dgarretson
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| after market battery power for DAC Kyle at Reference Audio Mods does battery conversions for digital sources. There is some art to arriving at the optimal combination of battery, filtering capacitance, and DC voltage regulation. | |
| TRL 595 Discussion Died Years Ago Clio, Thanks for your thoughtful remarks and for your offer to audition a TRL unit. Perhaps this can be arranged. In defense of TRL's apparent practices, I have heard recently from several good techs how much can be gained by potting or shielding ... | |
| TRL 595 Discussion Died Years Ago Lithiumjoe, having performed digital mods myself, I am familiar with the significant time and parts expense often required to achieve performance. I'm therefore curious about anyone whose "secret sauce" can do the job for the short money. What mak... | |
| TRL 595 Discussion Died Years Ago There is nothing new under the sun. While I have not heard TRL, I am skeptical of modders who fail to disclose methods. The aftermarket is small and it is futile to struggle over crumbs; the best ideas are more likely to be ignored than copied. Aw... | |
| Wilco/ Nels Cline: news & free album preview Some related things to consider are that the level of musicianship in rock is generally better than in earlier times(with more professionalized influences from popular music degrees obtained at institutions like Berklee), the personnel and session... | |
| Wilco/ Nels Cline: news & free album preview Well, Wilco has improved markedly through Cline's tenure. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil If you want to try some good NOS oil caps in PS of amp, cheap Russian MBGO from ebay are physically compact in values up to 4uf/400V. Adding such caps in values 1/10-1/100 of paralleled electrolytics should be audible. They can be further bypassed... | |
| Any U2 Fans Here? Don't know about the CD, but the double vinyl rocks with excellent SQ. And "Unknown Caller" might be the song of the decade. | |
| Experience w/ Trans-Fi Auio Terminator Tone Arm? I am the alleged lone gunman of record above. The Terminator is an excellent arm that easily surpassed a Graham 1.5tc & SME IV on my modded VPI TNT. It takes a bit of tweeking if this is your first experience with a linear arm, as well as emai... | |
| Any love for the new Elvis Costello? It's full of poised, unfrenetic arrangements using mostly acoustic instruments. Good SQ on double vinyl. Very refreshing with obvious T-Bone influences. | |
| Reference Audio Mods to Meridian 508-24? I know Kyle and have implemented his parts and ideas in my Sony. As I understand his approach, regardless of CDP he focuses in several areas that are likely to improve any digital source: (1) replace clock with latest generation Audiocom Ultra- or... | |
| Any Zorn fans? I caught on to him with Naked City and Spillane, and over the years have stayed mostly with the more accessible Filmworks series and almost anything with Marc Ribot. Filmworks Anthology 1986-2005 is a good introduction to these sounds. My favorite... | |
| Stylus just falls off? I have no personal experience on this, but the several posts I have read over the years about diamonds falling off all cited VDH cartridges. | |
| Byrds - untitled Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Com'on, Bill. It's the Byrds, not Grand Funk Live! | |
| Byrds - untitled Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab If for nothing else you need Untitled for Chestnut Mare, Mr. Spaceman, and 8 Miles High.The Sundazed vinyl is all tasty, full of rarities, and well-pressed, ex: Preflyte Sessions, Sanctuary II, IV, Mr. Tambourine Man. |