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| Turn on amp w/o speakers Be very careful with NuForce amps. Powering up without the speakers connected (or some sort of resistive load) will burn up internal components. I know people who have had this happen. | |
| Review: Behringer DEQ2496 Equalizer Jcfergus, thank you for this useful information. What are the dimensions of your listening room in feet, and at what frequencies does it have bass peaks? Do your speakers boom without an EQ? | |
| Review: Behringer DEQ2496 Equalizer Hi Eldartford, I'm late to this forum, but I want to thank you for the excellent info. I need to tame some bad room resonances. The DEQ2496 sounds like a great solution. I downloaded the manual, but couldn't find the info I'm looking for. Can the ... | |
| Phono Stage - An unique feature of the EAR (with volume option) is that you can connect it directly to your amp. This may not appeal to everyone, but for signal path purists and passive pre advocates, it doesn't get any better than this. I just discovered the E... | |
| Phono Stage - Diamonds, you haven't given us a budget or told us what cartridge you plan to use. But judging from your other components, I'd put the EAR 834P at the top of your list. This thing breaths life into vinyl like nothing else near its price. Don't und... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-10 dead super tweeters question? What amp are you using? How many watts? The only reason these things would fail so quickly is if you're driving your amp beyond its capabilities. The crossover should be fine. The next question is whether you're sure the piezo super tweeter is act... | |
| Looking for turntable for under $1000 Bob, I'm a big fan of the Denon DL-103R. It's 8.5 grams with a tracking force of 2.5g. It's a killer cartridge for the price, but don't take my word for it, read this review: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ranlg&1034089946Of course, t... | |
| Looking for turntable for under $1000 Bob, I'm glad you like the table. I think the drift is due to the fact that the Ortofon X5 is too light for the tonearm. 4.1 grams is at the lower limit for the counterweight. The 9c is not a low mass arm. You can see from Pro-ject's web site that... | |
| Looking for turntable for under $1000 Bob, I'd really like to hear what you think of the Pro-ject RM-5. It's been on my mind since I read the review at 6moons: http://www.sixmoons.com:80/audioreviews/project3/combo.htmlThe price point is exceptional and the design is sleek. It reminds... | |
| Excellent review of CAPACITORS Must read John, I encourage you to talk to Jeff at Sonic Craft. He's a wealth of knowledge when it comes to capacitors and circuit design. You won't be disappointed. http://www.soniccraft.com/ | |
| Excellent review of CAPACITORS Must read Larry, I couldn't agree more. Capacitors can't be evaluated in a vacuum. This review is definitely a positive contribution to the community. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. The author had a task at hand. He outlined it clearly and added the us... | |
| Hope this helps someone with RFI problems Rich, I've had the same problem for years. Mine is pretty low level RFI, but annoying nonetheless. Thanks for sharing your discovery! | |
| Excellent review of CAPACITORS Must read I thought the review was interesting, but honestly, when you look at the bottom line, TFTF V-caps are ridiculously expensive. A pair of 1.0 uF/600VDC will run you $440. A pair of 3.3 uF cost $1200. Yes, I know there are some people who can afford ... | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Bob, I was using the standard walwart with the Phonomena. The fellow I bought it from owned the battery power supply at one point in time. He said the sound improvement was subtle at best and, in his opinion, wasn't worth $600. I don't think you c... | |
| cartridge loading Ditto, here's a good primer on cartridge loading: http://www.extremephono.com/Loading.htmYou should also check out the Agon threads. Search for "loading" under analog. There's tons of great information. -Mark |