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| Are my speakers supposed to do this? Just to update . . . I removed the CD player from the loop and this had no effect. It's looking like it's the preamp.Bigtee - thanks for the post. I don't know enough about electronics to have an idea about DC vs. AC but I will definitely bring it... | |
| Are my speakers supposed to do this? Zoya,Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried replacing all tubes with better NOS and no change in the situation. | |
| Are my speakers supposed to do this? Hi Steve. Thanks for the reply. I haven't tried disconnecting inputs to the pre. What would this accomplish? Is this to eliminate my CD player as the possible source of the DC? | |
| Are my speakers supposed to do this? Kr4 - Thanks. I'm in the process of getting back in touch with the seller and hopefully will have this resolved soon and haven't suffered any damage.It has been suggested to me that maybe the preamp is leaking DC to the amp which supposedly happen... | |
| Are my speakers supposed to do this? Kr4 - Thanks for the quick response!I tried your suggestion - when I turn the preamp off but leave on the power amp the speakers don't pump!Could this be a faulty tube issue? The minimax uses a 6x4 rectifer and two 12au7. | |
| Belles amp hum ... rf problem? Hammer 223, as unappealing as it may seem, I would recommend checking/replacing your dimmer switches in your house. I had 3 dimmer switches in my house and after exhausting all other options I finally took these out and replaced them with regular ... | |
| Gidon Kremer and Schnittke I too am a huge Gidon Kremer fan. If classical music is to survive it needs more people like him, musicians just as commited to the new repertoire as the classics. Other musicians in this mold that I admire are Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano and Chr... | |
| Satori Shotgun or Hologram The brass jumper plates that connect the HF and LF terminals are very poor conductors and degrade sound noticeably. I'm not sure how your speakers are wired internally but just because they are biwireable doesn't mean they necessarily sound better... | |
| Satori Shotgun or Hologram Sogood51 and Audiobugged are right on about getting rid of those cheap brass jumper plates. If you're currently using a single run, you may want to try fashioning some jumpers out of some leftover cable just to hear the difference. You will be ple... | |
| Belles amp hum ... rf problem? Thanks for the tip Rhyno. I definitely would not have thought to try that. Hopefully I can get this figured out quickly!Tooter | |
| Belles amp hum ... rf problem? One more question ... Are all torroid transformers equally susceptible to this electrical hum? Does it have to do with the size of the torroid or is it more related to how the amp is built/designed? I guess what I'm trying to get at is, in the fut... | |
| Belles amp hum ... rf problem? Thanks for the responses guys. Actually I have 3 lights in my apartment that have dimmers but I always make a point of turning them off when I am listening to my system. Is it possible they are putting garbage into the line even when they're off? ... | |
| Belles amp hum ... rf problem? Hi Ryno. Thanks for the suggestions. Checking the transformer to see if it was mounted properly was the first thing I tried. Everything is nice and tight there. I also tried a cheater plug on the PC to lift the ground but that didn't do it either.... | |
| Upgrade my integrated or use it as a pre? Thanks Matty and Cosmic. I think I will go for a power amp now and then save up for a better pre later when the funds allow it. I guess my question was more about whether i would hear a significant improvement after adding just the power amp to my... | |
| Meridian 506 version..what do I have?? I have a 506 which the previous owner had updated to a 24bit DAC. When I press the "display" button in standby I get "1.12" I don't know if this helps you as I am not really sure if the two (dac and software version) are necessarily related. It mi... |