folkfreak
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| VTL Siegfried Monoblock Power tube rolling- Calling all VTL owners I love my MB-450 III with the stock 6550s (although I do have some nice NOS (I think Mullard) 12AT7 in them). The bigger difference in my mind is whichever way you go looking into Herbies tube dampers for all of the tubes (I specked the HAL-O mode... | |
| Audio stands for Turntable and amp isolation ? A good wall shelf is the way to go for the turntable, you can get ones with a sub-shelf for your amp as well or buy twohttps://www.musicdirect.com/Search?searchterm=wall%20shelf&sort=popularity%7CDESC&page=1&... | |
| Problem with brand new black ARC Ref 6 Re unitary gain -- ideally you should operate your pre amp as close to unitary gain (1:1) as possible i.e. avoiding active amplification and avoiding excessive use of the volume control. To the extent you can manage gain upstream of the amp you'll... | |
| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic Re Fremer -- please note that this was a repost of a column from 2002 -- clearly nothing that anyone is discussing in this entire interminable thread can be considered new news other than the specific contact enhancer concerned. As Fremer's column... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? My thoughts on the Blue from the other thread, definitely a keeper, much more dynamic and wide open than the Black, even to the extent that it can highlight problems elsewhere in the systemhttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/synergistic-researc... | |
| BNC or AES/EBU or Optical Recent discussion of this topic including my preferences herehttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/looking-for-a-giant-killer-digital-cable/post?postid=1556090#... | |
| Fun Analog Upgrade Challenge My answer is none of the above instead take the $10k and buy a Herzan active isolation stand to put your turntable on. It will immediately improve the performance of everything in your current setup and will grow with you as you improve things fur... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's No @david_ten in both cases the amps are plugged into a 12UEF, it’s that that I’m moving between outlets | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's Just wanted to relay first impressions on the Blue duplex. It's had 120 hours burn in on a cable cooker which should be plenty. I installed it this morning -- other than having the ground on the opposite corner to the red installation was a cinch.... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's Still cooking the Blue outlet but for those that are interested in the difference between the Galileo LE and newer UEF it's an interesting comparisonFirstly they're clearly cut from the same cloth tonally and changing one for the other does not al... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? @leotis my concerns with balanced power are based on my experience with a 350lb EquiTech in wall unit installed by the premier studio power technician in the LA area. It was continually popping GFCIs from interference with other household applianc... | |
| FYI New Audio Research (ARC) Trade-In Program Interesting to note that the similar program last year offered up to 75% of original value in trade ... this one seems very unattractive relative to open market pricing | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? The reason not to plug a powe amp int a conditioner is if it is current limiting. Of course they all claim that there will be no ill effects but many people find their power amps sound best plugged straight into the wall. As I noted there are some... | |
| Any one try the new Synergistic Research BLUE UEF Duplex receptacle? Ha, by Monday I should have a black, red and blue all in the same wall side by side on different spurs back to my Torus. I've already moved from the original red to a black and like what it does so hope for more of the same from the Blue ...Curren... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's I've got a set of the Galileo UEFs speaker cables coming in Friday, luckily ex-demo so broken in -- hopefully a simple switch up from my existing Galileo LEs, and got them at a very good price ... |