armstrod
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| Vinyl Tracking Problem I've owned an MMF 2.1 with the Goldring Electra (same as Tracker) and have some experience with the Denon DP37F in a friend's system and the BluePoint in a different system, and I have to say the MMF/Tracker is a sidegrade at best, maybe a downgra... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in Shadorne,I'm not an engineer, but your suggestions about burn-in resistant designs certainly sound plausible. Are your Anthem and Bryston designed around those principles? If not, are you searching for amplification that is? What have you found th... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in Onhwy61,That's a totally valid point, but it cuts both ways. If it's impossible for us burn-in believers to ascertain differences from 0 hours to 400, then it's also impossible for burn-in denyers (or those with a preference for equipment that doe... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in Shadorne,I'm glad we agree. :-) I think the question then becomes, is it even possible to build an amp that is unaffected by component burn-in? My experience, and not just with the Almarro, leads me to believe that it's difficult, maybe impossible... | |
| Burn in question and evaluation before burn in For those of you wondering about the effects of both better caps AND burn-in, I propose a simple and low cost test:1) Buy an inexpensive but decent quality tube amp in its stock configuration. My example will be the Almarro A205A. Low power but ve... | |
| Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard - Busted! I bought the Farscape CD from Rubinken, although since I paid cash for it it wasn't truly barter.:-)I love this CD. It's very similar to LG's other solo and collaboration efforts, none of which are much like DCD. If you're only familiar wi... | |
| Has any had experiecne with the MF 550k superchar? Warrenh,I own Druids, so I definitely understand the possibilities at 101dB sensitivity. If the Superchargers will give you the sonics you desire, you'll certainly be able to blow the house down running them into your Def 1.5s. Better warn your ne... | |
| Has any had experiecne with the MF 550k superchar? Newbee,Are you referring to the First Watt F4? I own an F4 clone, and while it's a fabulous amp and does pretty much what the MF 550K does using the speaker inputs (no voltage gain, just current gain) the F4 only makes about 25 watts, a far cry fr... | |
| What cartridges under $800 outperform DL-103R? I own both a stock Denon 103R and a Zyx Bloom (.48). They're both pretty good and I'm not sure I could call either one better overall. The 103R has great extension at both extremes, but the highs are a little more etched and the bass just slightly... | |
| 6SN7GTB Tung-Sol Tubes Haven't heard that particular 6SN7, but they're much cheaper here:http://thetubestore.com/tungsol6sn7.htmlDavid | |
| Jolida Reliability I own a Jolida Music Envoy preamp which I bought used, and it's been flawless for the year and a half I've owned it. I believe the previous owner had it for about 2 years and he didn't have any trouble either.I tend to roll tubes before they wear ... | |
| Rubbing sound fromTechnics SP 15 platter I own an SP-15, and the platter sits on a conical sleeve below the spindle, and the hole in the platter has a corresponding conical bore. It's fairly easy, with age and/or abuse, to get the platter cocked slightly, which will cause it to rub the c... | |
| which cartridge is good for Well Tempered ref TT I owned a Well Tempered Record Player with the Record Player arm, but I think the WT arms are all similar enough that my experience is germaine.If you look at the recommendations above, the common thread is that they are all medium to high complia... | |
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| Ground Loop Issue 427 Since you can short the amp inputs and the hum goes away, have you tried a different preamp? If the hum goes away, you know it's some sort of incompatibility between the preamp and amp. You've already tried the preamp with other amps and it was fi... |