johnsonwu
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| ARC Ref 75 SE issues? That was about a year ago indeed. We all miss Leonard and Kalvin. | |
| Quad ESL service, Electrostatic Solutions or Quads Unlimited ? Look up Patrick Leung in the Sacramento area in Norcal. He has a huge Chinese Quad 57 and 63 fan base especially among the audio community (here and back in Hong Kong) You can see a few of his Youtube videos showing his workshop. I have seen and h... | |
| ARC Ref 75 SE issues? "did" | |
| ARC Ref 75 SE issues? " If the amp is not under warranty and blows a resister, you can call ARC customer service." Try doing it now... | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? Get some 96k/192k FLAC rips of vinyl records and see if you get your DAC setup to play analog sound. I did that and am very convinced that it's the surface noise and dynamic headroom limitation that gives me all the perceived warmth and depth of ... | |
| ARC Ref 75 SE issues? WIth Audio Research it's almost always just a resistor and a new tube. | |
| Cary SLI 80 crumped Sorry I meant to say dual pole dual throw. Heck you can buy the part even at Home Depot or Lowes. | |
| Cary SLI 80 crumped 4 months backlog and no time to deal with a single pole dual throw switch?!?! I really should get my act together and get into business. | |
| Cary SLI 80 crumped Cary amps, especially the ones made in the 1990s, are extremely easy to fix. Any competent and honest local tech who works on tube gear should be able to fix it in no time. | |
| DAC chips 9038 Pro (not M). No need to spend crazy money on those so called tweaked and customized 9018. | |
| Avalon Acoustics? Samgar2 If your replacement mid is 1/4” higher then there would be trouble mounting into the cabinet. Note the black goo they use to get the back of the driver to mount flush against the supporting stud inside the cabinet. If the new mid is indee... | |
| Avalon Acoustics? Manufacturers End of life drivers a lot of times. And speaker makers have no choice but to source new ones. Are you talking about the C90-6-079 (vs the old 078) mid or the D20N6-31 tweeter?if they use a 12dB per octave crossover I am certain they... | |
| Avalon Acoustics? Call me a skeptic but I am hesitant to believe that the drivers are made to spec. I do see wood spacers and ferrules which I can understand for mounting purposes. They addressed the leaking goo syndrome that plagued the Eidolons and Ascendants a... | |
| What is the best way to tame a slightly bright speaker? Concur with MotokoKusanagi. Simple attenuation of the mid and high is the absolute most straightforward fix. No snake oil voodoo tweaks. | |
| Technics vs. Focal Audiotroy seems to be a dealer and I wouldn’t easily assume he hasn’t heard the Focals. Not sure if he got the chance to compare them side by side though. To me the Focal Utopia Bes and Electra Bes are never hot. I can’t say that of the Aria th... |