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| Graphene Sluggo - Unlocking Sonic Scenery @gladmo Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I like a bit of warmth and openness, which includes the top end, although my direct hearing tops out in the 9K Hz range, last I checked. That combo, along with accurate as possible pitch, are what keep me ... | |
| Graphene Sluggo - Unlocking Sonic Scenery @gladmo You wrote: “The copper in the slugs gives it the appropriately warm midrange similar to the copper in the CuTF caps, and the graphene enhances the top end.” Does the graphene sluggo maintain that? You wrote about balancing, something I pa... | |
| Graphene Sluggo - Unlocking Sonic Scenery @gladmo Thanks for the exhaustive review. I suggest a comparison of the graphene sluggo with either NPS-1200 contact enhancer or the current version, NPS-Q45T, both of which contain graphene. The nature and quality of the gains you describe are si... | |
| Telos Mini Quantum Resonator (MQR) & Puron Filter together DLE has a post for the MQR on Audiomart. Search for Telos. | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream MK2 DAC @audioman58 No one mentioned or described the Hz of the hum. It's unlikely a 60 Hz one, which is a bass hum and is in my experience commonly the result of a bad cable connection. I assume the discussion is about a 120 Hz hum, the kind one gets wi... | |
| Contact -enhancer, fuses - NOS 1260 High fidelity audio cables @jerrryg123 -- why left you unimpressed? 1260 gave instantaneous feedback. The Q45t hasn't clearly, though I've wondered if that was contamination of the 1260. Or the fact that in some cases it was going on brand new items, such as fuses where the... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Yes, I’ve just replaced the Purples in my Lampi dac and VAC preamp with the QSA. Extraordinary difference. The "bump" I referred to is how sound is engineered, from what I read. True neutral is a perfectly flat response curve. Apparently, most pe... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? @kmmd Unless the design has changed, the Master's fuse holder is a bottom feeder. So unless the unit is on an upper shelf, it needs to be pulled out and flipped over to change fuses. I installed a QSA red/black. While I had liked the AM Ultimate, ... | |
| Contact -enhancer, fuses - NOS 1260 High fidelity audio cables For those coming across this thread, it probably should be added that High Fidelity put out an upgraded version, NPS Q45T. Then they went under. The latter is still available afaik, as Rick licensed it. Do a search on the product name. Also there'... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Anyone changed the fuse in the Master preamp (same as others?)? Does the tray come all the way out? If not, does the fuse insert from the bottom? I changed it a couple of months ago, probably before I put it in my cabinet, but am not succeeding no... | |
| Game Changing Tweak For a 10 plug-in comparison, go to "Live plug-in filter test" at YouTube. Doesn't include Electraclear, Puron or Stein, but many others available in the U.S. Disturbing result with Clear Line (no. 7 in the test and measurements at the end). | |
| Game Changing Tweak Effect on tonality? I like a bit of warmth in my system and so far the (used) Furutech NCF Clean Line has added lots of focus, clarity, stage width and quiet but stripped the system of any warmth. (Emotionally) sterile is the word that keeps comin... | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes Correction: that was a1950's Sylvania 6SN7 pair the broker-friend picked up for $35 on eBay and preferred over the TG's. He thought they were made in the same factory as the GE's. | |
| Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes Before I got the Treasure Globes from premiumtubes.com, my favorite was the Sylvania 6F8G in a Supratek preamp. The guy who bought my Cabernet is still using the TG’s, although his friend who brokered the deal preferred a 1950s CBS pair he had lay... | |
| Preamp Deal Of The Century- Update Thought I’d give everyone here a first look: I’ve picked up a (used) VAC preamp and am soon going to be selling my much enjoyed 6SN7-only Cabernet, which was built about six months ago (PSU is Chardonnay, but the parts difference is minimal and, a... |