I have 3 Sonic Impact T-amps where I overvolted or reversed polarity accidentally on the power supply, so they are "blown", "fried", or whatever. Specifically, what burns out on these amps when you do this? I'd like to just replace whatever part/parts I destroyed and have 3 working amps...

Anyone else think this looks like a nice station? Madell sells these on Ebay and they have various versions of this at different price points, depending on included nozzles. The above version comes with two hot air nozzles for $185. For $245, you can get the same thing with these...

I should have a 1212m soon and have been casually perusing the threads on modding the analog section of this card. Unless I haven't read the right threads, or found the right posts, I am left wondering if there is a concensus on any of the improvements suggested. I don't want to tear into this...

Just a quick question... this HeadAmp.com Dynahi appears to me to be an unbalanced unit with dual headphone jacks and a separate stepped attenuator volume control for each jack. I assume both jacks can be used simultaneously and that each listener is able to adjust their own volume level...

I gave my nice, hardly used Fluke away to an electrician friend of mine a couple years ago (well, I sold it for $50, same thing) thinking I'd probably never have need for an expensive MM since I had never used its advanced functions from the time I bought it. Besides, we're good friends. Then...

4/1/05 Update: I now have the schematic and PCB in hand. If you are interested in this project, shoot me a PM. Even if you don't plan to build this but want to join the discussion, shoot me a PM with your postal address and I'll send you printed photocopies--I don't have a scanner and am not...

Just a friendly price alert -- Home Audio Superstore has the Teac AL700P (Tripath based) digital amp on sale for $85 new. The usual disclaimer: I have no association with this store, just passing on the good news. Click Here 30w/channel, like the Sonic Impact T-amp on steroids. Great if...

Having added a nice Infinity 12" subwoofer to my loudspeaker system somewhat recently, I think it is classic jazz that has benefitted the most. Perhaps it's a false impression, but it seems to me a lot of jazz'philes are also self-declared non-bassheads. If so, I wonder why? -coma

I'm considering replacing all my connectors (RCA's, phono and mini-plugs, etc.) with high-quality solder joints. My audio system is pretty much a collection of DIY circuit boards anyway and I've been gradually replacing all my low-pedigree cables with silver, etc. One day it struck me that I...

After six months reading probably everything on this site describing and comparing video cards, I'm unable to come to any firm conclusions about what separates these two cards--the EMU-1212m and the Chaintech AV710. The listening impressions I've read seem to indicate the two have similar...

Since I enjoy listening to music ripped on my PC, I finally silenced the box in my home office this evening. The noise was driving me nuts. Here's what I did (and what I have): CPU: P4 Celeron - 2.7Ghz PSU: Generic/Unknown 350W PSU Case: IBM NetVista workstation case GPU: nVidia Quadro...

Warning: This isn't a funny story. Five minutes after my family left for the movies last night, I closed a bedroom door only to discover 'Sky", our cute family parakeet, had fallen asleep sitting on top of the door. I heard a 'thunk' and watched the solid pine and glass door spring back open...

Hi all, My 15-year old son joined Head-Fi a couple days ago. He's a really great kid who is enthusiastic about all things musical (being a violin player) and electronic (huge PC fanatic). I generally keep pretty tight reigns on Internet privileges with my kids to keep them on track at school...

I was experiencing a low hum in my Millett amp until tonight. Never noticed it in headphones, but it was audible at higher volumes when using the Millett as pre-amp with my loudspeakers. Well, problem solved with the arrival of a linear, regulated 28VDC PSU. Yes, it's HUGE, but it wasn't that...

Does anyone own these? How do they sound? Are you happy with them? Feeling the need to upgrade? What about them could be better? Inquiring minds want to know... Thanks, -coma

I asked this question on the PC Source forum, but I guess it strays too far off the usual topics to get much attention. Hopefully I'll have better luck here... I'm trying to get a PC, a Sony DVP, a standard 32" CRT TV, and a home theater grouping of bookshelf/monitors to play nice together...

I moved this thread to the "Cables, Power, Tweaks, Speakers..." forum. http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...10#post1114310 Thanks, -coma P.S. Mods, you may delete this re-direct.

I mentioned a few days ago that I was searching for a soundcard that could process an external signal into 5.1 surround from my Sony DVD player for home theater use. I found this AV710 review on NewEgg's site. "Mikey,7/29/2004 9:28:30 PM After trying (and failing) to get my SoundBlaster...

On the subject of a combined PC music *and* home-theater system, I spent some time this morning doing some research. Here's what I turned up... Being ever on the lookout for ways to integrate my PC with the rest of my gear, I was hoping to find an "audiophile grade" multi-channel card that...

I guess this is called "front channel stacking". Paradigm Atoms, as nice as they are by themselves, and as improved as the sound becomes after adding a pair of 8" sealed subwoofers, sound even better after I add a pair of Ensemble satellites (Cambridge Soundworks) to the same front-channel...

I'd like to give my 8" passive, sealed enclosure subwoofers their own amplifier. I'm considering the 120-watt model from Parts Express. My question: What happens if I wire my subs in parallel to this one amplifier (i.e. splice into the wires shown on the back side)? Does this mean the amp...

Hey all, Does anyone have an opinion about this CD player? Decent? Garbage? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5732939311 Some info: YAMAHA CDC-625 NATURAL SOUND Features SL Bit 8X OS Thanks!!

This question is a continuation of my music server thread I started a few days ago. We saw that you can run multiple instances of Foobar simultaneously with different soundcards (though not with 2 or more EMU cards in the same machine). Does anyone know if more than one Chaintech AV710...

At least that's what my wife jokingly said to me yesterday with a smirk as our tame-as-kittens 8" sealed subs half-filled the room with sound down to a whopping and oh-so-manly 45Hz or so. I honestly think she has spent too many hours on her daily commute back and forth to work with the crappy...

That's correct. 32kbit mono, 22050Hz. And that's the "high speed" connection. It's my local public radio station, KUER. They play jazz tracks every night. I love the programming and the way the show is hosted so much that I can't help firing up the old Foobar to tune in for hours, especially...