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| W4S STP-SE DIY mods My initial thought would be that it wouldn’t make sense to have only one output buffer because W4S indicates this preamp is "fully balanced from input to output".One theory would be that you mixed it up and there is only one input buffer with two ... | |
| W4S STP-SE DIY mods Replacing the input/output op amps will change the sonic signature of the device. Choice is dependent on what you’re looking for. I have tried the dexa Special Edition op amps, which have a very fast 60V/us slew rate. While better than some other ... | |
| Upgraded Power Supply for Darbee DVP-5000S Technically speaking, engineer types will normally say that a linear power supply for this HDMI digital processing will not have any benefit in quality. However, there are some who say that linear power supply will help video quality (such as tho... | |
| Finding a matching center channel For Home Theater and movies, the center channel is probably the most important speaker, in my opinion. Yes, it is mostly dialog, but that is most of the audio that is tracked in movies. The size of the driver can have a little bit of influence o... | |
| Best / Cheapest desktop micro-amp? Out of your choices, I would probably choose Zamp because of linear power supply and just brute force. Unless you wanted something to manually control volume (instead of using Windows Volume or separate preamp). Otherwise, I would personally go wi... | |
| Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp It's really hard to find a good used preamp in the $200 range. You won't find anything substantial until you get to the $300-400 area. That being said, if you are on a tight budget, maybe an Adcom GTP-450? Or there's an NAD C160 for sale, but i... | |
| HT receiver to separate amp - tips? First question, as always, what's your budget?Second question is if you are intending to hook up some of the speakers to the receiver or if you are going to connect all speakers to an external amp. If you are using an external amp for everything,... | |
| Finding a matching center channel It will probably lower the resale value, if you decide you ever want to sell it. But there is no technical or performance reason why you couldn't paint it. It's just wood finish. As long as you don't touch the speaker cones/drivers, you are good. | |
| Need Amp Advice Well, not exactly. What you are doing is, essentially, running a bi-wire speaker cable. The two binding posts on the XPA-1 amp are wired together, so it's just an extra binding post for convenience. A bi-wire configuration uses a single point a... | |
| Need Amp Advice Oh, I just figured what you mean when you say "bi-amping with the Emotivas". The XPA-1 has two sets of binding posts. This is not true bi-amping. The two binding posts are connected to the same amplifier output stage, so you are basically just bi-... | |
| Need Amp Advice Monoblocks will normally have much bigger power supplies and are usually fully balanced/differential on the amplifier output stage. Stereo amps do not normally have balanced/differential output stages, but there are definitely exceptions.The Pass... | |
| Need Amp Advice I have B&W Diamond Gen 2 for left/center/right and I'm driving them with Emotiva's. The Emotiva XPA amps are very good for the money, but they are kind of bright/harsh stock. If you want to improve things without a lot of money, I'd say put ... | |
| Finding a matching center channel If I remember right, the "S" models had a slightly better crossover. | |
| Finding a matching center channel I used to run the Cobalt 806s and center channel in my system a LONG time ago. The Cobalts used a inverted dome titanium dome tweeter. The Chorus uses a inverted dome aluminum/magnesium. I have heard the Chorus a while ago. I would agree that ... | |
| MRI grade vs Hospital grade electric outlets The MRI outlets will not be any better than the Hubbel outlets. Most likely they will be made from the same type of brass material. Hospital equipment has a much different set of requirements than audio electronics. My suggestion would be to us... |