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High End HiFi Stores To Visit in Amsterdam
Concerto, Utrechtsestraat, AmsterdamRhapsody, Hilversum, very near to AmsterdamChattelin, The HagueTo name a few 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Looking for perfection (I know it doesnot exist) I was wondering if a change to polyprop caps for the elco's in my psu (tube preamp) was the answer. Buying and trying them was fun (for the hobby) but although it cause an improvement to the elco's ... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Claritycaps TC series 450V is now on the list of Hifi Collective. To see you have to push the button "buy now!" at the capacitors homepage. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Only the 700V version, not the new TC 450v version. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Yes, where can I buy them? Clarity Cap's website shows no information. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Grannyring, I too have the intentions to change caps (in my power supply, tube). You have a lot of capacitors: Mundorf Tubecap, Mundorf M-lytic Hv+, Obbligato PSU-capacitors (only 2), Claritycap TC-range and the common polyprop cap Audyn Q4 and Q6... 
Better sounding after 1 hour
Yes. With tubes is it always the case. It depends how long it takes, if the tube amplifier has an automatic bias it is much shorter. 
Siltech cables. Help to recognize originals.
HiThe Siltech interconnects have a serialnumber (holographic) on them, fake mostly do not. In case of doubt a phone call to Siltech will do. Regards 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
I do not prefer the battery. I cannot say exactly why but with the battery it sounds a bit lifeless and more clean. Without the battery it sounds more vivid. Probably I like the result of a "dirty" power.Regardsbatalok 
Anyone have experience with "burn-in generators"?
I confirm what is said about the Fry. I discovered as well the importance of the dielectricum. What I have done is to make 2 pairs of cables using Mundorf Ag-Au, same gauge, same connectors (WBT), but one pair is teflon isolated and the other is b... 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
I have the battery supply as well. It changes the sound, slower, more polite IMHO. I will listen to it again. 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
George, that was done sometime ago but the whole thing became a lot better when the circuit is slightly modified. Let me say imho, the lsa becomes from 3 stars to 4 stars (68k, 1/2 work) to 5 stars (final) in a scale of 5 (1 is worst).batalok 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
Grannyring, my cables are diy. It consists of silver-gold (from Mundorf, Germany) with wbt-plugs, 1/2 m. Formerly it was 1,5 m. And the ss poweramps? I wish I knew, a "wizard" has done it, not me.batalok 
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever?
I've been using my lsa with ss monoblocks. In the beginning the lsa was polite, missing some dynamics. But I have changed the whole thing, other cables (shorter and different brand), I have modified a bit the poweramps (by somebody, a wizard). The... 
Piano that sounds like a piano
Try Bert van den Brink+Hein van der Geyn: Friendship.