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[QUOTE=MartinS;1329381]Slightly bizarrely my SS power amp, a Quad Artera consumes 750w max /QUOTE]
Are you reading that rating off the back or the user guide? If so that is the rating for MAXIMUM output which in a domestic setting at least will never be used.
Actual consumption will depend on volume level but will definitely be a lot lower in normal use.
I love Hendrix for so many reasons. He was so much more than just a blues guitarist - he played damn well any kind of guitar he wanted. In fact I'm not sure if he even played the guitar - he played music. - Stevie Ray Vaughan
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[QUOTE=Firebottle;1329386]My Krell runs on Solar power or battery, it’s draws 400-500Wh, when I run out of power I’ll dig out the exercise bike and pedal fast to drive a generator to run it.
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Furutech AG-12-R4 High Performance Phono Cable, Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, QED Genesis Silver Spiral speaker leads, & links
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[QUOTE=AJSki2fly;1329393]I bet all those hapless souls who pay 30 quid a month gym membership don't realise that their frantic cycling and treadmilling is keeping the gym's sunbeds and saunas going
My Krell runs on Solar power or battery, it’s draws 400-500Wh, when I run out of power I’ll dig out the exercise bike and pedal fast to drive a generator to run it.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon 2M Black. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Headphone/pre: Myryad Z40; Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated. Audion Silver Night 300b stereo is enjoying a holiday
Speakers: Zu Omen Def. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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I'm Martin.
I used to have a hamster when I was a youth and it would run in its wheel all night. Couldn't that be harnessed somehow? Like a couple of million of them doing shifts?
Use an old warehouse or factory. I know they would need to be fed but you could feed them on the stuff that supermarkets chuck out. Just mash it into a paste.
Wouldn't cost much since you start with two and breed them. And you could take in lost and abandoned ones as well, remove some weight off the RSPCA at this critical time of year.
Current Lash Up:
Audiolab CDT6000 > Topping E30 > Avalon BT2 > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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I'm Steve.
Could be onto something there. Staff turnover will be a bit hectic though, hamsters only last about a year. But I suppose they could be 'repurposed' - it would only take a few hundred hamster pelts to make a winter warming gilet, or even an eiderdown for the less fashion conscious.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon 2M Black. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Headphone/pre: Myryad Z40; Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated. Audion Silver Night 300b stereo is enjoying a holiday
Speakers: Zu Omen Def. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
Make them into cat food when they peg it.
Mine lived for three years but I used to let him out to run around the living room for a few hours every night. He did chew the carpet up a bit in the corner behind the telly though.
Current Lash Up:
Audiolab CDT6000 > Topping E30 > Avalon BT2 > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Location: Chorley Lancs
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I'm Steve.
He stuck around for three years? That's some going. I got one for my daughter and it only lasted six months. Waste of bloody money, I should have gone for the extended warranty. I was glad to see the back of it tbh, made a right racket all night, slept all day. I bought him this huge cage with all the toys, and what thanks did I get? He bit me, the ungrateful little brat.
In hindsight I don't think he enjoyed me doing keepie ups with his hamster ball with him in it.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon 2M Black. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Headphone/pre: Myryad Z40; Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated. Audion Silver Night 300b stereo is enjoying a holiday
Speakers: Zu Omen Def. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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Location: Stoke on trent
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I'm Steve.
So according to my now set up smart meter, the sugden uses 3-4p an hour, the orimaluna more like 9-10p an hour.
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Location: Staffordshire, England
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I'm Martin.
still not that much in the scheme of things unless it's on 12 hours a day every day.
I think I do on average about 6 hours listening a week so I'll be keeping my old Krell.
Current Lash Up:
Audiolab CDT6000 > Topping E30 > Avalon BT2 > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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