alexberger
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| Bought some `Vintage Gear` 1. I had McIntosh MC30 from 50x. It exchanged Plinius 8200 in my system. No comparison MC30 was other level of tone, natural organic sound and musicality. 30 watt McIntosh controlled bass and had bigger sound than 175 watt Plinius.2. Lenco L78 ... | |
| DIY is not all about saving money DIY is exactly like home cooking.Someone cooks great food that is batter that most restaurants do, someone else cooks not testy food.I listened many systems with DIY components. Some of them sounded horrible but some sounded amazing.Actually I rar... | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic I never tried Teflon capacitors.But I tried a lot of different polypropylene from different producers meta-lased, film and foil.All of them sound bad for my test. Synthetic, flat tonality, not natural, not musica,l not smooth not organic,...I wold... | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic I put Jupiter VT 8uF to LPF crossover.The break-in period of large capacitors takers a lot of time.I burned it in cable burner for 3 days fist. But after that it sounded very dull.Then, I burned it other 6 days. Now it sounds much better.But I ste... | |
| 2019 300B tubes that are worth the money? Hi @shkong78,Did you compare Psavne Acme 300B and NOS WE to other 300B tubes?I had WE reissue from 2000x. There are very average overrated tubes. (I know that old WE is a different story.)I have TJ "mesh plate" 300b. They where really not expansiv... | |
| Hook-up Wire: Duelund DCA16GA vs Neotech STDCT-16 vs Cardas 15.5 AWG In the end, I decide to replace hook up wires in my 300B integrated. I was using Neotech Wire 22awg LEGENBURG Rectangular for many ears in this amplifier.I exchanged it to Deuelund DCA20GA wire from RCA inputs to input select (50cm) and Deuelund ... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hi @cal3713,I did experiment, I compared sound of my speakers with only Duelund RS 3.9uF in HF crossover and Duelund RS 3.9uF bypassed by Duelund Cu-Sn 0.01uF.9 month time ago when I put Duelund RS to my crossover it hadn't passed break-in and... | |
| Lets replace my Klipsch La Scala Speakers You can try Altec speakers on vintage market, like co-axial 604 and 605 or 15 inch bass driver + big metal horn: Model 19, Valencia, Corona,... >"Here is what I liked:>Huge soundstage >You are there live at times when listening>Love be... | |
| KLE RCA plugs are the real deal!! Hi @grannyring ,Contacts of RCA connectors, tube sockets, power plugs, tonearm headshell bayonets,...are a big issue in audio.Does Total Contact Enhancer solve all this issues?Regards,Alex. | |
| KLE RCA plugs are the real deal!! I compared Duelund Cu-Sn 16avg interconnects with KLEI Pure Harmony connectors and Duelund Gold connectors.KLEIs have better separation but Duelund Golds sound more natural in terms of tone. For example, high octaves of piano sound much more real ... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hi @cal3713 ,I use Duelund bypass Cu-Sn in my HF crossover - bypassing 3.9uF Duelund RS and in the output of my phonostage - bypassing 1uF Jupiter Cu.And before Duelund RS I used Duelund bypass Cu-Sn bypassing vintage oil 4uF capacitor in H... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hi @cal3713 ,Did you give break-in to Duelund bypass?They need more then 100 hours. | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hi @erik_squires ,I get it. With bypass I noticed that vocals, saxophones and acoustic guitars sound not as smooth and tonaly reach as it was without bypass. It seems it cause a deep in lover mid range.I think that vintage oil capacitors should be... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) Hi @erik_squires ,Thank you for advice.I have Altec 604"E" with Werner Jagusch Crossover.This crossover use vintage German oil capacitors.I already replaced HPF capacitors to Duelund RS 3.9uF bypassed by Duelund Cu-Sn 0.01uF bypass capacitor.But f... | |
| Tweeter Capacitor Upgrade (Coincident PREs) I'm thinking about upgrade of a second order LP filter capacitor for my mid-bass driver.I know the quality of inductor is very important for second order LP filter.How much a quality of the second order LP filter capacitor does influence o... |