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    Can a Sony STR-7055A be dead quiet?

    Hello, I have this receiver and it has quite high noise floor. A consant hiss coming from mostly the tweeters which isn't affected by any input, volume, balance, tone, etc... . I read about a few circuits has this thing by factory. Anyone who own one can confirm that, this isn't the case? I...
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    Bulk Erasing and BIAS noise

    There is a recent thread asking about the wisdom of bulk erasing tapes before recording over them. I have read elsewhere in the Tape forum, about the benefits of bulk erasing, vs letting the erase head do the job. For this thread, let's omit discussion of poor alignment allowing adjacent tracks...
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    White noise from tweeters when Hafler 915 is in chain

    I've been using a Raspberry Pi with a Khadas Tone Board DAC connected directly to my Hafler 9505 amp. I use LMS and this has worked out really well since I can change the volume from LMS. I wanted to have a bit more control over the bass & treble so I put a Hafler 915 preamp into the mix. With...
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    Oddness with U-Turn Orbit noise floor

    Hi there! I have a U-Turn Orbit hooked up to a Schitt Mani pre-amp and a Dared tube amplifier. It has a Nagaoka mp110 cartridge on it right now. (I used a cartridge alignment tool and a stylus force gauge to set it up correctly). The Orbit has an acrylic platter, with a cork platter mat. Right...
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