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| EL34 upgrade I have used the New Sensor Svetlana EL34, Tung Sol EL34B, Siemans EL34, and the Gold Lion KT77s. Comparing these to the SED EL34s (original pre New Sensor Svetlanas) I chose to return to the SED. The best of the others were the GL K77. The KT77 ha... | |
| Decent Bass & Mids, compressed highs on Analog High frequency reponse will suffer first and to a greater extent from poor or incorrect alignment. Time for a new stylus or new cartridge. You will not get your desired improvements before this is done. | |
| Can Dynaco ST-70 Drive Polk Monitor 10? You should be fine. I drove a pair of the Polk Monitor 7b with a NAD 3020 rated at 20 watts per channel (though it was very conservatively rated). When I bought that pairing I auditioned the 3020 on a set of the Monitor 10s and went with the 7s du... | |
| Listening Chair? Stress less recliner. Great look, great comfort, and high WAF | |
| Output watts per tube Does the "test amp" run at the same plate voltage and bias current as your Cary V12? If it does not then you are comparing apples to oranges and do not have valid data to extrapolate from, though I would ,most likely, agree that in the test amp th... | |
| Looking for brighter tubes What 12ax7 and 12at7s are you presently using and which ones have you already tried? Also have you tried any KT88s in place of the 6550s? | |
| New Zu Mission cable One issue to remember is that the Zu cables benefit greatly from "burn in" of at least 100 hours. I have used And greatly enjoyed the Libtec cables for a few years, and recently tried the Mission SC and now the Event SC. The Mission initially supp... | |
| Recommendation for Cartridge upgrade I also have the OL Aurora mk2 table and for a period of time used the original OL Silver tone arm. This combination is capable of excellent performance with a cartridge upgrade. Audiofiel's recommendation is very good in the price range you are lo... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Hawkwind 1974 at the Allen Theater in Cleveland OH | |
| Analog is the new pink I agree with Spinaker1, but then again a cheap vinyl set up might sound better than some MP3 setups. It is all a relative experience in the early ages of appreciation. They most likely do not know the true treasure that is in the analogue presenta... | |
| What constitutes a "high output" moving coil cart? I have found most HOMC cartridges specify a 2.5mV output and that makes them compatible with most MM input sections on a preamp. My Blackbird is in this category and works very well in my system through the MM input on my VAC preamp. Below this ou... | |
| Next upgrade I presently have the OL Aurora Mk2. I initially used the OL Silver on this table and it performed very well with multiple different cartridges including many that were levels above your present Blue. I ultimately used a Sumiko Blackbird with excel... | |
| Wireless headphones for tv watching Sony MDR-RF925RK. My wife has used these over the ear wireless headphones for a number of years for the same reason (watching TV while I enjoy my music). They turn on automatically when placed on one's head and hook up with either RCA cables or a ... | |
| Which companies deserve a star for Christmas Kevin Hayes and the staff at VAC.My previous post did not carry the first sentance by mistake. | |
| Which companies deserve a star for Christmas Excellent communication and a very reasonable turnaround time on an upgrade (slight delay due to Kevin not being totally satisfied with the sound of the amp on his listening review and having it reworked again). This is the product and company pri... |