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post #316 of 343
3/3/13 at 1:04pm

Should the transformer hum cause any worry from a functional standpoint? Is there any problem if I simply don't mind the hum?

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post #317 of 343
3/3/13 at 2:43pm
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Originally Posted by MattTCG View Post

Okay. So a2 preamp out to phono in, correct?

No.

 

Edit: Unless you did mean RCA.


Edited by paradoxper - 3/3/13 at 2:45pm
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post #318 of 343
3/3/13 at 3:16pm
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Should the transformer hum cause any worry from a functional standpoint? Is there any problem if I simply don't mind the hum?

 

Not that I can think of; it's just the mechanical hum of lamination. Functionally, with the volume all the way up and in high gain mode, mine is 99.9% dead silent through headphones. 

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post #319 of 343
3/3/13 at 5:45pm
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Do you guys know what these splotches would be? 


Hmm, interesting. White powdery residue on an item from California? Not sure I wanna know... wink_face.gif

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post #320 of 343
3/3/13 at 5:52pm
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Hmm, interesting. White powdery residue on an item from California? Not sure I wanna know... wink_face.gif

That could explain the K9 unit following the FedEx truck that brought me mine and the 'telephone repair truckwink_face.gif' parked accross the street for the past few days.

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post #321 of 343
3/3/13 at 6:13pm
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That could explain the K9 unit following the FedEx truck that brought me mine and the 'telephone repair truckwink_face.gif' parked accross the street for the past few days.


Remain calm! Wipe the A2 clean and quickly drill two holes in the top. Slide some tubes thru the holes and tell the Feds it's only a Lyr. If they start looking closely, poke the K9 dog in the eyes "3 stooges style" and run out the back door. eek.gif

 

Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!* biggrin.gif

 

 

 

*obscure movie reference


Edited by OldSkool - 3/8/13 at 7:34pm
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post #322 of 343
3/3/13 at 7:05pm
I can only hear a hum if I put my ear like 3 inches from the amp no problems
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post #323 of 343
3/5/13 at 12:10pm

News from track and trace - my Asgard 2 is on the way from customs to me popcorn.gif - and my new HD650 arrived todaysmile_phones.gif - listening time, and it can only get better.

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post #324 of 343
3/5/13 at 12:20pm

^^ Nice!! That's quite a pair of packages...biggrin.gif

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post #325 of 343
3/5/13 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by KlausInDK View Post
News from track and trace - my Asgard 2 is on the way from customs to me popcorn.gif - and my new HD650 arrived todaysmile_phones.gif - listening time, and it can only get better.

 

I'm looking forward to your impressions! 

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post #326 of 343
3/8/13 at 1:37pm

Picked up yesterday, allowed to burn in for 8 hours (while I was working) and then listening time with the new HD 650. One word - Wonderful! And it got better and better through the evening. I have never heard so many details and such vast dynamics in Beethoven's violin concerto with Hillary Hahn and Bernstein L3000.gif. What to chose this evening? - lots of possibilities.

 

My A2 (serial number 215) has no traces of physical hum at all - can it be another transformer as mine is for 230V and 50 Hz?

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post #327 of 343
3/8/13 at 2:17pm
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Originally Posted by KlausInDK View Post

Picked up yesterday, allowed to burn in for 8 hours (while I was working) and then listening time with the new HD 650. One word - Wonderful! And it got better and better through the evening. I have never heard so many details and such vast dynamics in Beethoven's violin concerto with Hillary Hahn and Bernstein L3000.gif. What to chose this evening? - lots of possibilities.

 

My A2 (serial number 215) has no traces of physical hum at all - can it be another transformer as mine is for 230V and 50 Hz?

Am I seeing a trend - 220V/50 Hz transformers do not have hum? I saw at least a few posts reporting that. I feel jealous... evil_smiley.gif

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post #328 of 343
3/10/13 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by KlausInDK View Post

Picked up yesterday, allowed to burn in for 8 hours (while I was working) and then listening time with the new HD 650. One word - Wonderful! And it got better and better through the evening. I have never heard so many details and such vast dynamics in Beethoven's violin concerto with Hillary Hahn and Bernstein L3000.gif. What to chose this evening? - lots of possibilities.

 

My A2 (serial number 215) has no traces of physical hum at all - can it be another transformer as mine is for 230V and 50 Hz?


Ummm, I hate to be nitpicking, but Hahn would have been about eleven when Bernstein died.  Her recording of the Beethoven does come with Bernstein's Serenade, which he wrote.

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post #329 of 343
3/11/13 at 2:08pm

Sorry, you are of course right. She is playing with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman. My bad not reading the cover!


Edited by KlausInDK - 3/11/13 at 2:09pm
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post #330 of 343
3/11/13 at 2:55pm

I'd say it turned out pretty good...

 

 

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