rdr4b
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| Marantz SA-1 reliability problem Just called Philips Service Center (who services the Marantz in the US) and according to the service tech, there is a Marantz memo for SA-1 regarding mis-read and fuse blown problem. There is suppose to be a minor part upgrade that should solve th... | |
| Marantz SA-1 reliability problem Here it goes again. My SA-1 blew another fuse. This time it was clearly not caused by surge. It was mis-loading the CD a few times and then all of a sudden, the whole unit dies, just like last time. Anyone with the same experience out there? | |
| Leave it on or turn it off? As another CA resident, I must also take brown out into consideration when the voltage dropped below 90V. I used to leave my pre-amps and Marantz SA-1 on all the time until I blew the fuses 3 times in a row since the summer started. For those who ... | |
| RCA to XLR connection Why not just buy your favorite cables and have the vendors convert them instead of using the converters that, no matter how good they are built, almost always degrade the sound. Most cable makers can do it with a little extra charge. Nonetheless, ... | |
| Seeking advice from Maggie owners As an ex-Maggie owner, I agreed with all the positive qualities that Hififile stated in his post. However, as a friendly warning, I'd like to add that Maggies are visually intrusive and can be easily tipped over -- not the speakers if you have you... | |
| Marantz SA-1 reliability problem I live in Pasadena area and my friend lives in Arcadia (which is the next city). We had a couple of un-warned brown-out but none of those events cause the fuse to zap. Instead, I was almost sure that the unstable electricity has something to do wi... | |
| Any comments on Nagra amp/preamps By the way, tubes make a huge difference. Do not judge Nagra PL-P and VPA based on the crappy in-house Chinese and Yugoslavia tubes. Replace them with Cetron 845 or, if you can afford and are lucky to find them, the RCA 845s then you will get the ... | |
| Dr Harvey "Gizmo" Rosenberg Died I was a proud owner of NYAL OTL-3 for nearly 10 years till I stupidly sold them for a Krell KSA-200S. There hasn't been a day gone by that I didn't want to kick myself for it. Harvey is a true legend in this cottage industry and one of the very fe... | |
| Opinion of Jeff Roland 5 Amp or 7 monos I've had the Model 7-III for about 2 years and I agree with Stealth that the new 8/9/10/12 are totally different species in terms of sound. The 7s sound much slower (longer rise time and fall time) thus give them a more tubular sound. I compared t... | |
| Sonus Fabers and tube amps This topic has been covered before for Amatis. Do a keyword search. Hope it helps. | |
| Perpetual Tech. upsampler does it work? I had the P1A/P3A/P3 Power Supply and the Mystic I2S cable for about 2 months so my conclusion may not be that conclusive -- the Combo does yield more "detail" or "airiness" for some mysterious reason but it loses some of the transient in low-to-m... | |
| HOW MUCH GAIN ????? There is no short answer to your question. It all depends -- mostly on the output of the cartridge. Normally, you need about 45-65dB for MC cartridges output ranging from 0.25-0.5mV. My 0.2mV Koetsu requires at least 65dB thus I had to sell the Au... | |
| RPG Skyline mounting on ceiling I mounted all 8 of them on the ceiling and was a little disappointed with the results. It didn't help much with taming the brightness. It does, however, help the sound stage a bit. I may have to find other ways to cover the French doors and other ... | |
| What to do when you receive damage goods Thanks, Bob, I tried to plead my case with Audiogon many times with fruitless result. Audiogon's position is simple - it is not an arbitrator of any disputes. Since the other party never 'explained' what happened on his end, as far as Audiogon is ... | |
| What to do when you receive damage goods Thanks, Bundus. I regards my reputation highly - online or offline; therefore I took the negative comments seriously. On the other hand, the guy who screwed me never submitted another ad here the the GoN since he's got 3-4 negatives against him so... |