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Hi all, I'm wondering where to start with power, i.e. whether it is a logical next step to improve the quality of the a/c power going to my hifi equipment. I live in an old Victorian house. The electrics were changed around 20 or 25 years ago by the looks of the consumer unit. My system is...

Excellent, glad I could help!

Yeah it's the one on the back behind the black dust jacket.

Hi Eekeroth, Yes i was, I forgot to post a reply on here. Bad form, sorry. The instructions manual doesn't quite tell the truth. There is a fuse located on the back of the amp. It's there to protect the output channels on the amp from surges. The amp will still power up if this blown but the...

Are there any experts (ideally not John, although it would be great if he could review) willing to draw up a matrix in an excel spreadsheet, of all the known options, costs and delivery order, and keep it in Dropbox so that others can review or even update/enrich as things move on. I'm really...

If you read a bit further on you'll see that the digital signal is being passed through the MDAC. So there are two analogue signals being passed to the A21.

Thanks for the responses guys. Tony, I've just tried disconnecting the XLRs from the power amp but it hasn't made a difference. Interestingly, when the MDAC is on, the power amp somehow auto mutes the signal from RCA input so that they can't both play at the same time. From what I'm...

Hi All, Was wondering if someone could help me diagnose a (lack of) volume issue I'm having. I've got 2 signal paths into the my Power Amp (Parasound Halo A21), one for analogue sources and one for digital sources. The latter all go through the Audiolab MDAC straight to the power amp. On the...

Thanks for the update John, makes total sense. This will be the 3rd crystal in my MDAC alone. Of course, what happens if you test all your crystals and the whole batch is faulty? Are they easy to source?

Hi John, My MDAC Toy with the broken crystal is still with you. I didn't want to disturb you in the run up to Munich, and also we had a baby back in Jan so my priorities have changed a bit. But anyway, it would be great to get the ol' girl back. If you could just fix the crystal and send...

Hi John, as my amp is out of action too and I've not packaged it up for posting yet, I'm not in any rush. 3 or 4 weeks is fine with me.

Hi John, I think my poorly MDAC Toy arrived a couple of weeks ago. I rather stupidly failed to write down the serial number but its black and in it's original box and i stuck some stickers on it and a note in the box. It fails to switch on most of the time. Let me know when you've opened it...

Harry, you may not realise it yet, but you're one of us now. Repeat after me... "For the greater good". Now go forth and buy everything, worship... and don't ask any questions! ;-)

No they are deffo up to max.

Hi Mick, I'm in North London. But I could drive down to Southampton on a weekend if need be, that's not a problem. Are you familiar with Parasound gear? Got spares etc?