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| How to connect monoblocks to a single REL sub with ONE RCA input That all sounds good, David (hilde45). And looking at the manual for the amp in addition to its description at the QS website I'm certain that none of the exceptions I cited that would necessitate not connecting the black wire to a negative out... | |
| How to connect monoblocks to a single REL sub with ONE RCA input @hilde45, re your latest update, what is the black wire from the sub connected to?Also, re the suggestion from QS of connecting the black wire to the ground of the right channel amp, that is a reasonable suggestion. And since I’m pretty certain th... | |
| How to connect monoblocks to a single REL sub with ONE RCA input Just back off on a chassis screw and put the small wire around it? That would be what to try first.If a hum results, and you are so inclined, you could then purchase an RCA plug, solder the black wire to the plug's ground sleeve connection (while... | |
| How to connect monoblocks to a single REL sub with ONE RCA input ... the preamp's MAIN OUT goes to each monoblock and the other (TAPE OUT -- now a second main out) is free. Does that fact change your advice? No, it doesn't affect my comment. Presumably the change that was made disconnected the two tape o... | |
| How to connect monoblocks to a single REL sub with ONE RCA input Hi David (hilde45),First, congratulations on the purchases!Second, regarding... An alternative is that I get a Y cable that will bring two RCA outputs from my Preamp into the single RCA input on the REL? ... Don’t do that! It would result in the ... | |
| A cable question, sort of... Thank you, Kijanki. I usually prefer to let my posts speak for themselves, but since the question has been raised my background is as follows:BS in Electrical Engineering, Columbia UniversityMS in Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic In... | |
| A cable question, sort of... Kijanki is correct that coiling a cable in which the + and - conductors are twisted together or at least bundled together closely will not increase inductance to any significant degree. But **even if** it did so it still wouldn’t matter because th... | |
| Stax ED-1 Equalizer. Comments? Hi Frogman,I’ve used Stax Lambda Pro headphones ever since I purchased them in the 1980s. Until 2014 I was driving them with the SRM-1 Mk2 solid state amplifier together with an ED-1. I found that on the majority of recordings it was necessary to ... | |
| UPS for Music Server Thanks, Bob ( @gdnrbob ).@slash1961, I can't offer an imaging program recommendation for Macs, as I've never used a Mac computer. But one of the leading such programs that you may want to look into, which is available for Macs as well as Windows ... | |
| For efficient speakers, how much difference does an amp really make? +1 @atmasphere To add to Ralph's (Atmasphere's) comment, based on the specs shown at the end of this document the 93 db figure is based on 3 db of anticipated "room gain." The anechoic figure is 90 db, which IMO is probably what should be relie... | |
| Coiling excess Speaker cable, is this a problem? Kijanki is correct. Contrary to what many audiophiles believe coiling speaker cables is unlikely to have any adverse effects, assuming the cables are such that the + and - conductors in each run are bundled together as opposed to being physical... | |
| UPS for Music Server I have no experience with Aurender products, but **if** the drive can be removed without too much difficulty, and without breaking any seals that might invalidate the warranty, you might want to consider the following approach. Which would be much... | |
| Cocktail audio x45 , Digital AES our to in no response. If you contact Cocktail Audio about the pin configuration, also ask them what the output impedance of the AES/EBU output is. If it is grossly different than 110 ohms that could explain things.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| Problem with preamp volume control I suspect that statement is predicated on typical combinations of preamp gain, source output level, and speaker sensitivity, while also taking into account that providing the amp with unbalanced signals will result (everything else being equal) in... | |
| Cocktail audio x45 , Digital AES our to in no response. The one possibility I can think of, other than a defect in the X45, is that there may be a problem with the AES/EBU cable you are using. Which conceivably could result in a marginal condition (perhaps due to an open connection on one of the two si... |