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| The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in" Interesting story : So when the first cable was laid under the Atlantic and people tried to make a transcontinental telephone call, the sound came out skewed in time, noisy and garbled. They checked the cable along the ocean floor and it was in p... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? @r27y8u92 Yes, this is basically my attitude about it... raw fish with NO cooking = ultimate purity. 🍣 | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? Thanks for the replies. The obvious answer is regarding sources and level control. I wondered about people who use it to color the sound, as some salespeople have said "it just sounds _better_ with the ($5-15k) preamp!" and based on the gear they ... | |
| Songs you use when auditioning gear I make my own recordings and play them back. I record metal, water, wood, ceramic, voice, animals, guitar. These are the elements which all musical instruments are based on. Using produced music to tune a system is a recipe for disaster. It’s lik... | |
| Ojas? @garthb309 I've heard the OJAS DIY speakers many times at a store in LA. Usually on the OJAS Class D and the OJAS branded cables, which I think are rebranded Beldons. Haven't heard it with a good tube amp. its pleasant but did not blow me away ... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b Also, I agree SV maybe new to Hashimoto - and it might mean this is a good opportunity! I did ask Devon on his OJAS instagram which transformers he preferred (Tamura versus Hashimoto) and he gave a waffling answer :). Hmmm he has to support SV, af... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b I've gone back and forth on the Sun Audio. It is true that simpler circuits are _not always_ better and I think it came from the hazy days of japanese jazz kissas. think NOS speaker cabling, WE , Beldon etc. Those are all fine, but not really what... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b @kdogsy I found a few things. - YouTuber and DIYAudio poster Skunkie built the Sun Audio and found a lot of things she considered problems. Paraphrasing here - the input stage of how the twin triodes are wired is very very high gain and increa... | |
| Sun Valley vs Sun Audio 300b I heard hashimoto are great, but the circuit is a lot more complicated and has NFB. Anyone can look at these two schematics and get a feeling for what would sound different? (Assuming similar components) | |
| Can a tube amp be damaged by a speaker switch? @imhififan I actually have a Leben and during the course of modding it, one night I accidentally left the dummy load off and ran pink noise. Next morning..I freaked out...yet, no problem with it at all. I know there are vintage guitar amps... | |
| Best place to live for good quality power @itsjustme But this is exactly my question. Some people said living away from noise-polluting sources does not guarantee a good sound - such as rural areas with terrible physical infrastructure. So I assumed majority was noise-related, but may n... | |
| Best place to live for good quality power Interesting responses. Seems physical infrastructure is most important. A rural location with rusty spider-web equipment that technicians have put decades of bandaid solutions on which will catch the forest on fire probably sound worse than a de... | |
| Best place to live for good quality power @sgreg1 Fancy modern battery power supply (like "Jackery") has regulators and complicated circuit that keeps that from happening. Because they are designed to power digital circuits, the power must be tightly regulated. But the true affect on audi... | |
| Where can I hear classic horns in southern california? @johnk I would love to but no way I’m using fecesbook. 🤮 Any way to join without it? Is there an email list? | |
| Bypassing Caps - what is it really about? I can see a stuffy sounding vintage cap with poor high frequency transparency being bypassed by one that does to create some layering (?). But that could create some weird situations - imagine caps which image poorly with a very mono sound, being... |