dgarretson
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| 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. | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help Parts Connexion has the Pearl Coolers or you can get them directly from Pearl. For the hot power tubes, make sure you get the 3" tall Coolers with the red silicone O-rings. The black rubber rings dry out and break after awhile. | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help Chris at Parts Connexion stated to me that upon request he will test each 6C33C and offer a 90-day warranty.After many retubings of 6C33Cs in the VK75SE without Pearl Tube coolers, I noted (subjectively) about a 50% extension in tube life with the... | |
| Tubes for BAT VK60. Need help You can get those 6c33 tubes from Parts Connexion for $27, or from tubestore.com for a bit more. I believe they all come from the same Ulyanov factory regardless of distributor. As remarked by jfrech, in the BAT they lose their punch after about 1... | |
| Waltz for Debbie - Analog Productions _ BIl Evans The Fantasy/Riverside vinyl rerelease-- which came out shortly before Analog Production's version-- also sounds great. I think the WFD session master tapes must have been exceptional to begin with, as the sound quality of this album surpasses many... | |
| Joule Preamps? Pubul57,In the same general family you might like the Atma-Sphere MP-1, which I use in combination with the VSM-MX/BBAM and a BAT VK75SE. The Atma is extended and resolving at the frequency extremes & well developed in the midrange without bei... | |
| Impressions of the Atma-sphere MP1 mark3 preamp I recently bought an MP-1 MkII.2. My understanding is that power supply mods in the MkIII improve dynamics and ease. The unit I bought was unoptioned except for REL teflon caps in the LS. I added Mundorf Silver/Gold couplers and Caddock TF020 resi... |