dgarretson
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| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Subject to their power limitations, I've used TX2575 throughout Atma preamp, Merlin bass augmentation module & modded SCD-1-- replacing everything in signal path from generic carbon comp, Riken carbon film, top Caddock MK132 & TF020, and s... | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Texas Components on-line is an OEM for Vishay and sells both TX2352(same as nude Vishay S102), and TX2575-- a lower noise version.) Try TX2575, IMO the most transparent resistor available. | |
| Audio Note Conquest Silver Signature vs. Bat VK-60 "The 300B is an amazing sounding tube, designed for audio. The 6C33 triode used in the BAT was certainly not."While 6C33 may originally have been originally designed for russian military applications, its suitability for high end audio(in SE appli... | |
| Audio Note Conquest Silver Signature vs. Bat VK-60 BTW, the BAT topology is not push-pull, but rather single-ended bridge(similar to Atma-Sphere), as described by Victor Khomenko:"The VK60 is neither a traditional single-ended design nor a push-pull design. We refer to the VK-60 through VK-1000 am... | |
| any experience/opinions about Obbligato caps? Scott, Just curious whether you ever measured DC offset at output or checked the DIY forums to see if you really need coupling caps at all. It was feasible for me to remove them from a stock SCD-1, and probably is similar situation with many SS DA... | |
| Differences between Technics SP10 and SP25? There was an SP-10 Mk II that recently traded cheaply on ebay, that reportedly worked except for a failed external power supply. Anybody know if its external PS is a repairable or replaceable item? | |
| Great sounding new vinyl The Escovedo Blue Note pressing is flat and quiet. This album is well-produced by Tony Visconti. Fairly good sense of sonic realism and excellent separation of instruments within a dense rock mix, probably from a digital source.IMO the sleeper is ... | |
| Great sounding new vinyl I forgot:John Haitt: Same Old ManNIN: Ghosts | |
| Great sounding new vinyl Some recent vinyl that hits high by any measure is:Shearwater: RookWilco: Sky Blue SkyRay Davies: Workingman's CafeElvis Costello: MomofukuGutter Twins: SaturnaliaStephen Malkmus: Real Emotional TrashAlejandro Escovedo: Real AnimalZooey Deschanel/... | |
| Battery Powered Preamps Pubul57, in low-current source and LS components the new SS monolithic op amps and buffers are particularly good, and if powered correctly may even surpass tubes in terms of transparency & musicality. However, IME op amps don't get to this hig... | |
| Battery Powered Preamps Guido, I don't know if Reference Audio Mods is at the show, but if so, consider stopping by to hear an all battery-powered system that Kyle of RAM & Serge of Audio Consulting in Switzerland have been developing for some time. Like Rowland, the... | |
| Battery Powered Preamps I have not heard Dodd, and am not suggesting that a minimalistic design can't sound great. Only that battery power restricts the designer in terms of number of tubes and type of tube used.BBAM has only several active devices inside(low current op ... | |
| Battery Powered Preamps IME batteries sound fantasic powering noise-sensitive CDP, transport, DAC, and other line-level SS & op amp devices. Batteries work really well with low-current applications, but are infeasible in all but the most minimalistic of tube designs.... | |
| Digital Remastering: Last 5 years..... Certainly true. Lately I've compared several high-quality recent vinyl releases to the RBCD version, and find CD is very close. | |
| Marantz SA7S1 owners - stock or modded Mrtennis, To each his own, but what you are looking for is exactly what the silver transformers sound like without the active buffer stage. |