify that the speaker polarity is in phase ... | |
| Speakers for Bedroom - Vinyl/Vintage equipment I can also recommend Dahlquist dqm-9's there are parts and service still available from Regnar (no affiliation). Also, other DCM models from the same era as the Time Windows are quite superb IMO. Time Frame 600's are very nice as are CX-17's. I ha... | |
| Speakers for Bedroom - Vinyl/Vintage equipment If you are trying to stay vintage, original large Advents will work quite nicely or you could stay with Pioneer and find some hpm-100's. You might luck into a pair of Altec or Klipsch (the bigger horn loaded speakers) if you have the floor space a... | |
| When does a 5V4G/GZ32 have to be replaced? In my experience they rarely need replacing unless they fail.I would keep a spare on hand though because when they go bad they usually just stop working with very little drama (although the other tubes are not going to light up either). If it make... | |
| speakers under 1,500 excellent top to bottom sound Not sure if Dynaudio would be an upgrade or not but they sound great in my similar sized room,and I only have 200w @ 4 ohms to power them. (Carver TFM 15cb power amp) The McCormick is certainly more amp than the Carver. I can run the Dyn's about t... | |
| shield to pin one of xlr I'm not familiar with the Einstein phonostage but generally speaking, connect the shield on the source end and leave it disconnected on the other end. This means that any interference picked up by the shield never reaches the amplifier. You are al... |