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| Hafler 220, one channel out of sync HELP OK - I realize this was months ago - but anytime a Hafler amp does something strange but still makes distorted sound - check the protective fusses - these are usually easily accesible from the rear panel of the amp. If memory ( a always fallible ... | |
| Maintenance on Hafler DH200 & DH101 Peter S - your service person could wellhave been right about not needing to do anything - the achiles heel of all older electronics is the electrolytic capacitors. Counter intutivly - electrolyic's will last considerably longer in steady day to d... | |
| Hafler preamps - good, not so good, and history? In terms of Hafler history - maybe this is what you are interested in - I was one of the initial Hafler dealers - my partners and I where starting a Hi-Fi/Record store - heard a rumor that David Hafler was going to start a new company - sent him $... | |
| CD outputs and HDCD Frankly - I've been very impressed with the HDCD discs I've got ( decoded thru a EAD DSP-9000/III) . I do wonder how much of this is the HDCD encoding and how much is simply the fact that HDCD is generally only used by artists and/or producers/eng... | |
| Problems with CDR-audio blanks? Appreciate the help with this problem. Have tried a couple of things - one which seems to work flawlessly - "Fujifilm CD-R All Purpose" blanks work flawlessly. Available from Office Max. Talked to a tech at Marantz today - he said that DR-700 were... | |
| In wall speakers? I agree with S7horton - the B&W's are definetly worth a listen - even some of their less expensive 6 and 8 inch woofer units are better than fair speakers. IMO - the biggest single problem with in walls is still the old bugaboo of position/pla... | |
| Still pondering Paradigms My experience has been with studio 20/v-2 and boy do I like these speakers. Previously owned B&W DM-1200 and CM-1's ( I don't change speakers very often.) Very revealing - excellent bass linearity (40's should be even better) - I would be very... | |
| General question about speaker impedance and amps In responce to gregm comment about high power SS amps having hefty Power Supplies. Maybe /maybe not. The power at various impedance spec is the only real indicator of power supply capability. You can definitly find amps that will do 100 into 8 ohm... | |
| General question about speaker impedance and amps 1.) All coil driven loudspeakers vary their impdeance depending on frequency. The single number expressed in ohms on the back of the speaker is of only passing interest.2.) You want to look at a plot showing impedance v. ferquency for your speaker... | |
| Poor sound from Rega Planar 3 Sold and serviced Rega 3's some years back - I'd agree that it could be a really worn cartidge. Especially as it's used - any chance that there could be a blob of something on the stylus tip? Microscopic inspection should show this. What are you r... | |
| Turntable hum??? Help 1.) Gently wiggle all cables - even the power cords. If any of these crackle or pop - could be the source of the problem. Don't crank the gain up when you are doing this or bad things could happen. It is normal to pick up some hum when you put you... | |
| Dirtball A/D conversion. Bwyoung's on the money or at least close . The radio schack 15-1242 has video plus stereo audio inputs. Converts the video to S ( haven't looked at this - but I have doubts). The stereo audio inputs come out both a RCA digi and a toslink. I tried ... | |
| Whatever happened to HDCD? Thanks folks - this at least let me know that my impression that the format was dead was inaccurate. I still find it puzzling that it isn't used more - given the no pain backwards compatability .again thanks |