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| Should I replace capacitors in an old but working amp? If you recap do it in parts.Section done, be very carefull if you replaced them correctly sometimes the cap you took out is in incorrect plus or minus on the pcb printing. Get one out place the new one back in exactly like the old electrolyte. Ign... | |
| How long do good speakers last? If there is not much ultraviolet from the sun on the driver's I bet the electrolytes are bad within 10 years... Or go bad. Depends on temperatures and hours of playing. Crossover rebuilding can improve and extent the selflife. Another advantage is... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? I done 24h a day on in 2 years tubes are going bad. So now I set it off when not in use. Tubes even good pre ones are getting expensive too.Befor a listening session of 3 or 4 hours I set the pre amp on one hour befor then it's getting pretty good... | |
| Low budget vintage preamp or new If you go for MM stage I would go for a tube stage, at MC almost impossible course of the multiply factor. MC with tubes you get loads of pink noise. If your handy diy buy a good kit. MM with 12AX7 Ecc83 or 5751bit lower Mu factor. There are very ... | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? Oktober 28th my friend and I are going to a very good tribute band of Pink Floyd.Even Pink Floyd think they are good enough to use there music. It in Holland... Can't wait to go. 🤗 | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. I use the teac vrds10se as transport. Old dac removed course it can add distortion on the main board. Recapped the main board. Added a bnc 75ohm at the rear. Tentlabs reclock. Replaced the two belts one of them runs the CD up and down to the spind... | |
| MC cartridges Grado, best I ever heard.https://gradolabs.com/cartridges/timbre-series | |
| Alternatives to Stoplight Pen RIP Pen is discontinued. When it first became a hype I was sceptic about it. Now I only do this with cdr cd's. Main thing that realy works is the edge still is like a mirror. I made a handtool load a disk on a spindle and this may scratch your thought... |