johnss
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| Best Solid State for Avalon Isis I would also consider the JC1 monoblocks. | |
| Amp for desktop system? I'd look at one of the EL34 chinese tube ingtegrated amps, they sound quite nice. | |
| Upgrading my PV-15 I would consider a used CAT pre, or VTL. Other option would be to buy back your PV15 and have it upgraded with better parts. If you are listening to Vinyl, you need to Vishay the whole signal path in the phono stage to really hear the LPs regardle... | |
| Is it worth it to repair a cj pv2ar? I agree, I would sell it as is, and move into a PV5 if you like that full sound. It has it in spades, and should be pretty trouble free to boot. | |
| Potentially Dumb CD Burning Question YOu can do either. If you want to burn the audio files to a DVD-R, you'll need a player that recognizes the DVD-A std. As another poster mentioned, you will need disc welder, or alternatively DVD solo from Cirlinca; available as download for a tri... | |
| Can digitizing vinyl match CD? Craig, I would stick with the higher sampling rates. Go for 96k or 176.4Khz. they do sound better than 44.1 and 48k. You did not mention how you were going to do this, but there are several options; 1. use a high res sound card like the audiophil... | |
| Reel to Reel Restoration/Repair As you likely know, the X1000R is a 1/4 track 7.5ips machinine. They are now over 25 yrs old so a full re-cap would be worthwhile. You will be limited to either your own recordings or commer tapes since this deck is not set up for high speed half ... | |
| Parasound vs B&K vs Acurus Classe will have a smoother sound. Other option is to add some bypass caps to your current amp, to tame down the harshness you are hearing fro mthe filter caps. | |
| Threshold S300 Power Amplifier With the S300 the single biggest thing you can do is add a set of bypass caps to the two main filter caps. This will be bigger than a power cord. If I remember, the rail voltages on the S300 are 80VDC, so you would want to use 100VDC caps as a min... | |
| VPI Speed Problem Check the speed with a stobe. If the platter is slow, look for a loose pulley on the motor shaft. I would bet its slipping on the shaft so a small degree giving you your slow speed. | |
| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. N803, When one has a tonal balance as you described, the first thing to do is run a play back curve with the cart and arm you are using. place the RIAA playback LP on the table, and write down the output voltage of your preamp at each frequency. ... | |
| Why Not Bring Back Analog, Reel to Reel Tape Open reel is a small nitch market even in the pro audio world. On the consumer side, the only demand would come from high end audio interests, which make up a really small percentage of the common audio market. At $4- $8K for a new deck, a company... | |
| Sansui TU-9900 vrs Magnum Dynalab MD-90T I would go for the TU9900, but plan on setting aside some $$ to replace the 30 yr old capacitors, and get an alignment. The Mac MR77 is also a good alternative. Both of these models and more are covered in the fm tuner site on line. fmtunerinfo do... | |
| How to Bypass electrolytic caps The type of cap you select to bypass is also key. Poster Spectron made the comment that the bypasses cleaned the highs, but did not help with the dryness. He is correct, the life of the music is in lower frequencies. If you bypass with very small ... | |
| Vintage integrated Amps. What to look for? USblues is right. Get a clean one, then plan on putting some more $$ into it to replace old caps, add bypasses, have all the controls cleaned. Sansui, Pioneer, adn Kenwood made some complete dual mono integrated amps before it was cool to do dual ... |