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| ordering from Michael Percy Audio I recently went through the same thing sending Michael an email followed up with a voice message. After several weeks he finally replied that he had been over-loaded with emails and had misplaced mine. However, Michael is honest and eventually del... | |
| Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps Actually it was the .015uf/200V FT-1 that I was using to bypass MR in tweeter. From what I can tell, the 1/2/3 suffixes in the NOS Russian FT- series are used to distinguish between voltage and capacitance values. In construction and performance t... | |
| Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps Regarding frequency response to the "stratosphere", I will add that when I went back in to make further mods to my crossover, I removed a .01uf/200V Russian teflon bypass cap that I had been using across Claritycap MR in the tweeter section-- and ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I agree that the comparison of caps is useless unless the caps have been deployed in matched stereo pairs-- or unless the speakers are compared to each other separately as mono point sources. Here are some examples of similar perceived phenomena: ... | |
| solder-Eutechnic,Wonder,WBT?? Bobby at Merlin wisely led me into Cardas tri-eutectic. Replacing WBT with unleaded Cardas improved everything in crossover-- better detail and bass delineation with less hyped up sound. Perhaps the benefit of unleaded solder is greatest in high-m... | |
| Someone can better BAT? Or not? I believe the OEM oil caps are made custom by Jensen to BAT specifications-- possibly to improve reliability. I would not fret the reliability issue. However, for a sonic improvement consider substituting V-Cap, Claritycap, or Mundorf for signal c... | |
| Clarity Caps vs Kimber kaps Ditto Sherod: I'm at 500 hours of MR on tweeter and 100 hours of MR on mid/woofer of Merlin VSM. Both sections of crossover keep improving and sounding more open, dynamic, seamless, and natural across FR. | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction Dertonarm, thanks for the general suggestion regarding thick & thin, but there are about as many derniers of these synthetic threads as fish in the sea. It would be helpful for this experiment if you could offer a few specific recommendations. | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction Dertonarm, before you go, what specific test/thickness of aramid or dyneema do you recommend, and what type of knot do you use? I have something like the no-force platter bearing & thread drive sytem you describe(though achieved by means other... | |
| The best tonearm for Lyra Helikon SL ? I use a Helikon on a Trans-fi Terminator linear air bearing arm. Sounds much better(and cheaper) than this cartridge mounted on my prior Graham 1.5tc and SME IV. | |
| Tables That Feature Bearing Friction On a related point, one thing I've been wondering is why not integrate a flywheel with the motor pulley. For AC motors in particular this would have the advantage of smoothing out cog noise at the motor source, rather than pass it on to the platte... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I now have about five hours on Claritycap MR in Merlin mid/woofer section, replacing stock cryoed Hovland. This covers 2200hz down to low 30s in one driver. This was a big step up-- and a reminder that midrange and LF is where the music lives. The... | |
| Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to be - Love this Yes it's very good, particularly on double vinyl with CD inside. Emmylou emerged from the crysalis of her country roots with Wrecking Ball (1995)-- containing excellent covers of Dylan, Young, Hendrix, & McGarrigles wrapped in Daniel Lanois's ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I just finished combining .47uf/200V NOS Russian FT-3 teflon caps into 1.5uf "superpacks" in power supply of an Atma-Sphere MP-1 preamp. There was a vast improvement in sonics. For outboard crossover one could try paralleling a bunch of these $8 t... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far John Wesley Harding with The Minus Five "Who was Changed and Who was Dead." As good as this guy has been over the years, nothing he has done to date anticipates this return after an hiatus of five years. Think Elvis Costello at his best without th... |