dekay
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| which type of sink for record washing Agree with Elizabeth. Go for a spray nozzle. If a spray hose is not an option (I don't have one) then a Water-Pik works quite well (takes longer though).Being clumsy I place a soft plastic tub in the sink (others use towels), so the sink material ... | |
| SET Tube Question Iain:Try running a full site search of "Belle Klipsch" @ audioasylum.com and you will then be able to read quite a bit about your speakers and tried/true amplification.Only agree with the advice given in two of the above posts (numbering seven as ... | |
| Tube Equipment: Gimmick? SS sucks while tubes swallow. What ever floats one's boat. | |
| 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... |