dgarretson
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| budget component in high-end system? Doug, you make several good points, most intriguingly that replacing a menagerie of cables from various manufacturers with uniform cabling from one manufacturer, may be a prerequisite for getting a sense of how cables influence a system. As I have... | |
| TVC preamps: good or bad? Are you using the Bent TAP with your Merlin BBAM upstream or downstream of TVC? If you're having good results, I assume that the BBAM must be upstream. The BBAM's 47K input impedance and capacitive load reportedly don't mate very well with a passive. | |
| budget component in high-end system? I'm with Audiofeil regarding cabling. High-end commercial cables have the worst value proposition in audio. Some commercial cables that cost thousands are surpassed with DIY designs at 1/20 the cost in parts. In a megabuck system expensive designe... | |
| High quality "locking" IEC connectors? It might not work with all models of power cord, but I've found that tightly wrapping a turn or two of electrical tape around the male plug usually snugs them in. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil To the matter of proportion I can only say I have heard Karik & Karik/Numerik-- these are very long-in-the-tooth by today's standards. Even by Linn's definition the Adikt is an entry-level MM cartridge and Kiarn & Klout are middle-of-the-r... | |
| Sony SCD-777ES Laser? If SACD is still dead after replacing the laser, it's likely that the problem lies elsewhere in the transport. 777ES lasers will read & track through a wide range of allignment angles. The test disc helps only to optimize performance.Send it t... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, the question becomes-- given other constraints in the Klipsch-- how far is it worth taking these speakers without looking at new drivers, or even more fundamentally, evaluating the absolute potential of Klipsch relative to more recent s... | |
| velodyne DD hook up As I mentioned, the DD has one XLR input for mono LFE. With a 2CH preamp that has a pair of auxillary XLR outputs that are internally buffered from main outputs, an XLR Y-connector could be used between the preamp's auxillary outputs to bridge L &... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, I use copper foil througout my system, in various widths & thicknesses for ICs and speaker cables, and also the large Alphacores as 95kHz 18db/octave HF filter in my modded CDP. Yes foils sound great. Yes composition of dielectrics ... | |
| Rock Siblings..... For a close look at Zak, see the VH1 Who Tribute in current broadcast. Zak does a tremendous job and gets closer to Moon than anybody who has since sat in that seat. BTW some amazing performances in that special, particularly Pearl Jam (The Real M... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil It would be relatively inexpensive to try Alphacore air-core foil inductors. Cannot be certain, but it's likely that the sonic difference between ACore and your stock inductors is greater than the difference between ACore and D inductors. ACore so... | |
| velodyne DD hook up Depends on the preamp. XLR output is pointless, as DD has only RCA inputs (except for one XLR LFE input for HT.) A Y-connector bridging L/R outputs of preamp works only if the preamp outputs are internally buffered. Otherwise outputs to main amp w... | |
| Rock Siblings..... Just finished watching the worthwhile Entwistle documentary "An Ox Tale." Though I had followed that band closely, I never realized that Entwistle & Moon treated each other pretty much as siblings-- in friendship, clubbing, shared bad habits, ... | |
| Rock Siblings..... Well, Zak isn't exactly slumming with The Who. | |
| Rock Siblings..... Ray & Dave Davies. Ray is the leader, but the songs Dave wrote & his solo albums hold up well. The DD kollection "Kinked" is well worth checking out. Many more through time: Everly brothers, McGarrigles, Carters, Enos, etc., and the Whites... |