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| slight noise concern with lamm amplifier? What you describe is normal for almost every amplifier, preamp and phono stage. That noise is caused by the normal operation of the electronics which the speakers pick up (the more sensitve the speakers, the farther away you'll hear it). As long a... | |
| Question about sound below an amps frequency specs Unless there is a reason to limit the bandwidth of the amplifer, the low frequencies will not be intentionally filtered just outside the published specs.The frequency response of an amplifier is specified with a dB range. Your amp may be 20-20k +/... | |
| Popping from light switches and refrigerator It seems to me that your problem is from one of two sources: the refrigerator or the power company. The refigerator motor contacts, brushes or pull-in relay could be arcing, leading to induction or impules noise in the entire house wiring. These v... | |
| AC polarisation. Does it matter? I looked at your system and I don't think quality control is a problem with Shunyatas and Electraglides unless they make an export version with reverse polarity... I don't know.Did you use a continuity tester to confirm this? Sorry if this seems p... | |
| Audiophile circuit breakers ? Do they fit in your panel? My basic German tells me these are only DIN-Rail mount and I don't know of any UL panels that accepts DIN breakers (they accept DIN rail devices such as TVSS's). As these appear to be Euro-standard devices, they may a) b... | |
| Speaker Design I would guess no. More effort will be put into voicing the speaker than the mathematics of the xover design for a given box and drivers would suggest. Since each of the three designers are just like the rest of us with different tastes, perception... | |
| Voltage question If it goes above 132 volts, that's when problems can occur.What was the voltage at the previous location? There could be a potential problem in the wiring if you have different voltages among receptacles. The most common cause is a loose neutral a... | |
| Can HI FI components really make music? Everyone mentioned equipment and room. Even if you had the ideal of both, there's one more variable - the recording chain. The losses start at the microphone and continue to the speakers. So, no matter what you do on your end, the recording proces... | |
| New Midrange vs. Older High-End CD Transports Without knowing the equipment you're playing it through, the lack of sonic difference can be attributed to the preamp, amp and/or speakers. It's the synergy thing. From my experiences, the sonic difference of a big ticket component is not as spect... | |
| How do inductors help impedence matching? It depends if the inductor is in parallel or in series with the woofer. If it's in series, then its function is to increase the inductive reactance (why though, it's easier done with a resistor) and if it's in parallel, its there to reduce the rea... | |
| Grounding Issue/Electrical I would first make sure the outlet is good by using an AC outlet tester (about $5.00 from Radio Shack) instead of relying on the line conditioner lights. Then use the process of elimination, i.e., what happens when you plug in the second line cond... | |
| Inverted phase preamps? There are a couple of ways. If you have a cdp or dac with a polarity switch, set it to 180. If the amplifier has a polarity switch, leave it at zero. Wire the speakers normally for each channel - amp black to speaker black, amp red to speaker red.... | |
| My woofer won't stop barking... It could very well be RFI/EM noise being picked up by the long I/C. I would try a low noise shielded A/V cable made for subs along with the Y-adapter. | |
| Why does my new tube amp and preamp sound so bad? If the gear checks out okay, then the only thing I can add is a problem with the cables. Are you using long interconnects? More than, say, 15 feet from pre to amp? If the I/C's are both long and capacitive, the problem may be that the output imped... | |
| Popping when source is switched or muted HUH???? You might consider sending the unit in for an inspection or repair. Popping sounds are caused by arcing 99% of the time in solid state gear - and in your case the arcs are either across the switch(es) or where the soldered leads from the switches ... |