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| Top resistors Mr. Y: You can order direct from manufacturer Texas Components or perhaps from Michael Percy (though I do not see them in his catalog.) I do not know about Audionote tantalum, except that someone I know with a good system said they were bass heavy... | |
| Top resistors Mr. R: Thanks, I will have to try more NOS. Of the lot that I tried, I rank Russian 6N8S tops, followed closely by Raytheon GT, followed by EH. All three have top-to-bottom continuousness, good bass authority, big dynamic envelop, spaciousness, an... | |
| Top resistors IME Riken carbon-film resistors obscure detail relative to Caddock MK132(warm but resolving) and nude TX2575(even more resolving, but without etch or coldness.) Nude TX2352 is identical to nude Vishay S102. The higher-spec nude TX2575 has no Visha... | |
| XLR Connector Comparison There are those who resist using XLRs altogether owing to eddy current effect associated with large metal housings. A plastic RCA like Eichmann may sound good because of minimal metal. Perhaps the content of the metal jackets has an effect as well. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Some theorize that the great sound of some vintages gears may owe to continuing break-in of output transformers over many decades. | |
| Adding Balanced Outputs to your amp? Adding XLR inputs pin-mapped to existing RCA connectors, adds absolutely nothing other than diversity of connectors. To enjoy the benefits of balanced cabling you would have to add internal coupling transformers or additional circuitry to split ph... | |
| What makes up an In the spirit of this question I much enjoyed TAS September issue, in which HP interviews Lyric HiFi's 85 year old owner Mike Kay on the evolution of hi-end retailing since the golden age of the 60s. Kay is a grand curmudgeon who deplores what cus... | |
| Top resistors To obtain more power handling, TC offers the nude(unencased) TX2352 or TX2575 in duo- and triple-pack configurations. These are multiple resistors factory-soldered in series on a short foundation with one lead at each end. This is an expensive pro... | |
| How do you explain slow/lazy sound? Assuming you are only hearing this "slowness" with TT and that speed of TT has been adjusted to strobe, then the "slowness" may be slurring caused by transient speed instability endemic with cheap belt-drive TTs. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Russian caps are available in various lot sizes. FT-3 teflon, FT-1 teflon(compact 200V version), and K40Y9 PIO are all worth a look as coupling caps, and as filtering or bypass caps in PS. Space permitting they can be stacked in parallel to achiev... | |
| XLR Connector Comparison I have constructed the same cable with Neutrik and DH Labs(possibly identical to Vampire). I can't hear any difference. | |
| Top resistors What is remarkable about TX2575 in signal path(replacing Caddock MK132 and Caddock TF020/USF340, which had previously replaced Roederstein and generic carbon comp), is how much more detail & nuance of pitch & timbre TX2575 reveals across t... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil It's very easy to play with russian teflon, as FT-3 is <$5. Low price does not reflect upon the quality of these products of the old Soviet military industrial economy. However they are large in size (.1uf/600V is 1" x 2"). Volleyguy, if you'd ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil It could be interesting to try some small-value teflon caps bypassing the caps you've tried-- particularly the Mundorf SIO. Mil-spec surplus NOS Russian FT-3 teflon can be had in .1uf-.22uf values on the cheap from Eastern Euro sources on Ebay. I'... | |
| Zyx Airy 3 Cartridge into Herron VTPH-1 Phono.. Pbaudio, Yes we all have ours favs. I have lately been replacing MK132 and TF020 with TX2575 & have been surprised by the superiority of TX2575. They have more detailed and refined treble & better delineated bass. |