charles1dad
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| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,Thanks for your comparision/impressions of the Mundorf and Duelund capacitors. The key word you mentioned is "natural", that is of the highest importance and is how I tried construct my current system based on that principle. I`m allerg... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Audiozen,I `m that other pair of ears jwm referred to above along with Rfogel. Jeff 'very' patiently put the PD MPS-5 though a long and careful burn in and audition period. He was`nt sure of the total hours when he purchase it used.While I liked t... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative The capacitor size is 5.6 mfd per Israel Blume. I`ll call the Parts Connection and see if Duelund has this size cap and if so how large.Israel suggested the Mundorf Silver-Gold as a good alternative.The speaker does use a large inductor by the way... | |
| the quest for the best--within limits Dover,You make a good point, the audiogon archives are rich with information on many topics. Redundancy is expected I guess with most open forums. Classic example," what amplifier/how much power is needed to drive magnaplanars". You could spend a ... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Just discovered tonight that the Total Eclipse speaker does`nt use a resistor at all! All I`ll have to do is replace the one capacitor and I`m done.Regards, | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Fizzletop,I think the larger and more exspensive Total Eclipse is a better speaker than the Super Eclipse(as it should be i.e. higher up in their speaker line). I heard the Vandersteen 5 extensively 2 weeks ago(in someone`s home system) but would ... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,I can understand your interest in other speakers even when you`re happy with what you have,there`re very good choices available(and you can`t own them all).In my case the Horning speakers and also the PHY driver Ocellia and Tonian Labs ... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,Your comments are on the money. Since Israel confirmed there`s only one capacitor per speaker it seems to me that an improvement there should be quite obvious and effective. The speaker wire is the same ultra quality wire he uses for hi... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Fizzletop,Thanks for your feedback it`s inspiring.Your speaker apparently uses different caps from the Total Eclipse.The TE is very natural and disappears with most of my recordings.The possibility that it could further improve is tempting. Perhap... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,As stated earlier I`ve changed caps in a preamp with good results.The cost of the Duelund would not deter me. Israel says the cap does`nt fit(he should know). Otherwise I`d be willing to give it a try to hear for myself.Regards, | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,I`ve never read a negative comment about Duelund caps(only high praise). Actually I`m pleasantly surprised at how simple and bare bones the crossover is(a single cap,hard wired and no circuit board). If there were room for the Duelund I... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,I got another email from Israel for clarification. The crossover only uses 'one' capaacitor and that`s for the tweeter and that`s it. So it`s a very minimal/simple first order design.So it may not be a case of him being unimpressed but ... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Meant Duelund not Dueland. | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,Thanks for the additional information.I sent Israel Blume an email today and he replied the caps won`t fit the space available.He is`nt impressed with the Dueland caps(I realize it`s just his opinion).In my prior preamp(Quicksilver) I i... | |
| Modification that has proved to be transformative Grannyring,I appreciate your very interesting experince/insight with these capacitors. It does seem like money well spent. My amplifier and linestage use interstage transformers in place of coupling caps and resistors.But this has me curious in re... |