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| How does a speaker blow out? Low powered amplifiers can clip when pushed to their upper power limit, which sends out DC to the speaker. DC current melts speaker driver voice coils. | |
| Power cord length Time aligned power? Filtering per unit of conductor length? What physics text books are on that dealer's shelf? | |
| Left RCA out on DAC not working My guess is the RCA jacks on the DAC are pcb mounted and the left jack's hot pin is not soldered (not the ground). The AECO plug is longer than the other RCA plugs and pushes the hot pin back onto the pad, making electrical contact. Board mounted... | |
| Power conditioner wire gauge? Serious issue And the wire gauge from the IEC inlet to the power supply is at most 14ga and is usually 16 or 18ga. Not to mention the fuse element is equivalent to a 20ga solid conductor. I use 10/3 Romex for one reason only: the conductors are pre-twisted in ... | |
| Resistors in Parallel It's not a problem. I've paralleled resistors to dial in a specific ohm value that is not standard. If you really want to dive deep into the weeds there is the wire inductance in the paralleled resistor leads which can be a lot higher than the ind... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? The purpose of using fatter wire in branch circuits is to minimize voltage drop to the receptacle when there is a long run from panel to receptacle. That six feet from receptacle to appliance is trivial. Besides, the wiring from the amp power inle... | |
| ARC repair needed Try Pyramid Audio (Texas) or United Radio (Rochester NY) Problem is the transistors in that amp are obsolete and it's very difficult to find an equivalent that will work. Transistor amps are very intolerant to transistor substitutions no matter h... | |
| I feel bad for Generation X and The Millennial's The younger generation can access more music in one hour than a baby boomer could sample between '64 and '74. | |
| Yggdrasil OG dac anologue 2 possible problem Check the settings in the streamer app, see if there is a delay for sample rate changes. Some DACs take a while to adjust to a new sample rate and the streaming app mutes for a specified time selected by the user. The Yggdrasil only needs a second... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh "Harsh" can be a result of out of spec distortion in any of the front end components. To rule that out you'll have to swap out each piece one at a time. If it solves the problem, then the offending piece can be sent for testing/service. | |
| Balanced Inputs If your DAC is fully balanced in and out (2 DAC chips per channel) the XLR output should perform better than its RCA output summing circuit. Otherwise you're probably better off with the phono. | |
| Room treatment ideas for annoying external noises What you are looking for is how to soundproof a room, not treat it. There is tons of information on Google and YouTube for you to see what is in your budget. | |
| The problem with absorption panels- it kills the fine details Room treatments are not tweaks, they're meant to solve specific problems created by the listening environment. | |
| You know when you are dealing with a BS company.... If someone says Brand A peanut butter tastes 15% better than Brand B, what does that tell you, other than a misfortunate grade school education. | |
| Recapping an ARC LS-5 mkiii Slim to zero chance ARC will work on the unit if it has obsolete semiconductors (they can't take the chance they'll accidentally damage an irreplaceable good one while in their care). The Rel Caps are top quality films which ARC uses as bypasses... |