johnss
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| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? years ago, used wonder about same Q. Short answer is pretty significant upgrade can be made with better phono stage. | |
| How do you know what your weakest link is? @ j-wall Think I would focus on the phono stage. not sure what your budget is but would see if you can stretch and pick up a used Chinook. | |
| Capacitor Rather than replacing the entire cap, you may want to get a really good cap of a smaller value, say 0.1uf or .22uf and bypass the existing 100uf cap. Audyn is not junk, they are reasonably good caps. | |
| How to fix my preamp dilemma Its quite probable the transformer is fine, and has not failed. Parasound gear from that era used caps that seem to fail a tad early. maybe all it needs it new power supply filter caps. | |
| Tubes for Cary V12 amps. @whataboutbob1, I have a pair of the V-12s among other amps. Shuguang tube factory had a fire in the building next door to them, not their factory. For some reason the local govt would not let them re-open, so they decided to move the factory to a... | |
| KT 170 @tablejockey, one step ahead. I did contact PL a month ago asking about the 170s. Response from PL was no dice. | |
| KT 170 Before you order a set, just be ware the KT-170 bottles are physically too big to fit in any PL amps, and many others. The amp will need to have especially wide socket spacing to allow the 170s to fit. | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? am right behind @ebm, count wise, have just under 5K, mostly classical and 50s jazz, with about 8% rock/pop. Had to build shelving units to hold them all. | |
| Opinions on VTL preamps I used to own a 2.5. Really nice preamp. No issues what so ever. Never had the 5.5 but now own a 6.5. Both have been very reliable, no issues. The remotes work well. The 2.5s are a steal now for what they go for. | |
| Adcom 535L upgrades? those amps usually seemed to have a gritty upper end. was pretty easy fix though. Add some film bypasses to the main filter caps. will cost you about 8 bucks worth of parts if you can DIY it. Years ago, I used to do upgrades on those earlier Adco... | |
| CD player suggestions under $700 At that price level, I would skip the CD player, and opt for a Denafrips Ares DAC with a 100 dollar DVD player with digital out.... | |
| Benefits of adding a 10MHz Master Clock to a digital system @folkfreak - could not agree more. Have not heard the DCS clock but finally bought a 10MX clock. The improvement was startling. Without the clock there is a fog over inner detail. With the clock everything comes into focus. The higher you go in s... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? does not matter if you use analogue or digital front end. You need a preamp with enough current output to handle the dynamic swings. But don't listen to me or anyone else. Try it yourself, go without a preamp and run DAC directly into power amp (a... | |
| cartridge recommendation for Thorens TD166 MKII and don't forget, the 540 has one of the best midranges going. one of my fav carts for under a kilo buck. | |
| Variac or not? I used to have 6 of these amps back in the day. They are well built, but on quiet passages, the fans can become annoying. Before you do anything you may want to pop the hood and do a visual inspection to see if there are any obvious signs of leaka... |