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| Looking for CDP/ss amp 3K each New or used? Balanced or not? What spkrs. will you be upgrading to? Size of room? Room treatments? How's the AC?You mention passive linestage a plus. How does that fit into the equation? | |
| VTL 2.5 strange behavior I think it depends on which unit you have. Mine calls for the 6350's but some of the others have the 12at7's. I accidentally swapped places (12au7/6350) and the gain was super low. Just make sure the tubes are what is called for and they are in th... | |
| Best Male & IEC plug for high current power cords? I would suggest you check out the cable asylum at AA & take notes. Seriously, there is a ton of info on all the things you mentioned-much more than can be covered in one thread.I'm not passing the buck but you really need to do some homework, ... | |
| Cardas Twinlink speaker cable polarity I can't see why it would make a difference. Just use the same color at both the amp & spkr with the same polarity. | |
| Ever check the Wanteds? I sold one thing through a wanted ad years ago. Usually what I have for sale doesn't mesh but I do look. | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? I had a Sony ST-80W that was quite compact. I'd guess it was about the size of a large box of pop tarts on its side. It does an ok job as a tuner.Should be able to get one around $25 or so. If you're interested, send me an email & I'll send yo... | |
| tuners, the red headed stepchild? My garage system is tuner only. I have 3 antenna's hooked up in the rafters so I get static free, long distance (if required) reception.It's exactly what I need when I'm out there, as I don't have time to fiddle around when I'm working on somethin... | |
| Cd transport isolation I'm currently doing some experimenting with my CDP & although I've been using isolation devices for years, just last week I used dynamat & covered the entire top & sides. This is on an older Rotel RCD-855, so I'm not worried about how ... | |
| anyone gotten a scratch on component and gone mad Back in 2000 I bought a used Aleph P and couldn't believe how scratched up it was. Every surface had something wrong with it, including the knobs. I got it for such a low price I was just going to live with it until I found out one of the inputs d... | |
| RCA and XLR shorting plugs?? As Dgaylin mentioned, Cardas does make real shorting caps and they do work. I was getting some cross talk from my VTL pre and put the shorting caps in my unused inputs & that solved the problem The caps you usually see simply keep the jacks cl... | |
| Any suggestions for top-end home-made cables? Check out the cable asylum at AA. Make sure to search the archives too. | |
| Changing the flavor of gear How charmingly acerbic of you to say that!I guess you didn't read my last paragraph. | |
| Shorten those lengthy power cords? I see once again there is a tendency for some of the posters to state their superfluous views & turn this thread into another cable bashing, personal decision deriding campaign.The OP did mention the possibility of using better ends, so I take... | |
| Shorten those lengthy power cords? If you go the DIY route, check out the Chris V website. There's a ton of info on what PC fits which application, how to measure, different recipes + all the parts.For a basic power cord, I suggest getting some 12/3 Carol cable at Home Depot & ... | |
| High-value ICE offerings or Ayre V3, ARC 100.2 Over a period of several years, I had a V-3 then both the V-5x then V-1xe. I put a V-3 back in my system (to see how it compared) & although it really is a good amp, it couldn't even come close. (I suppose I'd been spoiled by both the V-5x &am... |