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| Re-wired to 30 amps? Speakerdude, I disagree; probably many insurance adjusters will also. It is not a good idea to run a 30-amp circuit regardless of any potential sonic improvements. It goes against electrical codes and for good reason. The limiting factor here is t... | |
| OT: Windows XP Update Service Pack 1 Me too. More problems created than solved. Uninstalled it and never looked back. | |
| Re-wired to 30 amps? Mitch, check your local codes. Typical residential circuits are 15 and 20-amp for general power and lighting. Almost everywhere I know of you are not permitted to have more than one receptacle on a circuit rated greater than 20-amps. Not only that... | |
| Output filter Caps Sean: no disrespect taken whatsoever...my mistake - I did not make it clear that my off-the-back-of-the-matchbook calcs were for EACH channel; not the total. Again, I make no claim that I can "re-design" the power supply better than the designers,... | |
| Output filter Caps Lincoln: In response to your email about replacing the stock 22,000MF caps with 27,000MF caps... From what I remember, the DH500 is rated at 250wpc/8ohms. Which means that it is probably a stable voltage source down to 2 ohms (250wpc/8ohms 500wpc/... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? I also agree - nothing wrong with Thiel's. I have owned Thiels for quite some time. There is a downside - a sort of a Catch 22 - they will sound their best with SOTA electronics. Not only sound their best, but actually compete with speakers that c... | |
| Output filter Caps Yes and no. Yes the "rewards" are a higher reserve peak current that gives better low frequency extension and control, frequency dynamic range etc as stated by Sean above. But...By increasing the supply capacitance, you are forcing the transformer... | |
| Help. Dead Levinson 23.5 Go with Madrigal's suggestion - the service is not as expensive as you might fear it to be. What you have, as far as I can read, is a blown AP-5 circuit board. They'll replace the board, not just the damaged part(s). Call them for a shipping carto... | |
| Help for power conditioning of changing current A power-conditioning isolation transformer will help - especially with a 10% voltage swing. Try http://www.sola-hevi-duty.com/products/powerconditioning/Index.htmOr http://www.mcmaster-carr.comLook under "transformers" "power-conditioning". I know... | |
| Do tubes last longer in Preamps than Amps? I would suggest the CAT preamp for Krells. Performs perfectly with my Levinson 20.6 mono's. Only uses single-ended cabling, though. The line and phono stage tube compliment costs around $120.00 to $200.00. If you don't leave it on all day and nigh... | |
| Why low sensitivity speakers? Without getting into the physics of speaker design, here's an analogy:Suppose you have a table with many bottles of different weights covering it. The bottles represent the audio frequency range. The heaviest bottles are the lowest frequencies and... | |
| Review: Wright Sound WPA-3.5 Tube amp I have owned a pair for a year now. Excellent amp for the money IMO. From my trials:For the best sound, Classical or Jazz, a pair of RCA Cunningham single plate 2A3's with an RCA VT-231 (gray glass).For general listening, the RCA double black plat... | |
| Phony buyers on Audiogon Nothing unusual about this. Unfortunately, people, for whatever reason, will want to buy or possess something and out of impulse they will "buy it!!". Explains why a lot of us are in credit card debt. Anyway, it is not uncommon, as another example... | |
| Cooling Help in a Closet Equipment Room An exhaust fan will work good, especially if the room where the closet is adjacent to is air conditioned. For the 240 cu ft closet, I would suggest a fan/light ventilator with a 120 cfm capacity. Mount the unit in the ceiling, run 3-inch flex alum... | |
| Oxidation and bare silver or silver coated wire??? Silver can oxidize but the process is slower than copper oxidizing. But, the oxide of silver is a good conductor, unlike that of copper. However, silver has another trait: it tarnishes. There are always trace amounts of hydrogen sulfides in the am... |