dgarretson
Responses from dgarretson
| What is the best 2A3 SET Amplifier? I've had the Cary 2A3SE monos for years. They are fine amps and much improved after replacing the Cary Audio1 coupling caps. | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 I just replaced Hovlands Musicaps with Mundorf Silver/Gold in a line-stage and am impressed with the improvement. The Mundorfs are more detailed & refined in treble & suppler with a more expansive soundstage. | |
| Retail Music Stores Gone I agree with Itsalldark that Barnes & Noble has the correct model for the brick & mortar music store in times of declining CD sales. They carry less inventory than the CD retail palaces of yore, but their corporate buyers have carefully ta... | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny Ascribing pricelessness and emotionalism to a commercial purchase tends to release manufacturers from the discipline of the marketplace and into the realm of luxury goods-- where demand becomes inelastic the higher the price. This is a dangerous t... | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny Great capacitors like the V-Cap TFTF or Mundorf Silver/Gold: they're expensive relative to other coupling caps, but very cost-effective in terms of the performance multiplier that they bring to amps, preamps, and speakers at all price-points. | |
| Neil Young at Massey Hall I would assume Massey Hall will arrive belatedly on Classic Records vinyl, as did Prairie Wind and Living with Law. | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 Paul,What don't you like about V-Cap OIMP? I have been considering these with small TFTF bypass for some large values in my speaker xover (to replace Hovland Musicap.)Regards,Dave | |
| Capacitors for BAT VK-60 Perhaps V-Cap TFTF will make as big an improvement in your VK-60 as they did in my VK75E. | |
| Help with decision on selling Sony SCD-1 A well-modded SCD-1/777ES bears no sonic resemblance to the stock player. | |
| Preamp Caps?Auricap,Mundorf, Hovland, jensen,solen Sherod,Though my experience with substitute couplers is not extensive, in the course of web searches I came across several reviewers with similar observations of discontinuous treble as a result of bypassing non-teflon couplers with small teflon c... | |
| Dealers that don't e-mail or call Years back I worked as a salesman for a company that would occasionally fire a salesmen for failing to return a customer call on a same-day basis. While the company made many mistakes, I don't think they were often wrong to judge salespeople on th... | |
| BAT Blinking blue LED I had the same thing & BAT sent me a replacment bulb. Very simply to install, but I haven't gotten around to it yet, so I can't say for sure that it will solve the problem. | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help Regarding choice of taps, with the VK60 or VK75 you can try using different taps for t & w. I found my 8R Merlins had a sweeter treble and better bass control with t on the mid tap & w on the high tap. Just couldn't get the best of both wo... | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help BTW I've found that when retubing 6C33Cs the occasional new output tube fails to bias up. This is usually remedied by swapping output tubes around. I've become superstitious since the time I had two output tubes on one channel arc out simultaneous... | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help The Pearl Coolers do help with microphonics. The ones designed for small signal tubes include a carbon fiber mesh that slips between the tube & the vaned metal cooler. |