brian_beck
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| Micro RX 5000 Renaissance? A post I made on another forum about a decade ago, but relevant here:I wanted to share my experience with my Micro Seiki RX-5000 and resonance control of its heavy platter. I have seen posts here before about the bronze platter ringing. A member s... | |
| Audiophile Club In South East Florida. Wellington here. It’s very hard to gain traction starting a new club. But I am interested if something gets going. | |
| AUDIO RESEARCH PH7,,, How to adjust pots ? This is an old thread, and perhaps no one cares any more, but in case someone finds this in a search, I will attempt an answer...The two small blue pots in the ARC PH7 adjust the operating current for the JFET input stage, not for any tubes. Gener... | |
| Stereo Times Review of the Apogee Acoustics Diva @Melbguy1. Sorry, I didn't see your question for several days. You asked what equipment I use with my Divas. Here is a listing:http://www.computeraudiophile.com/members/brian-beck/?tab=profile_cat2#profile_cat2 | |
| Micro Seiki vacuum gaskets Salvo, I'm sorry I didn't acknowledge your helpful reply from a year ago. I wish Audiogon had an email alert system (maybe there is a setting I missed). Anyway, I was able to transfer the silicone gaskets without incident, much as you described.I ... | |
| Stereo Times Review of the Apogee Acoustics Diva I am very pleased with my Divas. I bi-amplify them with big tubes. I modded the DAX crossover significantly. With a good recording, the sound is shockingly real, unlike any cones-in-a-box I've ever experienced (including big Wilsons and Magico Q7)... | |
| True Sound Works Apogee Diva Ultimate - Any Good? I don't mean to diss Magico, but I spent a lot of time at a recent CES with the Q7s, and I just don't get it. I came back several times as they swapped out amps. Sure, trade show conditions aren't optimal, and all that, but they had a decent room ... | |
| True Sound Works Apogee Diva Ultimate - Any Good? Lissnr, I'm glad to hear about another Diva owner using tubes. I think Apogees and tubes are the most magical combination possible, yet so many people parrot the claim that you have to use Krells with Apogees.Tomb11, One thing I've noticed with th... | |
| AR highend equipment by Cello Cello chose a very odd reference design for the Amati in the AR LST. I've never heard the Amati, but I did listen extensively to the LST back in the heyday of AR, KLH, EPI and Advent. Gee, what a dismal-sounding speaker. It wasn't just bad - it wa... | |
| True Sound Works Apogee Diva Ultimate - Any Good? I don't think that your feeling that the Divas could be your dream speakers is misguided at all, Mgattmch.I recently acquired a pair of original, but late production Divas with the bi-amplification option (including the DAX line-level crossover). ... | |
| Apogee Diva bi-amping I am living blissfully with Apogee Divas driven by two Audio Research D-250 Mk II Servo amps in a vertical bi-amplifying arrangement. I use a heavily modified Apogee DAX 3 crossover (OPA627 opamps with output current sinks for class A operation,... | |
| Marantz 10b repair Bruce,Can you tell us where you found the optocouplers and how much you paid for them? These would be easy to repair or replace with CDS light-dependent resistors (LDRs) and NE2 neon bulbs. The trick is knowing the specs of the specific CDS resist... | |
| Sagging Voice Coils? Not urban legend at all! Anyone with enough years in speaker restoration will have seen this problem. I have a variation on the sag problem: A friend and I are restoring a pair of Fulton J Modular speakers. The 12" subwoofer drivers face downward,... |