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| Tube preamp output impedance at low frequencies Look for something that's transformer coupled at the output. My Supratek Chenin has no problems driving Gilmore Raptor amps with 8K input impedance. Plenty of good tight bass. | |
| Does Newly Soldered Cables Require Run-In? I just had my Zu Ibis cables changed from bananas to copper spades, as I prefer the larger contact area and pure copper material of spades. What's funny is I had them converted from spades to bananas only 18 months ago! I need to stop changing my ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil The Cardas Copper Litz with teflon insulation is between $1-3 per foot at Handmade Electronics, depending on the gauge. It is a bit harder to work with as the insulation must be stripped from the ends on all strands - I have found that a stainless... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I believe it is the commingled strands you object to, not the copper wire itself. Try copper litz wire from Cardas, with each strand individually insulated - much better than stranded standard copper, and much cheaper than silver. I use silver wir... | |
| Where does your user name come from? Ait = Audiophile-in-trainingI originally spelled it out but became tired of typing it over and over again, so I shortened it to Ait. | |
| How to tame brightness It might be that you have an issue with RF pollution getting into your system. I have found that a simple DIY RC filter across the speaker terminals can greatly reduce system brightness and make the sound more musical. Here's how you can try this ... | |
| End of Snell Acoustics? What do you folks think about the Type C/i from Snell? I have a pair that I was using as my mains while I rebuilt my big Infinity speakers and I found the Snells to be quite nice sounding, with very good bass and smooth mids/highs.I was planning t... | |
| All time favorite speaker cables I'm partial to my Zu Ibis cables. Ultra clean and ultra-fast sound. Love that silver. | |
| RCA and XLR shorting plugs?? I use these analog terminators on my RCA jacks and the digital terminatiors on unused s/pdif jacks on my CD player. My wife gave them to me as a Christmas present. Was there a huge difference? No, but I though I could hear a small change for the b... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I have just completed re-wiring my Infinity RSIIb speakers with Cardas Copper Litz wire, 11.5 gauge on the woofers, 15.5 gauge on the mids, and 17.5 gauge on the tweeters. Litz is very interesting stuff as each strand of the dozens in the bundle i... | |
| Low pass crossover setting & slope for Kappa 9? Here is a link to an excellent Infinity site (in German) and the specific page for the Kappa 9, listing crossover points.http://www.infinity-classics.de/infinity/models/Kappa-series-1987/index-Kappa.htm | |
| Any one else like the class D ICE power amps? I run the Gilmore Raptor monoblocks, which are highly modified ICE, according to Gilmore. They have no coupling caps on the inputs or outputs and massive linear power supplies, and weigh 37 lbs each. They produce 500 WPC at 4 ohms. The chassis is ... | |
| Do you power your Class D amp on and off? The only time my Gilmore Raptors go down is during thunderstorms - then they are unplugged. Other than that they are on 24/7. | |
| Could tube rectifier make have impact on sound I have noticed changes in sound when rolling both rectifier and regulator tubes. My Supratek Chenin came with Sovtek 5AR4s, but now I have settled on a Mullard GZ33 as the best for my system. Also I have experimented wth dfferent regulator tubes (... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system My Supratek Chenin preamp is the cornerstone of my system. Stock it was very nice, but I have modded it to run single triode 2C22 tubes in place of the 6SN7s, and swapped the plate resistor on the 2C22s for a constant current source based on casco... |