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| Emotiva XPR-5 Repair You guys gotta understand the business and cost scope of this subject. I've talked about this before. Emotiva will fully support all of their products while in warranty. Their support is absolute excellent. You should try getting this type of ... | |
| Repair JL Audio F112 or buy new Rhythmic, SVS, or ?? An example of what this port chuffing sounds like is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLVlAm_ZpeAHere's the same demo sound with a Rythmik sub. It's using a Rythmik LV12R, which is a rear ported sub, so the audio may not be picking up any ch... | |
| Repair JL Audio F112 or buy new Rhythmic, SVS, or ?? I did a bunch of research for a friend on a new sub. JL Audio makes really good subs (even though it appears that electronics may not be spec'd great). I think the main reason to switch away from JLAudio is if you want to get a vented sub. Ther... | |
| Building Balanced XLR Cables The 4th wire is not for powered microphones. Powered microphones use what is called "Phantom power". This is DC voltage that is applied to the signal wires (pins 2 and 3).The 4th connection on the XLR plug is connected to the equipment chassis/g... | |
| Building Balanced XLR Cables ah, just re-read your first post. If you have a braided wire shield, I would solder that to the "shield" connection on the source XLR plug (typically a female plug). If you have a "floating" braided shield, it tends to create capacitance and red... | |
| Building Balanced XLR Cables I would take b4icu's suggestion with a grain of salt. It may be true in some specific circuits, but not all. See this guide:https://www.ranecommercial.com/kb_article.php?article=2107The shield connection on the XLR is basically connected to chas... | |
| Kimber HDMI The Ultraviolet and Chroma cables are the only ones that still have the original single-conductor design. The Ultraviolet is the same as Starlight 5-2/6 except with a thin silver-plating. I tried Chroma, which does not have silver plating -- Chrom... | |
| Kimber HDMI The Neotech is a great cable for low budget, but it has smaller 26 awg conductors. It's not going to have as much bass or "oomph" in the audio as the larger 24awg Starlight 5-2. Both cables are solid-core, but the Starlight 5-2 has an extra thic... | |
| Kimber HDMI Either of these cables would be fine for 3 meters. When you get to 5 meters, the 24awg Starlight 5-2/6 will probably be fine. The Neotech might be okay as well. If you are doing high bandwidth 4K, things might start to break down at 5+ meters a... | |
| Parasound or Anthem 5 channel amp Those are two completely different sounding amps. The Parasound amps are voiced slightly on the warm side and have a slightly dry sound in the upper mids/highs.The Krell XD amps are very lush and smoothed over. Good resolution, but definitely co... | |
| Kimber HDMI They might be "good for the money", but only if they use solid-core conductors. Their HDMI cables are not marketed or described anywhere as having "solid core" conductors, which leads me to believe they are stranded. Maybe you can reach out to K... | |
| B&W 804d3 amplifier pairing....(Rotel RB1590?) I have never been a fan of Anthem amps because I don't think they have good resolution and, in my opinion, tend to blare in the midrange. However, their latest "Gen 2" amps are quite good. If you're looking for something neutral with high resolu... | |
| B&W 804d3 amplifier pairing....(Rotel RB1590?) The upper end Rotel amps are very good. I was rather impressed when I heard them. The voicing is very slightly on the warm side (it has just a bit of a warm texture), but it still has excellent resolution.The Bryston 3B amps are on the complete op... | |
| Wood cutting services in South California? The cabinet maker shops might be an idea. However, I think the high end custom car stereo shops should be another place to look into. They might actually be cheaper and have the more specific knowledge for speaker cabinets and ports/vents. They... | |
| Receiver The first 5 channels are probably the most important in a home theater. Actually, the front 3 channels are the absolute most important (center channel being the primary). The surround channels are not necessarily required, but they definitely ad... |