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December 19, 2015, 10:51 AM
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Re: JOB 225 2-channel Power Amplifier ... update ...
nothing special.
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December 19, 2015, 01:30 AM
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Re: JOB 225 2-channel Power Amplifier ... update ...
A dc servo control is an electronic way of keeping "output signal wire" of the device at zero potential, that is, electrical neutral. outputs of say for example a pre-amp and inputs of say a power...
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December 18, 2015, 09:20 PM
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Re: JOB 225 2-channel Power Amplifier ... update ...
OK, picture this in your mind:
you have a rectangle that is 5 meters long and one meter tall and one meter wide. It is open only on the top. In the middle you put a thin rubber sheet that is... -
September 27, 2015, 04:32 PM
Thread: Will no NFB hurt my amp
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Re: Will no NFB hurt my amp
In general, actually amps have more of a chance of instability with feedback then without, atleast in the design stage. The amp IMO was designed originally with no feedback and then feedback was...
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September 26, 2015, 09:45 PM
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September 26, 2015, 09:41 PM
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Re: NEW !!! conrad-johnson CA150 Control Amplifier
While my nearly 30 year old gear does have as good and better specifications than this gear, despite opinions and preferences and pronouncements by some, the fact is this gear is less able to...
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September 26, 2015, 03:58 PM
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Re: NEW !!! conrad-johnson CA150 Control Amplifier
Specifications not much to write home about for 2015 solid state product, just sayin.
Specifications:
Power: 135 watts per channel RMS both channels driven into 8 ohms from 20Hz to 20 kHz at no... -
September 26, 2015, 12:38 AM
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Re: NEW !!! conrad-johnson CA150 Control Amplifier
The idea of a control amplifier makes sense nowadays in any case. With outboard phono amps, and dacs, or even tape decks, it makes sense if you can have your source(s) close enough to the control...
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September 25, 2015, 10:57 PM
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Re: NEW !!! conrad-johnson CA150 Control Amplifier
" but without the additional distortions that would be inherent in a superfluous line-stage. Like an integrated amplifier, a control amplifier also eliminates the colorations of preamplifier to...
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September 6, 2015, 02:21 PM
Thread: My lying ears!
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Re: My lying ears!
Tomelex says http://audioshark.org/images/styles/BlueDemon/buttons/viewpost-right.png One small issue is all the mix and master engineers using their speakers with worse waterfall plots (decay times)...
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September 6, 2015, 12:19 PM
Thread: My lying ears!
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Re: My lying ears!
One small issue is all the mix and master engineers using their speakers with worse waterfall plots (decay times) etc and making the mix sound good on gear that is technically less effective, so will...
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August 26, 2015, 10:08 PM
Thread: Does your sound system include a tuner?
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Re: Does your sound system include a tuner?
Tuner comes in handy once in a while. Seldom used though. Hafler DH-330. It complements the rest of the system and still looks pretty cool to me. The ability to turn off stereo to mono and...
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August 14, 2015, 10:30 PM
Thread: Mr. Holmes: A Review
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Re: Mr. Holmes: A Review
thanks for bring this show up, have not had a chance to see it yet. For me, there is only one Sherlock, Jeremy Brett. But the new Sherlock tv series that came out a few years ago is good too. Saw...
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August 10, 2015, 10:54 PM
Thread: The damn Robins have won this round
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Re: The damn Robins have won this round
I feel your pain. We have always atleast two nests going around our house each year. I have found that when they start building in one of the hanging baskets on the back porch where we eat...
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June 28, 2015, 10:43 PM
Thread: Too much Auto Tech?
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June 28, 2015, 10:40 PM
Thread: Too much Auto Tech?
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Re: Too much Auto Tech?
Sorry for the late response, yes, 2010 avalon and can not even bypass the traction control on that year car.....extremely irritating for winter driving.
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June 28, 2015, 10:37 PM
Thread: Do you go to concerts?
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Re: Do you go to concerts?
Yep, sometimes it just sounds so much better at home. We go to about 6-10 unamplified concerts a year, and maybe half a dozen more local area talents just so my wife can watch me struggling to dance.
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June 13, 2015, 11:33 PM
Thread: Too much Auto Tech?
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Re: Too much Auto Tech?
I want a manual override switch, to turn all that junk off, hell, I don't even like it that new cars, when you let up on the accelerator, the engine rpm increase because the engine is over run so to...
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June 13, 2015, 11:26 PM
Thread: New Boeing Jet goes "almost" vertical
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Re: New Boeing Jet goes "almost" vertical
I am still not comfortable with fly by wire and heavily computerized flight controls, although I understand that a modern jet at altitude has need of keeping a tight envelope as far as speed and...
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June 13, 2015, 11:20 PM
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Re: So many models of Cordless Drill / Drivers, help!
After years of dinking around with one offs, one year I finally broke down and bought a lot of dewalt stuff, which has done well for me over the past 12 years or so. Dewalt is upgraded skil brand...
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May 23, 2015, 09:02 PM
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Re: My Munich Notes with Western Electric Lowdown and music
I would expect that to happen. Stereo is trying its hardest to create an illusion, but the two point sources just can not do it realistically, however its what we have for general consumption.
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April 19, 2015, 10:52 AM
Thread: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
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Re: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
OK , addressing the question of proper eningeering for an interconnect, its not just the interconnect, its the pre-amp or source driving circuit, the load input circuit and then the interconnect...
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April 19, 2015, 12:17 AM
Thread: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
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Re: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
There is a reason I prefer to steer clear of a couple of folks on this forum:
Lets look at this for Christ sake:
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April 18, 2015, 11:58 PM
Thread: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
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Re: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
I thought those who knew electronics and simple audio electronics knew that power cables and cables and interconnects have measureable effects in the early eighties and it was documented by then...
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April 18, 2015, 11:42 PM
Thread: Ethan Winer of RealTraps
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