dgarretson
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| Best Instruments in Analog Electric guitar. Consequently R&R just sounds better on vinyl, despite the thinner spectral balance that one typically hears with most vinyl as compared to the more visceral punch of digital. | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE I'm sure many will disagree, but I've not found the step-up transformer that doesn't sound synthetic relative to cartridge straight into tubes. I've tried Jensen & Cinemag with BAT P10 & Atma-Sphere MP-1. But step-ups are a necessary evil ... | |
| Please suggest serene, restful jazz recordings Charlie Haden/Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Land of the Sun"Charlie Haden "Nocturne"Charles Lloyd "The Water is Wide" or "Voice in the Night"Art Pepper "So In Love"Stan Getz "Pure Getz" | |
| The New BAT REX preamp Jjm,Before you add a second amp, do yourself a big favor and put V-Cap coupling caps in the VK75SE. You will hear a major improvement in bass control, dynamics, relaxation, transparency, treble detail & air, without sacrificing warmth. You can... | |
| Down-firing Sub makes floor rattle Alex, when I was shopping for subs, Velodyne Tech Support told me that, assuming proper physical decoupling (slab, spikes, platform, etc.) due to long wavelengths there is no difference in room vibration caused by downward vs. forward radiator. | |
| Down-firing Sub makes floor rattle An Aurelex foam platform should do the trick. This was very effective in taming the 160 yr. old sprung floors under my Vel DD-15.http://www.auralex.com/sound_isolation_gramma/sound_isolation_gramma.asp | |
| Wherefore Belt Drive? Cabeau,I'd like to know how you got it right with "thread drive" on the VPI. I've tried this with my VPI TNT III w/flywheel & pulleys, using dental floss as well as several kinds of thread. There is an improvement in focus and energy (and appa... | |
| Wherefore Belt Drive? Nsgarch,For what it's worth, I recently replaced the sorbothane pucks in the elephant feet of my VPI TNT III with 1" x 1.75" maple cylinders. This produces a livelier & more detailed presentation with improved bass control. The unit sits on a ... | |
| Has anyone upgraded their preamp with V-caps? Unclejeff, I've been surprised that the more I upgrade my system, the more audible becomes even very small changes. Small incremental changes can make large perceived differences in a high calibre system. Perhaps the Law of Diminishing Returns nee... | |
| Do high level sub inputs really sound better? Some sub users (particularly REL) claim high-level inputs more effectively blend the bass tonality of the main amp with the sub. I prefer low-level inputs, valuing tighter control of LF I'm seeing from improvements in my preamp. But the crossover ... | |
| Has anyone upgraded their preamp with V-caps? It is .1uf in the LS and .47uf in the PS of my late model Atma MP-1 MkII. I believe Atma used other values in various vintages of this preamp. It sound f***ing great with the V-Caps. | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 Stick with .22uf and check out Atmasphere's response at the end of:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1170369408&read&h12&zzlAtmasphere&rest | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 Replacing the stock Belden low-level signal wire with better IC wire is a good idea. Raising the value of the coupling caps will exaggerate bass response, perhaps to a fault. IMO nothing is wrong with LF in the BAT other than that it could be tigh... | |
| Tube pre with H/T Passthrough and Sub Out Dual outputs are not too important, as you can make a custom IC or buy a pig-tail splitter to connect both to your amp & the subs. | |
| Has anyone upgraded their preamp with V-caps? I just replaced .1uf REL/Audiocap TFT coupling caps in my Atma-Sphere MP-1 LS with V-Cap TFTF. With just a few hours break-in, it's surprising how much better the V-Caps are than the REL and how big a difference there can be between one teflon cap... |