dgarretson
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| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage One of these days I need to try a TVC in my system as well. There is just so much variability in reviewers' opinions of these. Stereophile currently steals thunder by rating the Music First as a Class B (borderline Class A) component. The variabil... | |
| Joanna Newsom: Ys or No? I think Janyusay's demonstration of childlike enchantment is just what's needed from the listener to appreciate this record. In a similar way I recall the wonder my four year old experienced dancing to George Harrison's "Crackerbox Palace." Person... | |
| Joanna Newsom: Ys or No? Ys!!!!! | |
| Live Hendrix..... Band of Gypsies on Classic Records vinyl (1997) is remarkable. | |
| What subwoofers are suited 4 audiophiles I like the Velodyne DD-series, but read Absolute Sound March issue: the new JL Audio Fathom fl 13 is a tour de force and a fair bargain at $3200. And fare thee well REL fans, no speakon connections to boot... | |
| Black Gates - Standard vs FK/Non-Polars If truly the caps were couplers in the signal path, you'd do much better with teflon or oil/paper couplers such as REL, V-Cap, or Mundorf. If they are power filtering caps then OK. Personally I prefer the sound of less expensive Rubycon ZA and ZL ... | |
| Former Merlin Owners I never heard the SuperBam, but I moved the std. BBAM way ahead by removing voltage regulation from the unit & powering it with large SLA batteries and fast parallel cap arrays. Also the VSM-MXs take very well to a sub to fill out that last bo... | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? Guidocorona, if it's 6350 tubes perhaps he's talking Joule, not Atma (6SN7). Not to quibble but the Atma MP-1 is far better than "reasonably competent." | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? "Buy the best source first and then work back towards the speakers. Only then can you know for sure how up to snuff the rest of your gear really is."I agree with Drubin & Alex as well. Garbage in, garbage out. Each improvement to my modded CDP... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage John mentioned recently that has no near-term plan for silver transformers in the TAP. For the TAP, S&B makes special unpotted copper transformers with relay switching on a PCB integrated with the traffo housing. This eliminates the rat's nest... | |
| Meldau/Metheny: Thoughts? Not a bad collaboration, but not the equal of either artist's most recent ensemble work: Metheny's "The Way up" and Meldau's "House on Hill." | |
| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? Semi, yes with the TNT/single motor/flywheel it is easier because only the long thread around the platter must be cut exactly in order to be self-tensioning. | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? With the lights dimmed we might miss all the log-rolling. | |
| How to get rid of Hiss Assuming you add a cable isolation transformer like the Jensen or the Magic Eye, most hum/buzz problems from preamp are usually resolved by relocating the pre and its ICs away from AC transformers (Tice) and AC cables. | |
| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? I've used carpet/button thread with a TNT III/flywheel set-up and can report quite an improvement in focus & musicality & relief from slurring in the bass region. If the string can't be tensioned, the tricked is to tie knots within knots t... |