electroid
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| Are passive preamps better? Interconnects are very important w/passives. Especially where HF is concerned. Keep them as short as possible. In my system however it sounds fine at low volume. In fact I find the HF better at lower volume. This could be due to the extra headroom... | |
| How do I test 6922 tube on Hickoc 533A tube tester This site has updates and foreign roll charts for $15http://www.vacuumtubes.com/manuals.html ET | |
| Power Bar with IEC Build your own or buy one made from vhaudio.com ET | |
| Curious if anyones using numerous Richard Gray 400 Not so much from the Oyaide Outlet strip. Don't get me wrong, The MT-UB w/2 R-1's inside helped. But not near as much as Al Sekala's (Audio Asylum) parallel filter. It consists of three cap/resistor combos in parallel. The first is a .47 X-rated s... | |
| Are passive preamps better? The old TAP by Bent with its lighting was beautiful and had a remote. I always wanted one. My Tivista CDP w/ its blue feet would have looked great with it! ET | |
| Anyone got a "Best of" jazz CDs for 2007? Is a neat album for the progressive/experimental crowd. A trio consisting of Gary Willis , Kirk Covington who were the original Tribal Tech rythmn section with Spain's Llibert Fortuny on sax. He is really unique and creative. He has as many sounds... | |
| Curious if anyones using numerous Richard Gray 400 I did put one Oyaide R-1 in the Gray and it helped. However in doing so I saw the fairly cheesy wire used and don't want to plug my big power amps into it anymore. I just ordered another R-1 and the Oyaide MT-BU empty outlet strip(you put your own... | |
| Are passive preamps better? A passive linestasge (not preamp, it does not amplify) is very system dependant. You need high oputput, low impedance sources(my CDP is 2.5VRMS@50 ohms) and high impedance, sensative amplifiers. My CJ solid state amps fit that bill. I'm even able ... | |
| Differences in electric outlets I've tried several as a dealer and nothing comes close. This was a last frontier for me. I wish I had done it sooner. I replaced a cryo'ed Hubbell and was stunned. It's worth the money IMO. R-1's are about $125 cryo'ed. ET | |
| Curious if anyones using numerous Richard Gray 400 Since its a parallel device you don't need to plug anything into it. Once it is plugged into an outlet anything else that's plugged into that same outlet gets the benefit. I was told by a Gray rep that a 600 has an impedance of 12 ohms and he reco... | |
| Do Kimber KCAG's sound bright???? With that combo of amp/pre almost anything coming out of it will sound bright. You need a warm cable not a silver cable like the KCAG. I'm sorry but I don't have any suggestions on warm cables. ET | |
| 10 best jazz SACD's ?? Both "Yo Miles" SACD's are must haves. They are native DSD recordings and I have heard nothing better. I have plenty of reissued old Miles recordings and like them but they don't hold a candle to new native DSD recordings. ET | |
| For best CD playback is SACD needed? I have a good CD/SACD player (Trivista) and they key is how few SACD's are released as you mentioned. I have plenty of good redbook CD's that sound better than almost all of my SACD's. It goes back to the recording itself and how well it was done ... | |
| What Volume do you listen at? I would have thought it had been done. Of course this is a joke paying homage to Spinal Tap. ET | |
| Linear Tracking Turn Table Not Tracking Check all the physical stuff first: lubed gears, clean sensor contacts. You can also put a volt meter on the motor that moves the arm and verify when it receives voltage-hopefully the motor goes when that happens. If it does and the problem is it ... |