davide256
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| Hum X for CJ PV-10? Theres a ground screw for the phono but without earth terminal to ground, its a "floating" ground. There are PCB board grounds to chassis at the mounting screws, easy enough to rum a ground wire to one of those from a new IEC plug install. | |
| Hum X for CJ PV-10? If you have the original power cord on the CJ, you need to start there as it has no ground wire. When I replaced mine, 20 years of copper corrosion was pretty nasty and it was basically lamp cord quality. Not hard for a DIY IEC plug update if you ... | |
| New Prima Luna Amp In Distress / Me Too Had a similiar problem when a tube was failing in the pre section of the Prima Luna Premium Integrated, selector knob would pop with any source change, erratic tics during operation. Looking at the bad tube it was apparent that arcing was occurrin... | |
| Help with fatiguing sound in my PC system Realremo, I found that both USB and coax cable mattered but didn't spend a lot to get satisfaction. For USB I tried Audioquest Forrest, Pangea silver over copper and ended up with far better results from Pangea 24 gauge Pure silver.. better high f... | |
| Help with fatiguing sound in my PC system since last post I have acquired a JK MkIII sync USB to SPDIF converter to replace the Vlink. Beyond the order of magnitude improvement in fidelity, its made it enjoyable to listen to PC audio fed direct from DAC to amp and helped me diagnose some ... | |
| Smartphone for the audiophile? I had an HTC Arrive which was basically a Windows phone + Zune. It bettered the iPod touch for fidelity but my son will never let his iPhone 4S out of his hand for me to compare :<). Note that processer power and battery power are the key limit... | |
| where next to go? The JK MKIII arrived yesterday, immediate success. Tight low bass wth substance, authority on details and pitch. | |
| Linear tracking vs. Pivoted tracking tone arms. Linear tracking arms are in theory superior to radial arms. However the general issue I have seen with radial arms is that the sheer amount of stylus energy vibrationdumped into a tonearm is very difficult to damp without a reasonable amount of ma... | |
| I find that cleaning used records very difficult I've been using a basic Nitty Gritty vacuum machine since 1985... so long as I use quality rcord cleaner fluids it improves any record cleaned by removing microdust that causes pops and will often remove mold release compound still clinging in the... | |
| Cap life span? I have a CJ PV-10A circa 1992. The Solens film caps in it while not the greatest caps never showed any noticeable agingissues. However the white "CJ" film caps definitely aged, deadening highs and transients; swapping with new caps gave immediate ... | |
| Summer Power Woes Summer time heat means summer time humidity.Unless you live in an arid climate zone, increased humidity from constantly running AC can interfere with sound conduction and the performance of electronics. You may need better dehumidification in the ... | |
| PS Audio Digital Link III - Best Connection to MBP of the three inputs on the Dlink III I find the coax input with silver stranded digital cable to perform the best. Using digital OFHC copper coax was not that different from the toslink quality with glass optical cable. Realremo is on target about... | |
| Magnepan Service HORRIBLE??? Curious how cynical business will make you about stories like this. I'd bet Etmerritt33 has not given Magnepan any indemnification if litigation results from Magnepans findings. I've had a couple of occasions to send MG's in for repair over the pa... | |
| PrimaLuna Premium Integrated vs Dialogue 1? look here for a comparison of the featureshttp://www.primaluna-usa.com/media/primaluna_us_specs.pdfThe Dialogue 1 would have better low bass and speaker handling than the Prologue Premium because of the heavier transformers. However the bridge in ... | |
| System needs more watts?? I'm puzzled. I don't see a separate DAC in this setup. If the DAC is what came in the Cary and thats circa 2001, then you are describing exactly the issue of an older CD player... same difference I hear comparing the analog outs of my Linn Genki (... |