johnss
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| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? would disagree on static discharges, and some of the other ideas. Have looked into this for a long time and taken many microphotographs of LP / vinyl groove surfaces. first you need to understand what is mixed in with vinyl pellets before the rec... | |
| Snell E type ll crossover rebuild thoughts would be careful on recapping snells. Peter Snell hand matched all the components for each speaker. years ago I had a pair of Snell type 1s. decided to "improve" the sound by upgrading all the caps. Speakers sounded like S _ __ _ afterward. Thankf... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? completely agree with @homer_skins.........tubes are the way to go with tape or vinyl.....more realistic sounding. have owned 5 figure SS and tube phono stages; even the best SS has a dryness to it. tubes do not. You should hear Revox with the int... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? The sony APR machines are really nice. I would not worry too much about missing out on the 1/2 inch parts. I had a 1/2 inch MTR-20 14 inch reel capable machine, for many years. finally sold it when I realized it had not been used for some time. ha... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? @hadelman- pretty nice summary you did there. B-C also did offer some 15 ips 2 track tapes for a brief time, but even then they were 50-65 bucks a copy in 1980s dollars. for anyone who has a teac 1/4 tack deck, especially the earlier A series, it... | |
| Seems like a lot of folks are putting their Primaluna amps for sale... yep, @millercarbon is correct. FED money printing out of thin air will lower the purchasing power of your green back. so hi end audio prices for new gear will continue to move north, and even PL gear from China will have to have price increases..... | |
| Seems like a lot of folks are putting their Primaluna amps for sale... would agree with Tablejockey. great time to buy stuff. Am doing same, looking for good deals. 0nce covid is over, economy will come back strong for many. Lots of pent up demand right now. There may be a few sellers trying to raise rent cash, but... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? @pch300 you missed the point I was trying to make, or I did a very poor job of describing itThe point was not to record your LP to tape,and A-B against the LP, the point was to compare the commercially released LP, played back through a high e... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners What Power Cord you Using? have had 2 chinooks. Tried shunyata power cables on both. Have to say really did not hear much of a difference. Power cables seem to make a much bigger difference on solid state gear. would think you would be better off spending you money on some... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? forgot to add, you do not need to spend multi-kilo bucks to get a deck running. you can take most outboard phono pre amp stages, convert RIAA to NAB EQ curve and you are good. have done that with the EAR 834P phono stage, as well as a few others. ... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? open reel is a great sounding format. better than most LPs and better than CD. Unfortunately you cannot get that better sound simply by buying a reel to reel deck from the 70s or early 80s connecting it to your system and pressing play.doing this ... | |
| Best Tubes for VAC Hi Peter S, you are welcome.; glad to hear you were able to get them. there are some shortages on these tubes now...due to China plants coming back on line after covid. Agree with your comments, have 3 quad sets of GL 88s; they are nice, but they ... | |
| What to upgrade to? bobheinatz , I dont know your spkrs that well, but am going through similar situation. you have a nice table and arm, I would go for the phono stage upgrade. Last 24 months have bought and sold a variety of phono stages in the 2k to 5k range. fi... | |
| DENAFRIPS DAC ---- Owner Impressions, Feedback, General Discussion, Questions and more.... did not listen to all dacs, but did compare to scarlatti which was better, but also a lot more cash. even at 2x-3x the price point for each of the respective denafrips dacs, you are not going to beat them. | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R aren't you exceeding max plate voltage running 6V6s in the V-12?seem to recall max plate voltage of 285tks |