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Just as well I'm not interested in Bluetooth
Does it do Blueray?
Not sure what you mean. If you mean will it control a bluray player with IR control, then yes it will.
Any device with IR can be controlled
Oh dear Photoshop, it seems somebody has put a mirror down in front of your tv so you now get a terrible reflection.
Sorry Photoshop it's just that the pictures with the reflections off your coffee table reminded me of when i used to have a glass topped coffee table and i used to be able to see the reflection when i was sitting on my couch watching tv. Needless to say that coffee table was thrown out after a couple of weeks.
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I don't see any reflection from the couch. You can see reflection on that pic as the camera was resting low down on the coffee table
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nice photoshop, but i must admit i like your other room best 
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^^ Holy moly! Nice
finished building my speaker amp (normally a headphone man).
And yes, that is a sex in the city boxset, and no, its not mine!
and the headphone setup....
What WPC do you get from your valve amps? Usually they're around 20-40wpc, but generate so much heat.
Great job by the way.
I get 12 watts per channel, it does a damn fine job with me KEF Q5's. However, they are now the weak link and will be the next item replaced.
It doesnt get too hot, each valve is only dissapating 11.7 watts on the plate, and about 2 5 watts from the heaters.
Sounds stunning, so much better than my old solid state.
The headphone amp puts out about 0.5 watts per channel, and chews through 148 watts from the mains...... efficiency at its best
It doesnt get too hot, each valve is only dissapating 11.7 watts on the plate, and about 2 5 watts from the heaters.
Sounds stunning, so much better than my old solid state.
The headphone amp puts out about 0.5 watts per channel, and chews through 148 watts from the mains...... efficiency at its best
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Thanks for the kind words
Your right. That is not the original default skin for MediaPortal. The skin im using is called Monochrome.
I've modified mine a little by changing the backdrop and removing the icons
From a few pages back but.. I have been trying to get rid of the icons too, can you tell me how you did it please? Which XML files to edit etc. Thanks.
Edit: Of course 5 minutes after I post I figure it out. Loads of awesome setups here, soon I will have one.
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What are the funny things on the top of that amp?
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Hey adam i've noticed that valve amps have very low wattage output typicaly <20w. Do they sound louder though?
20w isn't much to drive modern loudspeakers is it?
It's not really about watts so much as ampage. A watt is not always a watt so to speak (well it is, but bear with me), using high quality components but having a lower maximum total output can and does yield much better results, an amp with only a 20w maximum power output could well be able to supply the same or even higher current than a cheap amp rated at 75w or so. There is much more to it, beyond the obvious numbers that people throw around.
I know more about transistor amps than I do valve, but the same principle will hold true. Valve amps can be quite deceptive. While it is true, that it is not the best idea to put difficult high current loving speaker loads onto lower powered valve amps, you would be surprised by what a fairly modest valve unit can do with a typical speaker load.
I know more about transistor amps than I do valve, but the same principle will hold true. Valve amps can be quite deceptive. While it is true, that it is not the best idea to put difficult high current loving speaker loads onto lower powered valve amps, you would be surprised by what a fairly modest valve unit can do with a typical speaker load.
Well don't take what I said as always the case though. I would do a little more reading on the subject if you are interested. But basically, my point was, saying X amp can put 20w per channel into an 8ohm load and Y amp can put 40w per channel into an 8ohm load isn't necessarily the whole story.
For instance what happens when you double the load to a 4ohm load, and amp X at 20w per channel into 8ohms has the current to double it's power output to 40w into a 4ohm load. But amp Y at 40w in 8ohm lacks sufficient current to double to 80w into 4ohm, which is what would be needed to essentially maintain the same level of 'volume' ... and has to cut that down to say 60w into 4ohm.
See where I am going with that. Look a little more closely at the specs. Of course the best way to find out weather an amplifier will be truly capable of what you ask is to try it for yourself.
For instance what happens when you double the load to a 4ohm load, and amp X at 20w per channel into 8ohms has the current to double it's power output to 40w into a 4ohm load. But amp Y at 40w in 8ohm lacks sufficient current to double to 80w into 4ohm, which is what would be needed to essentially maintain the same level of 'volume' ... and has to cut that down to say 60w into 4ohm.
See where I am going with that. Look a little more closely at the specs. Of course the best way to find out weather an amplifier will be truly capable of what you ask is to try it for yourself.
the valve amp handle speakers over 89db sensitivity very well.
loudness has very little to do with power. the valve amp goes very very loud, but hits distortion (which can make things sound even louder) long before a massive 300watt solid state amp will.
For usual listening levels i am no where near clipping - and the sound is heavenly.
loudness has very little to do with power. the valve amp goes very very loud, but hits distortion (which can make things sound even louder) long before a massive 300watt solid state amp will.
For usual listening levels i am no where near clipping - and the sound is heavenly.
I've never quite understood the 4/8 ohm thing and i've tried searching wiki for explanation but couldnt find much. Does a 4 ohm speaker need twice as much power as a 8 ohm speaker then for equal volume?
And if so does that mean 4 ohm speakers are best avoided as they place more stress on your amp?