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| over packing items---overkill? Some companies sub contract the packaging to third parties and will define the packaging requirements. You do not want third party packagers to make judgment calls; therefore, they will pack a non-breakable items the same as if they were shipping ... | |
| TUBES -- Telefunken OR Mazda 12AX7 Both are nice tubes. I tried both the Mazda Silver plates and the Tele smooth plates in my phono stage. I could easily have lives with either, but chose the Tele as they provided a bit more inner detail and excelled at dynamics. If you like the Ma... | |
| A true believer If this guy has his house paid off, a solid retirement fund, money set aside for his kid's college fund etc, who am I to criticize the way his spends his money on audio. Just because one disagrees with how he allocated his resources doesnt make h... | |
| DIY record cleaning solution recipe needed Balthus, what is a deionized liquid cleaner? Do you mean an enzyme cleaner? Also, the cleaning of surgical instruments is more concerned with sterilization i.e. the killing of all forms of life, thus eliminating the possibility of infection. | |
| Good CD for testing bass response A CD with test tones and a sound pressure level metre (SPL) will yeild better results. Not too expensive either | |
| Manual vs. Auto Bias I like a manual bias as it allows for fine adjustments to squeeze the last drop of performance from the tube and circuit. | |
| Re: differences in tuners Tuners make a difference as do the quality of the antenna and their placement. I use to own a lot of highly regarded tuners but sold them off and went with a standalone wireless internet radio with high resolution streaming capability i.e. Squeeze... | |
| Burn-in time for a Shuguang 845B tube? My experience has been that the graphite plate 845 take less time to burn in than metal plate 845. | |
| Amps Using the 211 Tube First off you are comparing two different class of tubes i.e. triode vs. beam tetrode. Typically I prefer the sound of a true triode tube when compared to a tube that is wired for triode operation. I too prefer the 845 tube over the 211 tube. | |
| Merlin MX and a McIntosh 2275 any takers ?? I used to have an all Mac setup based around the 275 as a second system. I also owned the VSM-MM which were in my main system. I bought new main speakers and moved the Merlins into my Mac based second system. The Merlins performed alright with the... | |
| ST optical to TOSLINK cable... & good ST cable? Square peg and round hole....won't work. Not compatible. If you can find an older jitter reduction box it may have a toslink input and a ST output which will allow you to connect th transport to the dac, but it will cost more thand $50. Almost all... | |
| Help with Michell Techo Weight I assume that you are using the wood bodied classic which weighs 6g. One counterweight matches cartridges of 3 to 6g mass, the other is for cartridges of 7 to 13g. Your cartridge is right at the cross over point; therefore, it sounds like you will... | |
| Help with Michell Techo Weight If you have a fat guy at one end of a teeter totter and you cannot get your feet back onto the ground, you need a lighter weighing partner. The same hold true for a tonearm's counter weight | |
| DIY record cleaning solution recipe needed Notwithstanding the cleaning solution, the success of a well cleaned record lies in the scrubbing and a final rinse. | |
| DIY record cleaning solution recipe needed To make 500ml = 2/3 distilled water 1/3 reagent grade isopropyl alcohol and 2 drops of Jetdry. |