rodman99999
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| Audio Grade Fuse, Anyone? Mr G- Any chance you could provide a clearer addy or URL for the source of those fuses? | |
| System too harsh Help There is no doubt that proper speaker placement and room interaction must be addressed first in any system set-up. However- Every step up that I have made in my system's cables, interconnects, and power cords has yielded audible benefits(generally... | |
| Biwire posts; how to connect? Some speaker manufacturers use high quality jumpers between the high and low freq. posts, others skimp there. If the jumpers are chintzy- your sound will suffer and you would be better served by making the connection with stripped speaker cable. | |
| Help preamp problem: overload? The max output levels of your BCD-1 are 2.3v(single-ended) and 4.6v(balanced), which are both quite high. Again- That the "relay clicking" and going into "standby" disappear at a lower gain setting indicates a muting circuit protecting everything ... | |
| Help preamp problem: overload? If that Sibelius CD is not overly compressed, and actually exhibiting the dynamic range that the medium is capable of: When your pre's volume knob is turned to the level you mentioned(to sound good at the lower end of the dynamic range)- at the or... | |
| best way to break in new paradigm studio series If you want to speed the process somewhat: Place them close together, facing each other, and with the polarity reversed on one system's terminals/cable. This will cancel a large part of the output, and make the break-in period more tolerable. Eith... | |
| A 9 watts SET for the Maggies, Heavenly marriage Just in case you(or any other interested party) failed to click on that URL: The CAD 805 Anniversary Edition offers 50 watts per channel, Pure Class A Single Ended Triode Mono Blocks with dual 6SN7 input stage, 300B driver stage tube, includes bot... | |
| Gain versus volume If I understand your question correctly: The "volume" knob on your preamp IS a "gain" control. Hence- There is no actual difference since the are both really amplifiers(one a pre-amplifier and the other a pre-pre-amplifier). As Mr V stated: The on... | |
| Help with a Western Electric Rectifier Please YES- It is a DC output power supply. The output(secondary) of the transformer is changed via the taps. I'm guessing those are instructions on the door? That KS-5663-L7 is the model number. You might try contacting WE with that model number for pos... | |
| Speaker's efficiency, sensitivity and impedance Tvad- Read Robert Harley's "Complete Guide to High End Audio" available from Amazon=8>) The sections on "How Much Power Do I Need?" and "The dBW Power Rating" may lend some clarity. The only aspect Mr Harley leaves out is converting volts to dB... | |
| Speaker's efficiency, sensitivity and impedance Jeff- View the last site(URL) in my last post. There's a brief treatise on how impedance, amp output and sensitivity affect a system's SPL(just past the halfway point of the article). | |
| Speaker's efficiency, sensitivity and impedance YES- semantic gymnastics seems the most popular sport in the audio industry, and these forums. You can see by the definition for "sensitivity/efficiency" given by a company some of you MAY be familiar with(after all the years they've been manufact... | |
| Bi-wire cable for non-biwire speaker? Absolutely- Not a problem! | |
| Rewiring Audio Note from 125v to 230volts It depends on if the unit was built with a dual voltage transformer. Are there four leads on the primary(voltage in) side of the power transformer? If there are: see if they are marked 1, 2 ,3, 4 or X1, X2, X3, X4. If so: disconnect the 2 and 3 le... | |
| Help with a Western Electric Rectifier Please I'm certain there are many in "here" that know what a "rectifier" is. However: What you have described is NOT. A rectifier(either full or half wave) will either be comprised of a Selenium or copper oxide stack, diode bridge or tube that converts A... |