jasonbourne52
Responses from jasonbourne52
| Ayon CD-5s Paying $350 for a remote is a rip off! | |
| Ayon CD-5s Unless it has been run over by a car it is repairable! That dealer just doesn't want to be bothered to fix it! Say good riddance to him! If the problem is a dead laser replacements can be found on the 'Net. If the problem is a dead chip, cap or re... | |
| Tube-Curious/Pre-amp That Audible Illusions Modulus for $895 is a real good deal! The Melos for $500 is a good buy too! I'd take either over the Freya. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? Electrolytic cap lifespan is unpredictable! My Sumo Andromeda is still going strong while my BEL 1001 and GAS Son need new caps. | |
| Power cable dilemma Electronic components that have been sitting unplugged for an extended period should be run up on a variac before use to prime the power supply caps. | |
| Power cable dilemma You should have used a variac to gradually power up the amp for at least several hours before connecting it to speakers. This would give the power supply caps time to reform. With the first power cord the caps were still not at full charge. By the... | |
| Will this amp work as described below: Keep and use the the Peachtree AMP 500, The Pass amp is a sideways move. | |
| Snell Type A speakers I paid $400 for a pair of Type A’s. They belonged to the deceased original owner in Connecticut who purchased them from Audiocom in Old Greenwich (my hometown). I paid an additional $400 to ship them in four boxes via USPS to Florida. The Type A i... | |
| Help me understand cartridge alignment The only way to have tangency and lowest distortion from outer to inner grooves is to use a linear-track arm. | |
| Help me understand cartridge alignment An LP played by a stylus/pivoted arm has two points where the stylus is tangent to the groove. These are called null points 1 and 2. Starting with the outermost groove the tangentcy is lowest and distortion is highest. As the stylus approaches the... | |
| Help me understand cartridge alignment Different alignments (Baerwald, Stevenson ...) have lowest distortion at different points on an LP. Due to the arc that a stylus/pivoted arm travels across an LP there will always be distortion. These alignments attempt to reduce it. A rule of th... | |
| Does anyone know of a repair service for Lamm amplifiers? Buy two 120 to 240 step up AC transformers. No need to go inside the chassis. Put one on each amp. This will not affect sound quality. | |
| Perception and Watts: Doubling of power A 10db increase in SPL is typically perceived as "twice as loud". This usually requires a 10X increase of amplifier watts. So an 80 watt amp can have a SPL 10db higher before clipping than an 8 watt 300B SE amp. | |
| Does a higher gauge electrical wire impact voltage level? @erik_squires : your last sentence is incorrect! | |
| Does a higher gauge electrical wire impact voltage level? The higher the gauge number the more resistance it has. |