dgarretson
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| Merlin owners who have modified x-over? David P., Actually I use only Claritycap MR and Duelund resistors in xover. Elsewhere in system I have used Mundorf Silver/Gold, V-Cap, and NOS Russian teflon caps-- all excellent and significant improvements compared to stock caps found in even v... | |
| Merlin owners who have modified x-over? David P, As Alice said, it gets curiouser and curiouser. Now a post by someone who lambasts a manufacturer and a dealer, has no Agon-listed system, and provides a pointer to a 20% off sale at PCx... BTW, see my system for Merlin modified with Clar... | |
| The Better My System Gets.... Some of my best and worst recent experiences have been at the Trocadero in Philadelphia. This ia a tiny deco-style standing-room-only club dating to turn of the century, with prior lives as a strip joint and a Chinese theater. It now hosts small a... | |
| Merlin owners who have modified x-over? I find Bobby P's sharing of an on-going R&D project refreshing. There are very few manufacturers who bother to participate in these forums at all. I doubt those who decline to do so are reticent owing to ethical concerns about mixing advertisi... | |
| The Better My System Gets.... Over the past few years I've been noticing the disynchrony of increasing amounts of text messaging and buzzy bar talk at club venues. It got to the point at one gig where Lou Reed improvised a comment into his lyrics something like "why not just k... | |
| Reference 3A Grand Veena's I'll qualify my comments by adding that treble and midrange are superlative. There is some discontinuousness between the midrange and bass drivers(which I believe has also been noted by pro reviewers), and LF lacks the impact and grip that I'm acc... | |
| Reference 3A Grand Veena's I heard them at a local audiophile meet in which the manufacturer had control over every component in the chain except for CDP and room-- which was too large for these speakers. Notwithstanding the mid-range CDP that was used for this demo, the Gr... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil The moniker quicksilvergurl is as yet unclaimed. | |
| 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... |