1markr
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| New Cu foil caps: Miflex They are quite huge, btw, especially the bigger values, e.g. 2.2uF, 3.3uF | |
| New Cu foil caps: Miflex I’m wary of using bypass caps, especially in the signal path. Two parallel uneven paths of travel, wouldn’t that lead to some sort of smearing or slight phase issues with the sound? I dunno, never tried it. | |
| New Cu foil caps: Miflex I haven’t heard them yet, but based on HumbleHomemadeHIFI’s review, they rated the Miflex a 13+. My baselines are the excellent Intertechnik Audyn True Copper Max caps (12.5 rating) and the Jupiter Copper foil paper and wax caps (13.5 rating), so... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror @emil according to @musichead it's a 2A, slo-blo, small (5x20mm); looks like it might be placed in the cavity in (above) the AC IEC, but I'm not 100% sure about that. | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror @lpretiring - I can answer this for you, since I had this exact email exchange with Vlad about the very same thing, as it is my concern as well. With the stock tubes (the two pairs of sub-miniature 5977 tubes, which incidentally have a pair instal... | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror @emil Thanks! I found that after I posted the question.Has anyone compared this AM T3 to a Metrum Onyx, which is what I have. I think it’s an excellent DAC and I love it, but having a tubed DAC is something I’m considering as well. | |
| Another new DAC: Audio Mirror Hey folks, what tube family does the Troubadour III use, and what’s the recommended tube to use ? Also, what is the fuse value? I am finding it intriguing.... | |
| Just wanted to share that I got a new reviewing gig with Six Moons.com website Congrats Teajay! I look forward to reading your future reviews at 6Moons! You haven’t steered me wrong yet, as I have built my system with some of the gear that you have reviewed very highly, e.g. a Backert Rhumba preamp, Tekton Impact monitors (a... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp @rdoc +1!!!!!100% agree that the Rhumba and XA25 combination is stellar! | |
| Isn't a wondeful time to be an audiophile? @joes44 I 100% agree with you; I say this all the time myself. From the vastness of music catalogs available to stream via great quality sources, to the low cost, high quality digital components, to the affordable high performing, efficient spea... | |
| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" @jetter+1... @jayctoyAbsolutely agree the XA25 will be great with the Perfect SET! Just put a wonderful tube pre in front of it and < mike drop >!! :) | |
| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" @roadwarrior75 We did not at Teajay's house. As Bon mentioned, they were powered by Threshold amps. Both systems had tubed preamps (both LTA) though, and in concert with the SS amps, the matching was ideal on both systems.I've heard our Impact M... | |
| Tekton Design's new THE PERFECT SET equals "goosebumps time" @teajay Thanks for your gracious hospitality, and allowing Bon @jayctoy and me into your house to listen to your systems! We certainly enjoyed it, and the listening session was not only enjoyable, but also educational. Oh, and you have a beauti... | |
| Backert Labs Rhumba preamp Congrats @milpai Welcome to the Backert family, and thanks for wonderfully articulating the sonic benefits that the Rhumba preamp brought to the table for you as it did for us other happy owners! | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane @justjames72 …. I've had great success using a Gustard U16 to convert from my laptops USB output to the AES/EBU input on my Onyx. Before that, I used a Matrix X-SPDIF2 powered by an Uptone LPS1.2, and that worked great too, but I think the U16 its... |