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| Linear Tracking Turntables - Best?? The problem with air-bearing arms is that the lateral mass is often a multiple of the vertical mass. So you can be tracking at the right weight for the cartridge, but the lateral mass can cause visible left-right motion in the cantilever. When thi... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS But how's the SQ? Does components with best spec sounds the best?If the power cord does not have a voltage drop, has good shielding and also good high frequency characteristics, its sound quality will be as good as a much more expensive cord wi... | |
| How do you clean tube pins? You can clean sockets and tube pins but it should be done with caution!Do not use any abrasives. The best thing I have found is spray contact cleaner that leaves no residue. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE ANY "CONTACT ENHANCERS"!!!-If you do, ... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. FWIW we have gotten good reports on some of the boutique fuses from our customers. No-one has ever asked about directionality, and all our fuse positions are AC circuits. Since AC has to go in both directions, it follows that directionality is imp... | |
| Audio Research VS60 amp Matched tubs Thank you. If I change from 6550 to all KT 120, is sound quality will be better than 6550?Just got off the phone with ARC tech at ARC. He said KT120 will improve sound quality but it will shorten life of transformer.You won’t improve the sound goi... | |
| Where do you guys buy tubes? Just got off the phone with Kalvin at ARC regarding KT120 or 6550. I will do 6550 because transformer will run hotter with KT120 and will shorten life of transformers. So I only need one matched pair of 6550.If you are looking for a set of mat... | |
| ground the outlet or not?? Does this make sense or not - thksI'm going with: does not make sense and could be really dangerous. | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. There won't be any directionality if the fuse is used in an AC circuit. Its really really hard to see how such a fuse could then be used in a DC circuit and impart any directionality whatsoever. I'd love to see the explanation on that one!! | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS The fuse argument is much like the power cord argument. People contend that inexpensive wire is in your walls, so why would the last 6 feet matter, and yet most people reading this will agree that it does.Thom, its not hard to measure the effec... | |
| What is the "sound" dif. between a Joule -Elctra OTL and a SET amp?? Fluffers isn't interested in Frankenstein, he's has the Wyetech 211 amplifiers and is considering the Joule OTL. Thaluza owns the Frankenstein and previously owned the Jolues.Charles, Thanks- as you surmised I was confused. FWIW you might want ... | |
| What is the "sound" dif. between a Joule -Elctra OTL and a SET amp?? Fluffers, Just so we are clear here, unless you are in a smaller room, which is hard to imagine with T-1s, the Frankensteins will likely not have enough power. To really hear what an amplifier like that is all about, you would need a good 6-10 db ... | |
| My 50W, 8ohm amp can't drive my 86db, 4ohm speakers? WTF?? I wonder if turning on and off my amp daily had a part in this. I think I will consider leaving it on all time, though I really dislike that thought since I only listen to my system 1-2 hours a night. In short (no pun intended), no. That has n... | |
| What is the "sound" dif. between a Joule -Elctra OTL and a SET amp?? The T-1s can use the additional power unless you are in a really small room. I use T-3s, which are the same efficiency and impedance and my preference is our M-60 amplifiers which can make about 80 watts on this speaker (the M-60 is also an OTL). ... | |
| OK...I've ditched my mono cartridge Unfortunately, the preamp driving one of my two systems lacks any mono switch (Atma-sphere MP1). I am thinking of replacing the function of its "phase" switch with a "mono" functionLew, just so you know, we do option the preamp with a mono sw... | |
| CHINESE tubes? Regarding the boutique tubes: Psvane, Sophia and TJ Music:This applies only to the 6SN7s so far, but customer feedback on these tubes is that they combine the best qualities of the NOS varieties without their weaknesses! pretty potent comments! No... |