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What's The Furthest/Longest You Have/Will Travel To Audition?
The other side of the globe! 9,000miles one way and 18,000miles round trip. Every couple years I travel to Singapore visiting friends and families I will take the opportunity to auditioning gears and usually bought some small items like headphone,... 
Accuphase E-480
Congrats! @sp33ls2 One thing I was a little bit surprised by was that some of the rails to the power amp board were raised by a few volts (like 65VDC to 69VDC) when compared with the 100V step down... My AC mains are 122VAC rather than 12... 
Needing service for Acoustic Research solid state preamplifier
https://cmtechsupport.com/ CM Tech also offers expert repair service on all AR/Advent loudspeakers and amplifiers. Please contact us for more information.  
Townshend Springs under Speakers
listen and measure. Good engineering practices!!!  
IEC connector with fuse and switch
Is there a typical fuse orientation, or direction? Dose it matter? Trust your own ears!  
60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub
Is it time to just move on or is this something worth repairing? Could this be something simple, and if so, how can I diagnose it? Probably electrolytic capacitors failing caused the 60Hz hum, you can find a good condition PS110 for less... 
PrimaLuna Evo 200 underwhelming
I bought an ex. Display Primaluna Evo 200 a couple of weeks ago, mainly based on all the rave reviews and excellent comments on various forums. Since it's couple of weeks old, I assume its already well broken-in. If you don't like the sound o... 
Power amplifiers for a 3 way setup, 2 fronts 1 center
Most of the piega speakers can bi-amp/bi-wire, another option is using three stereo amps to power each speaker via bi-amp configuration.    
Home speakers with car receiver possible?
The JVC come in at 86 db sensitivity. The Polk Altrium 4 come in at 89 db sensitivity. An off topic question, is there any standard method for measuring speaker sensitivity? The reason I ask is I notice some speaker manufacturer stated their s... 
Stereo potentiometer tone controller
http://makearadio.com/tech/tone.htm https://sound-au.com/articles/eq.htm 
How long does Class A have?
holmzAs my amps run on 230v I guess they draw 1/2 the current and 1/2 the power? If your amp can run on 230V or 115V, it will consume the same amount of power on 230V or 115V.  P = V x I That's why switch to 230V mains will draw 1/2 the ... 
Stereo potentiometer tone controller
@spatialking http://www.utc-ic.com/uploadfile/2012/0316/20120316040633653.pdf  
Electric projector lift hidden in a side wall?
https://auton.com/collections/custom 
Point to Point vs Circuit Board
Horses for courses 
Home speakers with car receiver possible?
I have been thinking about perhaps installing a set of Polk Atrium 4 speakers. These however indicate 8ohm resistance. I think the JVC car receiver (KE-X840BTS) would prefer lower ohms? What can I do? 8Ω speakers are OK to connect to the J...