bdp24
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| Crystal Gayle-EveAnna Manley In the mid-90’s I went to a small 16/24 track studio in L.A. for a session, and was surprised to see a Manley faceplate in the outboard gear rack (it was a mic pre-amp, or limiter, or equalizer, I don’t remember). In the early-90’s, David separate... | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? I'll be putting just a pair of .01uF (10nF) caps (.02uF apparently isn't available) on each RCA jack, so those short leads will be long enough. I wasn't able to find any 1% polystyrene .01uf or .02uF caps. I'm going to research NPo/CoG (with which... | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? @pragmasi, I took a look at the product description of the B4 cross-over (one of which I own) on the First Watt website, and in it Nelson Pass mentions he used Wima Polypropylene film caps in all the filters. If they’re good enough for Nelson........ | |
| Adding another ARC AMP to Tympani - D-400 or 2x 100.2 (SS) ..or 2x D-150 (tube) ?? My first great loudspeaker was the original Tympani T-I, bought in 1973. I now have a pair of Tympani T-IVa, the final version of the speaker. I bought them knowing the outboard cross-overs had been gutted (all that is left are the chassis, no int... | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? I noticed that too. There are some cap vendors who match them in pairs, and Parts Connexion offers hand picked caps that are 1/2 or 1/4 of the factory tolerance figure, but they sell only "audiophile" brands. I think Michael Percy offers the polys... | |
| Adding another ARC AMP to Tympani - D-400 or 2x 100.2 (SS) ..or 2x D-150 (tube) ?? The T-ID has 3 panels per side, so how do you end up with 6 + 4?The x/o between the midrange driver and the tweeter is almost always left as is, though some fanatics replace the stock parts with boutique ones of the same value. Separating the mid ... | |
| Has anyone done any business with Quads Unlimited lately??? Wow, what a ridiculous and reprehensible attitude and statement. He’s not just financially bankrupt, but ethically and morally as well. Shame on him! | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? Excellent @pragmasi, exactly the kind of information I was hoping for! And lots of it!! Pure ee considerations and concerns, very much aligned with the kind of thinking that went into the design of the amps. No intent or desire to disparage audiop... | |
| Audio Kinesis Swarm Subwoofer Awarded 2019 Golden Ear Award by Robert E. Greene @millercarbon, I believe @contussi feels that since one can buy and use 4 subs without necessarily needing to buy the Audiokinesis Swarm system, why is it being viewed as so remarkable? What he’s missing is that while a more advanced hobbiest may ... | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? @pragmasi, I was hoping I would see a response from you to the above! Polystyrene, ay? I take it you don’t share the perception that caps made of plastic materials impart a "plastic" coloration? Can you expand on your contention that polystyrene c... | |
| Capacitors for HP filters in tube amps recommendations? It finally occurred to me (duh ;-) to do an Audiogon Forum search on the subject of capacitors, and holy cow---what a goldmine of information!I also followed the link to the Humble Homemade Hi-Fi Cap Test, and double holy cow!! That was a lotta wo... | |
| Looking to introduce some tube magic to my system I hope this doesn’t come off sounding intentionally argumentative, but here goes: I often see the notion of inserting a tubed component into a system broached in terms of "adding" tube magic. I believe Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere) and other great t... | |
| Magnepan Owners The best way to improve Maggies is to bi-amp them with an external x/o, filtering the bass out of the amp driving the m/t drivers. But that can NOT be done on the .7 models, only the .6 and earlier. The old Maggies had parallel x/o designs and dua... | |
| et-2 damping trough-good idea or not? At the headshell is the most effective location to apply a damping system to a tonearm/cartridge, for reasons explained in the writings on the design of the Townshend Audio Rock turntables, currently out-of-production. But the Rock is not usable w... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Oops, Big Joe Turner with The Blasters was in the mid-80's, not 90's. Joe passed away soon thereafter, I feel lucky to have seen him. Missed Howlin' Wolf, however. |