dgarretson
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| Best Albums of 2008 on Vinyl Most of the better sounding LPs are on Matador and New West, both of which seem recently to be mastering and pressing at a consistently high level. Helm records on his own high-quality label affiliated with Vanguard. For realistic instruments in a... | |
| Best Albums of 2008 on Vinyl "Lots of good stuff but was there anything great?"Good question. Of 15 or so memorable LPs, the ones I would consider great or near-great are Dylan "Tell Tale Signs", Levon Helm "Dirt Farmer", and Pretenders "Break Up the Concrete."Honorable menti... | |
| AT&T cables with ST-BNC connectrs does it work ? You might be OK if you can determine whether you have multi-mode or single-mode ST, and then select a transceiver with the correct orientation(i.e. transmitter or receiver.) However my knowledge is not strong enough to know whether all FO transcei... | |
| AT&T cables with ST-BNC connectrs does it work ? What you're probably thinking of is a BNC-to-multimode AT&T ST fiber optic media converter. It's an external powered device with an integrated transceiver that, depending on implementation, may or may not be compatible end-to-end with the FO t... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vs. belt drive sound files "I would love to see how much better the rim drive is over a string drive. I'm sure it would be a closer contest overall."Or possibly worse than string, in view of the fact that VPI's implementation of rim drive retains several soft rubber belts. | |
| Top Jazz Albums of 2008 My CDP was down for part of the year so I missed a few, but some 2008 fav releases were:Lee Konitz: Deep LeeDonald Bailey: Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 3Bobo Stenson Trio: CantandoKetil Bjornstad/Terge Rypdal: Live in LeipzigNik Bartsch's Ronin: HalonT... | |
| Record Clamps? In addition to coupling the record to the platter, a clamp can be effective in changing the resonant signature of the spindle bearing assembly & drawing off bearing noise that would otherwise be conducted through platter to stylus. For this re... | |
| Audio Research Reference 3 and BAT spec 6H30 I only have experience comparing NOS 6H30DR to new- production Sovtek 6H30 in a VK75SE. In that amp there is only minor improvement with DR, which diminishes as the tube ages. In my amp a fresh Sovtek surpassed a DR after about 1500 hours of use. ... | |
| Metronome Tech It looks like a fairly standard Amphenol type connector:http://www.alliedelec.com/Catalog/pf.aspx?FN=155.pdf | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I wouldn't pay too much attention to that URL. Perhaps the results were application-specific-- who knows what quality of other parts were in his test preamp or what compensations he needed in a filtering cap. I've used Elna Silmic(admittedly origi... | |
| Rain-X as CD Enhancement Treatment This evening I finally spent some time with Rain-X, treating Lee Konitz's fine new "Deep Lee" and Dave Douglas's "Strange Liberation." The Douglas album had previously been treated with CD Stop Light edge treatment. In addition to sounding clearer... | |
| What is the best dielectric? Of the materials typically found in audio cables, natural unbleached cotton is closest to air in dielectric constant. Teflon and polyolefin are good practical alternatives thereafter. Polyolefin heat-shrink tube is stronger than teflon & easie... | |
| Crossover upgrade capacitor question Undertow, yes, thanks for first recommending Claritycap MR & for the tour of your modded Jolida phono stage. | |
| Experience with FREDs in a tube amp PS Generally speaking, the safe thing to do is to select replacement diodes that equal or exceed the rated capacity of the stock bridge. Chances are good that this can be done without using heat sinks, unless the original rectifier uses them.It's def... | |
| Experience with FREDs in a tube amp PS To be safe you might try 1200V/10A Cree SiC Schottkys, but depending on power drawn, they might still need heat sinks. Lower voltage/current diodes may be OK if the amp is equipped with a soft-start thermistor on AC. Dennis Had might offer an opin... |