dgarretson
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| Top resistors The Russian NOS 6N8S I tried are rare & expensive mil spec stamped 1578 with metal base. I believe they date to 1955. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Guido,IME monolithic op amps can sound great on batteries-- perhaps surpassing tubes-- but if that preamp has anything short of magnificent bass control & dynamic authority, you can likely blame choice of NiMH batteries. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre The proof is in the listening, but generally speaking series-connected NiMH batteries are a poor choice for SOTA. They have up to several ohms of impedance, as compared to several milliohms for large SLA batteries. You can hear these differences, ... | |
| marantz 11s2 sacd player modifications Kyle at Reference Audio Mods has worked extensively on the SA11 & substitutes a buffered output stage based on silver coupling transformers. No tubes, but very smooth & resolving. | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Reb,I agree with your rating of REL TFT several steps down from V-Cap TFT. I was surprised to hear freshly installed V-Caps immediately surpass well broken-in REL TFT in my preamp. I've not yet tried Russian FT-series teflon caps in coupling posit... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Sns, While some complain that V-Cap TFT sounds awful without long break-in, I agree with you that this point is overstated. IME TFT surpasses most everything else almost immediately, and then progresses though a long break-in cycle to relax, open ... | |
| Best Zeppelin LP recordings... There has recently been quite a flow of Zep and Who 200g Classic releases. Any insights into the sonics of these? Apart from sonics, has Classic resolved the extensive QA problems it was having with surface noise? At $31 a pop I'm not taking any m... | |
| Upgrade for users of 1/2" mylar belt Doug,Are you suggesting that cogging effects may be greater with 1/2" tape than with the thread drive I'm currently using, owing to improved grip of tape? I had considered this possibility when earlier converting VPI from soft rubber belt to threa... | |
| Best preamp for atma sphere m60 under $3000 used? Tvad,The third finger goes to Allen Wright's VSEI RTP5, which I have not heard. | |
| Best preamp for atma sphere m60 under $3000 used? Of course the cost of an MP-1 is off-set somewhat by consolidation of separates into an integrated phono preamp. You can count on one hand the number of integrated phono preamps approaching the performance of MP-1, and on two fingers the number th... | |
| Top resistors I've ordered Duelund R to replace stock Caddock MP820/1 metal film in xover of Merlin VSM-MX, and will have results in 3-4 weeks. | |
| Top resistors Clabe,Hopefully you received my email; feel free to reply directly if you want more details. | |
| Top resistors Mr. C, I will email you directly regarding mods to BBAM. | |
| Top resistors Mr C,Thanks for info on VSM-MX application; I have been on the fence about modding stock xover. I am considering Claritycap MR or Duelund for that job. BTW, TX2575 in signal path in BBAM increases transparency vs. stock MK132. Best to look inside ... | |
| Are spare parts for the Sony SCD-1 becoming rare? Before lube, first clean up all exposed surfaces(including the plastic round gears and straight saw-tooth gears) with contact cleaner. Remove all old brown grease from the jewel spindle bearing. In addition to above lubing, apply white lithium gre... |