czarivey
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| Motorboating after tube change Lou, b aware that Bj-bcab already sounds wierd! | |
| Vintage Thoren TD160 vs new turntables new turntable = more money per less performance. i'd stick with thorens and mod it. | |
| Maximizing My Turntable Experience - input reqeust getting and listening to the records is the best kool-aid for analogue experience. | |
| Motorboating after tube change From what I saw from pin locations there could be some protection involved and maybe some resistor is blown that provides voltage drop for the offset. | |
| Speakers for Vintage Marantz ? Plus other Qs Sansui 5000 series speakers are outstanding performers in your range. | |
| CD Recorder Died - Best Replacement Option? I used to have Alesis MasterLink CD-recorder/player and the quality of burning CDs was substantially superior to my laptop burner. | |
| Importance of recapping a SS amp? Ebm, best of luck for another 40. | |
| Importance of recapping a SS amp? Audiolabyrinth, from the user's perspective could be anything, from the one who fixes electronics, it's a-bit different and not so redicoulas or redukolois at all.On one of the Kenwood receivers I was always loosing one or 2 caps once put back PCB... | |
| CD Recorder Died - Best Replacement Option? Zd542, PC CDRW/DVDRW drives are substantially inferior to dedicated CD recorders. Therefore there are much more errors during PC CD burning vs. recording using professional CD recorder. | |
| Increase price for Vandersteens every biz has to somehow raise prices to justify and match necessary profits. for that they must show improvement to the previous model. weather or not there is actual performance improvement, the price must rise to keep model in business. rising ... | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- you allocating funds little-by little, purchasing $20k Burmester or MBL, than bs-ing your wife you've paid $200. | |
| Audio - Post Divorce this tweak definitely improves experience in audio. | |
| Amp and preamp on same outlet? it's ok as long as you want to listen to tunes. | |
| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? In old vintage days we didn't even know what preamp was. The amplifier had both in one. When both components sound good as one, that's called a 'Bull's Eye' no matter how important/or not or cool/or not they both are. | |
| Importance of recapping a SS amp? ones not being used for the long time no matter tube or semi-conductor amps will most-likely need recap. ones being used will last much longer before this replacement is needed. Usually you may develop an unwanted intermittent humm. |