I need to find somebody who knows the inner workings of an old Carver M500T amplifier. Over these many years, the meters aren't equal anymore. One is noticeably higher than the other one, when there is music. Both return to 0 when there is no music being amplified. It seems there should be a pot that I can adjust, or something, but I don't see one. Anybody have any ideas on how to make these equal again?

Thanks in advance,

Lee

i am sure this has been covered before, but i couldn't find anything in the archive.

thanks!

i am sure this has been covered before, but i could not find any threads in the archive.

thanks!

I have embarked on a process of trying to find a good, 'One manufacturer' CD/integrated amplifier system and started yesterday at a respected local dealer with the Naim NAIT 5i and CD5i. I thought I would start with the best and most expensive of the options I am willing to consider.

I had just over an hour with components that had been set up and been powered up all day up until I arrived, say six hours (not straight from the box either, but demo stock that had presumably been 'burnt in' a while after many demos)

Has anybody out there figured out what T bone burnett is up to and is the new audio file type/encoding for real that he is using for the new John Melloncamp album? I ask as it is prominently mentioned in latest Rolling Stone magazine and I have never heard about this before and the timing seems strange just as we are getting high def downloads coming on line and new audio options maybe with Blu-ray.

What Is a line stage pre amp? And has anyone had any experience with Joule Electra components ?

I'm sure this has come up before, so perhaps someone could point me to the discussion of why there is such a dearth of photographs in Stereophile reviews.

Sometimes it's just a matter of not wanting to have to get up and surf the net to see what the speaker actually looks like. Other times, there's a long discussion of some design feature in the text, which would work much better with a photo.

I am looking for a recommendation on a book about digital audio fundamentals. I don't want a deep, textbook kind of publication or one that is narrowly focused on just one aspect. Rather, I am after an up-to-date book that describes the basic principles or fundamentals of the digital audio scheme, formats, interfaces, issues, real world use, how recordings are made, etc. Basically, a book that provides an overview of the subject with sufficient detail to gain a practical and technological understanding of digital audio without requiring a PhD.

he seems to have a surprising lack of knowledge of the industry. Regarding rohacell "This stuff has been around five years, but no one else is using it" quoth he.

But I think that little speaker company called B&W has been using it for quite a while now: http://www.stereophile.com/news/112204bw/

Hi, I'm starting to gather ideas for a system.

I'm thinking either a NAD C270 amp or a NAD C325BEE integrated as a starting point.

Can a component be plugged directly into the variable input of the C270, and controlled well enough with the input level knob, or do I need a preamp? This would be just to get started. I'd like to wait for the preamp until I find a really good deal.

If I went the C325BEE way, would it be useful later as a preamp with a separate amp, or would it be a limiter?