commcat
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| Variac Variable Transformer My personal preference is to bring the voltage up very slowly, over several days, or a week. Have seen guys in a hurry to hear their new (old) tube amps bring the voltage up to 120 and smoke the capacitors. IMO all of the internal components requi... | |
| Fed Ex Ground Shipping Woes Can't agree with the premise for this thread. I've used FedEx exclusively for the past 3-4 years and have shipped over 1000 pieces of equipment, domestic and international, with some weighing 100 Lbs or more, without so much as a scratch. Have to ... | |
| So Much "Harshness" Tim,This is the url for the 4 Gauge Cable;http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=100-196 | |
| So Much "Harshness" Tim,The 1600 Strand, 4 Gauge, is very flexible. Easy to solder either ring or spade terminals or any other terminal to the wire. Sold by David Levy & Co. in Cerritos, California or PartsExpress.com and others for under $2 per foot. Check under... | |
| So Much "Harshness" Harshness can also be caused when the drivers (speakers) are stressed. Insufficient power can create this problem, whether using tube or solid-state amplifiers. One remedy to try is heavy-gauge speaker cable, i.e., 4 gauge, 1600 strand copper (oft... | |
| Where do I learn more about audio stuff? In an abundance of caution, and by way of a disclaimer, you are hereby forewarned that Audiophilia is severely habit forming. There is no known cure for this obsessive/compulsive disorder other than a total loss of hearing. Before you proceed, fur... | |
| If cables can break-in, can they then wear-out? In professional recording studios ALL cables are replaced whenever there is a perceived change in audio quality or any electrical problem with the equipment. Although the cost of replacing all of the cables is high it is cost effective in reducing... | |
| Reel to Reel Professional Reel-to-Reel tape recordings combined with Tube amplifiers were, and still are, the pinnacle of audio reproduction. All of the media innovations that have followed have attempted to imitate the sound that professionally mastered tape ... | |
| Well-Tempered Golf Ball? Wow, I can make a Tonearm from a fishing rod and balance it on a golf ball and I'll be in Vinyl Heaven !! Who needs mega-buck turntables now? The ad promises "new music" from my old LP's. I can't wait to hear Miles Davis play "So What" all over ag... | |
| What to do with bad recorded CDs Seems that only one out of ten CD's are mastered to audiophile standards. To overcome this shortfall you might consider adding a turntable to your system. It will open a whole new world (or old world) of superb recordings that CD's have failed to ... | |
| binding post break in Can the WBT's act as a resistor?? The description of the audio reproduction is consistent with a change in resistor value. The solution is to go back to the original binding posts if you can. Or at least replace the WBT's with something close to w... | |
| The future of Tubes New Old Stock (NOS) tubes were built for quality, durability, and reliability. Not only used in audio equipment but in numerous industrial applications which required a zero-tolerance for failure. For example, both the US and Russian space venture... | |
| Peanuts from hell Bought a very rare Receiver. The seller packed it in a box filled with peanuts. UPS managed to rip open the lower corner of the box and all of the peanuts spilled out. I received a smashed, crushed, totally destroyed Receiver. Pieces of metal and ... | |
| Re: Dunlavy SC IVa's Cinder blocks or construction concrete blocks from a home improvement store or construction yard (painted to match the speaker base for WAF). Stand the blocks upright so the empty centers are vertical. Since this raises the speakers by approximate... | |
| How to fix a lack of bass Null Another remedy is to place your speakers facing the longest wall. That is against the long wall (5.250 meters) and facing the opposite long wall so that you have a distance of 4.00 meters. Toe-in the speakers so that the sweet spot is approximatel... |