darkmatters

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Thief Alert
In case any of you don't know it, AudioGon had a serious problem with many accounts being hacked about 5 years ago when they started trying to update the site. It can still be happening? When I emailed them stating my account was hacked they took ... 
Would anyone like a tube hour counter for amps that don't have this function ?
You can buy hour meters for cheap on Ebay for as cheap as $5. If you have a basic idea about simple wiring you can hook it up and it will run only when your gear is on. And will count up to 10,000 hours, plenty for any audio use.The link here is a... 
Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?
To Randall-11I have lots of practical and theoretical, working in the Aviation world in avionics, I also am a certified Machinist and fabricator. I have rebuilt and restored many audio units, reel to reel recorders, tape cassette, amps, preamps, e... 
Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?
To Randy11Who do you think you are insulting members? Like you own the forum, or are vastly superior in intelligence than the rest of the members? Make a positive, beneficial comment or dont at all if you just want bash people. DM 
Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?
I think the notion, differences and understanding of "burn in" are pretty misunderstood form reading many descriptions.If everyone realised that "burn in" has so many factors involved that it should be broken into sub categories of "break in" rath... 
Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?
In response to this, "burn in" and "being out of adjustment" are not the same.If you know better convince Nelson Pass of this below, in case you missed it.Nelson Pass:"We burn products in for two reasons -1. We want to see if anything fails.2. W... 
Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?
"Let’s play with the "burn in" crews heads.If you think about it, all the optimum adjustments are made at the factory after the amps been on for a while, maybe an hr if your lucky.If thing change after 600hrs then those optimum factory adjustments... 
Dielectric grease on connection ends
CrazyeddyJust go to Partsconnexions website in Ontario, Canada. They have a large range of DeOxit and a ton of other goodies.Cheers DM 
Why pay so much for super high end?
This whole site/thread is full troll bashing trolls, the lot of you spend way too much time on these forums just looking for a chance to either shred someone or pat each others libido to feel good about yourselves.  
Retipping Miyajima mono cartridge
Andy Chong of Cartridge Clinic is rather a contraversial decision to take your cart to. Although many have said good things I know for a fact he doesn't often repair the carts himself but rather ships them to China to one of his repairers. How do ... 
Ideas on table/arm combo for Miyajima mono cart
Thomas Schick arms arent that great, most high end Regas have better features and sound as good as one could expect in that price range. In fact the Miyajima will work very good with most high mass arms. SME 312 works great for me.