dgarretson
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| Which 1080p plasma? The gap between Panny & Pioneer 1920 x 1080 plasma has closed to the point that Pioneer is going to have a tough time justifying its price to the marketplace. Prior to 1080p plasma the Elite was always a clear step up. It still is, but not by ... | |
| Watt/Puppies with SET or push-pull??? I have Zeroimpedance.com naked Autoformers with 8' of crimped-on Anticables-- both manufactured by Paul Speltz and available on 60-day trial. This Autoformer has 2x, 3x, and 4x taps.I had best results with WPs & Autoformers & mid-powered t... | |
| Is the RAM Modified Esound E5 the REAL THING? Chris, RAM apparently has done lots of work inside the Wadia 7. I have a friend who has worked over the latest Wadia separates with battery power supplies. It's debatable whether any factory unit is ne plus ultra. | |
| Watt/Puppies with SET or push-pull??? Just for fun in my "B" system I've been using W3P2 with 3W 2A3 SETs & Speltz Autoformers. It works remarkably well. However without a 4x impedance multiplier the dip below 2 ohms with WP presents a difficult load to any SET. | |
| DIY clock upgrade? John, while a dedicated power supply is desireable, Audiocom clocks work well on any decent 9V-12V power source drawn from within the CDP.I saw Allen Wright's comments in AA that the the XA777ES doesn't have enough room inside to do much meaningfu... | |
| ARC VT-100 mk1 or BAT VK-60? j bailey,While autobias does make VK tube amps simpler to live with, they still require warm up to sound their best. I don't think autobias extends tube life much, particularly in comparison to the ARC. The 6C33C-B power tubes in the VK-series deg... | |
| DIY clock upgrade? Buy the service manual from Sony at 800-488-7669 & ID the numeric location for the clock oscillator & also the clock speed. If it's like the the SCD-1/777ES it's a 45Mhz clock. Then you'd need to tap a power source inside the chassis at a ... | |
| Good sounding, small center speaker Merlin TSM-MX is relatively compact & is very clear with dialog-- my key criterion for CC. | |
| Tannoy Westminster Royal HE These were Cary 2A3SE monoblocks. It surprised me that they were able to develop big bass with the Churchhills (suggesting that the 3W amps were up to the job) and yet the whole presentation was discontinuous and not very musical. It was a long ti... | |
| Tannoy Westminster Royal HE It's a very small data point, but about five years back I took some 2A3 monoblocks into a dealer showroom to qualify the Churchills for SET amplification. They sounded anemic--at least on 3W. In addition to the lack of dynamics in this less-than-o... | |
| Best short-lived band? Rain Tree CrowAcetoneMedicine | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 I recently replaced the stock Belden intrachassis ICs that connect XLR inputs to the PCB in the VK75SE. I substituted 2' of Audio Consulting 24awg silver wire in cotton sleeves in a three-twist, with a 1" band of ERS cloth glued around both ends. ... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Pauly,The flywheel effect of the platter on that cutting lathe would be negligible compared to the 75kg/cm torque generated by the motor. From pictures on the net it's evident that a really decent cutting lathe like the Neumann has a much stronger... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts And how could I forget:--Bob Dylan Rolling Thunder Review, New Haven, CT; 1975 | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Those are some very good ones.-Steppenwolf, Princeton, NJ; 1969-The Who, Saratoga Springs, NY; July, 1970-Miles Davis, Princeton, NJ; 1972-The Kinks, Waterbury, CT; 1974-Roxy Music, Radio City Music Hall, NYC; 2003 |