zapper
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| House Wiring Defect? It seems the 2 outlets were on different phases of you house electric, which induces a hum. With them on the same outlet/phase, hum is gone, makes sense.You house is probably fine. You can use a 3-light tester to see if the wires are reversed on e... | |
| Digital amps overhyped ? I've had the Classe 400, and replaced it with Acoustic Reality 500w ICE amps. The bass is much better, defined, controled, etc. The mids and highs are more revealing, but that actually gave my speakers a boost they needed. The cost was less than h... | |
| Need an amp with a 'turbo' top end Try one of the class D amps, they did wonders for my old and lazy Mirage M3s, really brought them to life. | |
| Silent Subwoofers ie: Buttkicker -your thoughts? If you have throom and ability, IB subwoofers give you all the bass you can want, and will shake the floor if installed in the floor, like I have.google "infinitely baffled" and read away. | |
| Quality DAC with volume control - suggestions Camelot Uther, any version. | |
| How LONG have you been an AUDIOGONER'? Back since 11/6/98, WOW almost 10 years! | |
| Very budget bass only amp with gain control? Any of the Behringer pro amps, I believe they have one that outputs that kind of power. $200-$400 | |
| Bel Canto DAC3 or CD-1 The DAC 3 is going to do so many other things, if you want it to. It has multiple digital ins for other sources like Sqeezebox, sat receiver, etc., no pre-amp is necessary, which is huge, a great unit. The sound I heard was equal to any of their c... | |
| Amp for Mirage M1 Si's?? I had a pair of M3si and tried all kinds of "Audiophile" class A AB amps. I got a pair of class D monoblocks, and it was like I was standing in the room vs standing in the next room. The sound completely opened up, and the bass was some much bette... | |
| Best Home Theater sub or subs for a large room If you have the ability, the Infinite Baffle sub systems are the way to go. The is a forum called "Infinitely Baffled" that has tons of info, and I did it in my room, which is a couple feet narrower than yours. I used (4) 15" drivers in 2 manifold... | |
| WADIA IPOD QUESTION ??? I heard, very convincing. When I asked the exhibitor what the price was, I thought his $349 was just a joke, so I asked again, he smiled and said that is it. The sound was very similar to the CDP they had sitting below it. The dock makes for a goo... | |
| ICE amps need cooling? No, the 80w is the power it consumes in "standby" mode, i.e. leaving it on all the time without use is like burning an 80w bulb for energy consumption. The specs of 500w are accurate in that module for those amps, if you take notice, the power out... | |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Vinyl... If you haven't seen them live yet, the show is great, lots of musicians, and the lighting is the best I have ever seen, just a great show. | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? The way you see it is correct. The remote dimmers I installed have been working great for 2.5 years now. I like the dual rope idea with different colors. The brighter you can get the cove lighting the better as you can always dim down, but you onl... | |
| Dedicated Audio Room Lighting Ideas? You can do indirect cove type lighting that can be put on a dimmer (don't run the dimmer from the same sub panel as your audio) and comes in custom colors, lengths, etc. It can be as easy as nailing a 2x4 to your wall at whatever height you like t... |