albertporter
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| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in I think we also agree that it is not safe to assume that everything out there is designed properly and burn-in is necessary for many designs.If that single criteria were used to assign quality to high end audio components, most or all of the best ... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in Rodman99999, thanks for the link. Maybe designers will provide enough data over time that "tech" minded audiophiles will accept the fact that with current technology it's impossible to design caps that don't have "sound." Caps used in critical pos... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in I never said break in was not real. I just prefer components that are engineered to be precise and that do not drift dramatically with time. It is a simple design choice to place a capacitor in the signal path or not. And it's a simple choice to p... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in I tend to avoid the type of gear that changes audibly. Manufacturers can design gear to be dramatically less affected by burn-in by simply designing it in such a way that it less sensitive to the things that do drift with use (capacitors, driver c... | |
| Pioneer Blu Ray Player BDP 05 FD I have the BDP 95FD, which is the Elite model. I sell Purist cable, so that's the cable I've tried on my player.Honestly, I see no difference in picture quality, even with a very good cable. With Red Book CD, the higher quality cable does make mus... | |
| Yamaha PF-1000 vs Systemdek IIX ? The Yamaha is pretty in photos but I've never heard one. In fact, I've only seen them in brochures not in person.Where did you find one? Can you still get belts for it? I'm pretty sure that model is belt drive. | |
| 6SN7GTB Tung-Sol Tubes Rockadanny, The tubes in the link you provided are Sovtek, rebranded as Tung Sol. New Sensor bought rights to Tung Sol and Mullard brand names a few years ago to add credibility to their Russian made tubes. Genuine Tung Sol are superior, provided ... | |
| Telephones for Audiophiles? They normally transmit 13 kbs at most. Average is much lower. It's done that way for capacity reasons. Much less information per user needs to be transmitted that way.Wonderful information Wireless200, sounds like you know what you're talking abou... | |
| Telephones for Audiophiles? Agree with all the above comments. As for audiophile cell phones, actually there was one but it was a long time ago.In 1985, for about $2000.00 you could get a Motorola analog cell phone that required an antenna in the center of your cars roof and... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III All you'd need to do would be to craft a top cover for the tray of parts that lies underneath in the stock unit. Could conceivably be done without any fancy new electronics. Or could it? Albert, did you think of that?In theory removing the motor a... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III I'm on hold for testing until my preamp and phono return from Aesthetix. I would be very interested what the MK2 does in a slate plinth. | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned Hey Kemosabe, ("Trusty scout.")The Lone Ranger says "Your caps locks are on." | |
| Caravan - does anyone listen anymore? Funny, everyone here seems to have understood the topic of your thread except me. When I hear the word "Caravan" I think Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. | |
| New LPs with CDs inside Radiohead, "In Rainbows" is my favorite dual format music software purchased in the last couple of years. If you order from Radiohead's UK website you get two heavy 45 RPM LP's, CD and CD with extra material. I burned the CD to iTunes and onto my ... | |
| SP10 Mk II vs Mk III Now a few questions, one for Mr. Albert Porter (by chance we are colleagues... funny). Is it there any special warning/advice he can give about the center "screw"? You remove a cup and go in with the screw... but what's there (i am still waiting m... |