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| DIN to RCA adapter Brent, These pins will mate directly to the cartridge clips. In DIY I use high-quality gold-over-copper male/female Bulgin pins in various sizes for intrachassis connections. http://www.alliedelec.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?SKU=565-0058&MPN... | |
| DIN to RCA adapter Cardas makes male DIN plug that will mate back-to-back with the female DIN in your tonearm cable. | |
| Charles Lloyd suggestions All of Lloyd's comeback albums since the '90s are essential & a high water mark of recent ECM jazz:Fish Out of WaterHyperion with HigginsThe CallThe Water is WideJumping the CreekWhich Way is EastLift Every VoiceVoice in the NightCantoSangamNo... | |
| Velodyne's Dim View I've had several productive conversions with the Vel's Arizona product manager as well. You could probably just pull the bulb from the rear and ID it for replacement.As good as it is, the DD series is getting long in the tooth and Velodyne should ... | |
| Has anyone here tried the Lightspeed Attenuator? Clio09, Was that the Audio Consulting TVC with their premium Silver Rock transformers? | |
| phono preamp with volume? Atma-Sphere balanced tube integrated phono preamps are fantastic, as is Atma customer service. | |
| Joule LA 100 mkIII and Bat VK 60? VK60 has good power & tone for Merlin VSM & can be significantly improved with DIY mods similar to my VK75SE. | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far There is variation in SQ between songs, and a reference to Pro Tools in the notes. SQ is generally excellent. His voice holds up pretty well-- more old master than old croaker. The album has blues flourishes not heard from Dylan in a long time, an... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Dylan's Together Through Life is his best new material since Time Out of Mind. The double vinyl is well recorded, flat & quiet, and includes the CD. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I am a nature boy as well in some projects, preferring cotton-clad wire to synthetic insulation, wood-encased output transformers to mu shields, wood enclosures to metal. But there are so many exceptions of necessity that forming a cult of nature ... | |
| Tube Coolers pros and cons IME they tame microphonics and extend useful tube life 25-50%. The latest design has vanes in the pleats to improve convection. Some sizes use a carbon fiber sleeve and some do not. I can't imagine not using them with pricey NOS tubes unless there... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Crem1, Agreed except for your ideas on why the mono Beatles albums are collectible. In '67 all hippie aspirations were for stereo. The mono versions were likely passed over rather than ruined by bong water. Just can't imagine the beard in tie-dye ... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Perhaps I should revisit freshman experiments spilling bong water on LPs. Some of those records sounded better after "treatment." | |
| Kworks /Kuznetsoff I've heard Igor K's power cord and DAC modifications at local audiophile club meetings. His stuff sounds very good and he is technically adept across a wide range of audio technologies. | |
| Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps Tony Gee/Humble HiFi seems to be the only widely read reviewer of exotic caps who also tests caps for benefits accruing from .01uf bypass. In most cases he finds bypassing preferable(particular in crossover), and for this purpose he likes cheap Vi... |