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| EMM Labs DCC 2 - Sneak Preview What is it (a new phono preamp:-)? | |
| Help Smoke rising from 300B amp T Bone:Don't power/fire it up again. When facing the front of the amp the two small pins of the 300B should be on the left side of the socket assuming the amps/sockets are stock (check to see if this is how they were installed). You already know t... | |
| Castle Pembroke opinions Jer:I just saw the "new" Pembroke review @ Hifi Choice and sent off a query to their review editor (regarding the lack of continuity). | |
| Castle Pembroke opinions Hi Lenny:I listened to the Pembroke's approx. 3 years ago and liked the sound. They are a fuller sounding version of the Castle Acoustics Isis stand mount speakers which I have owned.They can be a bit hot in the HF's (meaning that they do not glos... | |
| New $500 "best" phono stage? Don't know, but if it's one of the Gram's check out reviews (links towards the bottom of the page) @ TNT.http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/sources.html | |
| Tube Amps and young children - avoiding burns etc. No kids left @ home, but with 6 cats I placed the electronics in a hall closet located directly behind the speaker wall. Prior to this I housed a SS amp behind the sliding doors of a Tansu cabinet in the living room (the cabinet is not large enoug... | |
| Filling A Tubular Metal Rack? Brick:Seemed to me that you were happy two months ago following employing soft footers between the slab floor and the rack. What's happened since them (don't tell me that you heeded to audiotweeks one solution/product fills the bill in all applica... | |
| Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo Easy:The simple guitar solo on:"Green Onions" | |
| Tubes for Bottlehead Foreplay Jeff:Full/rich 12au7's in the Foreplay are:RCA black plate (50's/60's)RCA gray plate (50'/60's)Sylvania BP (yellow print 50's/60's)Sylvania GP (yellow print 50's/60's)Still pretty full sounding, but with increased HF extension:Amperex Orange Globe... | |
| wnat to downgrade my cables Stuart:Don't really know your price range, but I have used 47 Labs OTA speaker cable and IC's with two SET based systems. I downgraded from an Audion 300B SET amp to Bottlehead kit SET amps and their preamp, but kept the OTA cable. It has worked w... | |
| Audiopoints vs Mapleshade brass cones Yes, look into Neuance shelving (spikes provided from what I have read) instead of cone points. I was over cone points (the multiple/variable adjustements used to drive me nuts) upon receiving/installing Neaunce shelves on my rack.I owned/used Map... | |
| Am I brushing records wrong? Patrick:The Philips Carbon brushes I use have removable grounding wires supplied with them. Never tried the wire ground, but w/o being aware of the benefit I do steady myself by placing a hand on the grounded metal equipment rack.Nice info to know... | |
| Am I brushing records wrong? PS:New LP's require two deep cleanings from my experience. Other than the first cleaning a second cleaning is needed following 3-5 plays.Not certain why this is (perhaps material lathed off by the stylus) but they can sound much better following t... | |
| Am I brushing records wrong? Matt:What are you using for a cleaning solution? I start (before a brush ever touches the LP) with warm water blasted through a Water-Pik and then follow up with an alcohol/water cleaning solution worked with a brush. I use a detergent added mix/s... | |
| Simple, Stylish Songs for Piano Skip the singing and learn to orchestrate "Over the Rainbow".My personal favorite retrospective piece anyway when done as an instrumental (leaves the rest to one's imagination). |