billwojo
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| Need help with speaker wire connection to ARC Classic 60 Why would you put those on barrier strip connectors, just to use banana jacks? Did you ever look at a banana jack closely? They make several small point contacts inside of the hole, surrounded by open space so that things can slowly oxidize. They ... | |
| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil alexberger, can you explain this to me? " Teflon is a kind of plastic.Any plastic adds plastic coloration to sound.Even for wires isolation cotton sounds more organic and natural that Teflon."Thank youBillWojo | |
| Need help with speaker wire connection to ARC Classic 60 Those fins will most likely just snap off if your not careful. That is called a barrier type terminal strip. Your lucky to have them, AR knows what they are doing. Your best connection is going to be with good quality ring lugs carefully crimped o... | |
| Which tubes is better. Siemens or Telefunken? mozartfan, Dynaco used mostly Tele's for small signal tubes. Fisher used a lot to. Just because one brand sounds good in one spot on one particular device has no bearing on what it might do on another device. A lot has to do with the operating par... | |
| broken dreams - new cartridge help please! "I need to find a way to ensure it doesn't happen again... any ideas welcome!"Just introduce the pay roll deduction plan to your cleaning lady and let her know what that cartridge cost. She won't even vacuum near it!BillWojo | |
| How good is the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 Direct Drive turntable ? What a timely post as I to am looking at the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 and DQX-1000 TT with those arm mounts. So the general consensus is that they are more about looks than function. I do have a friend that has an Oracle Delphi MK1 with an SME 3009 SI... | |
| BEST HARMLESS/SIGNATURELESS SPEAKERS CAPACITORS. If you don't need audiophile names on your caps check out some of the surplus Russian caps. Teflon, glass sealed caps at a couple of bucks each, mil spec. Since they are Teflon they don't have paper to degrade and are a high quality cheap alternat... | |
| Phono Preamps with "balls" ? I get a perfect match with my AT-120eb and my Audio Research SP8, very dynamic and natural sounding. Next up is a Denon DL-103 with my SUT. All this great sound on a restored Pioneer Pl-41D belt drive. Sounds very musical. I love that ARC SP8, it'... | |
| Experience/thoughts on new Music Hall Classic Turntable? My whole system is China free after thinking about it. 1960 Mac MC40 monoblocks, 1983 Audio Research SP8, 1971 Pioneer PL-41D and my Altec's. As long as you don't need to buy new it's easy. Plus it's all very high quality to boot.BillWojo | |
| Denon Dl 103 cartridge soundsmith question What tonearm is the Denon mounted on, sounds like it's not a good match. The Denon is a very low compliance cartridge. This means that the cantilever is very stiff and needs to be mounted in a high mass tonearm. If it's mounted in a low mass tonea... | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner You definitely need something to break down the surface tension in the water. There is a commercial product, Terrigal I believe is the product name. It's what the Smithsonian uses to clean records with. There is a big thread on AK on the proper pr... | |
| Replacement motor for Oracle Delphi turntable Wow, 2 failed motors? What kind of motors do they use?BillWojo | |
| Need to adjust the speed every time I turn on turntable Frequency coming from your wall outlet is 60 Hz and is held very steady. Remember that the generating station is using HUGE generators, HUGE! the rotating rotors weigh many tons and through the grid are locked into generators from other power plan... | |
| Amps with meters ... I find meters distracting and don't care for them. The only indication that my stereo is on is a led on my ARC preamp and the glow of tubes on my Mac monoblocks. On another note, the only amp I ever blew up was one with meters. BillWojo | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I have a restored pair of MC40 monoblocks from around 1962, makes them about 57 years old. Picked them up and restored them fairly cheaply. I can't really afford Mac gear. I use a 36 year old ARC SP8 as a preamp and a set of old Altec horn speaker... |