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| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions jea48:Power cords with 5-15 plugs to IEC320-C19 connectors and 14/3 conductors are very common, so an equipment mfr can easily bundle one if he chooses to put a C20 receptacle on his cdp for mechanical coupling reasons. But, like you said, if some... | |
| 15A vs. 20A power cord questions A 20-amp power cord must have 20-amp rated connectors on both sides along with #12 or larger conductors.If you have a cord that has #12 or larger conductors (or multiple conductors totaling over 12awg in area) but 15-amp connectors on either or b... | |
| HELP!!! Parts needed for Tube Audio Design TAD-150 Can you be more specific... do the indicator lights turn on? ... do the tubes glow? Is there sound, noise or silence from the speakers? What makes you suspect the power transformer... is it running very hot? | |
| Do I really need Desoldering for replacing resistors/caps? Recapping looks deceptively easy. Desoldering guns work great on through hole points but not where snap in components are soldered to voltage or ground planes -- the planes suck up the heat from the gun and it takes longer to melt the solder, if i... | |
| Mark Levinson 436 Monoblock Amplifiers- How much Class A? Don't know for sure but, in general, a class A/B amp will operate in class A up to where the output current is about twice the bias current. The ML 436 idles at half the rated power output at 8 ohms so I am guessing that means it's biased close to... | |
| Question: Need Help with Cover Art Not Being Displayed on the Aurender N10 Music Server I’m in the process of ripping cd’s into my N100H using EAC with the external flac compressor. I created five sub directories (with [brackets] around the name) in the Aurender hdd under top directory MUSIC1 and moved my files into them. (This match... | |
| Best CD to FLAC software and FLAC playback software I also use EAC, mainly because it tests and error checks the disc before burning it onto the hard drive. Takes a long time though (around 10 minutes per disk). | |
| Is the main reason audio equipment depreciates so much is I think the reason is a lot of audio equipment sound practically the same at widely varying price points due to economies of scale (labor and buying power) and the fact that audiophiles are constantly selling to upgrade. So if you're in the market... | |
| Digital cable length- SPDIF vs AES/EBU- 1.5 meter for either? There are very very expensive 1.0 meter digital cables on the market. Either those designers lack the knowledge underpinning the 1.5 meter premise, they designed around it, or it's simply not true. Otherwise it would make sense for the lengths off... | |
| Two physical grounds?? Sorry, my mistake and no offense taken. I assumed you had grounded outlet boxes. Most 2-prong receptacle wiring in older houses that I have seen built since 1960 is armored steel BX (with ground) and the outlet ears against plaster so installing a... | |
| Two physical grounds?? The solution is easy provided you have a metal outlet box. Simply buy a 3-pronged outlet and a package of green ground wires (pre-looped, and with green screws, called 'Equipment Bonding Jumpers'). Remove one of the old two-prongers where you want... | |
| Replace pwr cord w/IEC socket on vintage gear? If that Heathkit is a tube amp without a protective cage, you do not want a grounding power cord for the same reason toasters and lamps are not furnished with three-prong plugs -- live parts exposed from damage have no bond to earth. Also, the gro... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? The most efficient (sensitive) speaker primarily benefits the lowest power amplifiers... is the lowest power amplifier the best amplifier?If so, then what would be the purpose of manufacturing higher power amplifiers and less than the most sensiti... | |
| Best CD player under $25000. And I'm thinking of all those turntable setups at 1/10th the price or lower that may very well outperform some of those digital Ubermenschen. | |
| damping factor Actually, what happens is when the amp sends a signal to the driver it energizes the voice coil and causes the cone to move. When the signal stops, the woofer cone keeps moving by inertia (the amplifier cannot stop the moving mass). This causes th... |