jtimothya
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| 6CG7/6FQ7 options My experience with these in the CJ Premier 12 monoblocks found nice results from the RCA clear top 6FQ7 and the 1958 Sylvania 6CG7. No experience with ModWright.Tim | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option The Verus arrived here yesterday. Setup was straightforward and operation is simple. Spinup and spindown times are quite reasonable. I do need to retrain myself to not give the platter a push to get things going - caught my hand a couple times jus... | |
| Aesthetix IO Sig V 2nd power supply & Lamm LP2 del Hey Shane - now that you've heard the Aesthetix Io, how do you think it compares with the ARC PH7? Is there a $3k difference (not that we're counting)?Tim | |
| How to measure crosstalk The word 'azimuth' is kind of a giveaway that you're asking about a phono cartridge. :-)I use the Wally Analog Shop to do this, and it is a great tool, but kinda pricey. Michael Fremer covers how to do this in the .PDF document that comes with his... | |
| Acoustic Sounds Customer Service I buy all my sleeves here: Sleeve City I've made maybe 5-6 orders. They sent me the wrong product once; I called and they shipped me the correct product and said to keep the wrong order.This is not a comment on Acoustic Sounds, from whom I've had ... | |
| Should I upgrade from Sylvania 6DJ8 to better tube I owned a CJ 16LS for several years and am familiar with the 17LS. Both respond well to tube rolling, and yes, there are better tubes for these preamps than Sylvanias. I had the best results mixing tubes from different manufacturers - of course al... | |
| Any Comparisons between VTL 7.5 & ARC Ref 3 Thanks, Elberoth - perhaps you saw subscription prices for the UK. The HiFi Critic Web site says a 1 year (6 issue) subscription sent to the US is 75 GBP. At present exchange rates that works out to ~$149 USD. I agree that head-to-head comparisons... | |
| Any Comparisons between VTL 7.5 & ARC Ref 3 Elberoth2 - could you give a bit of the highlight of Collom's remarks on Ref3 and ACT2. I enjoy his writing, but at roughly $150 USD for a one year subscription his words turn into cream.Tim | |
| Please help with speaker choices I would not describe the larger Audio Physic speakers as warm though they will reveal the character of the electronics driving them. Mid-field positioning is a near necessity for full appreciation of their virtues. That means out into the room, ty... | |
| Conrad Johnson Act 2 or Act 2.2 Please excuse my not understanding what you are trying to accomplish apart from 'improve the sound' - could you say a bit more about your goals or what you think is a weakness of your system?Changing dampers may help smooth out small tube noises, ... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Chris and all, what is the size and composition of the Verus' O-ring? I'm already looking forward to lively debates about sonic merit and wear from various O-ring materials (urethane, flourosilicone, polyacylate, etc.).Anybody wanna buy my tape sp... | |
| C-J confusion. 'ART' is an acronym for Anniversary Reference Triode while 'ACT' stands for Advanced Composite Triode.True to its name, the C-J ART III commemorates Conrad-Johnson's Thirty Year Anniversary. It is an all-out cost-be-damned assault on the state of ... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monos Other than the ARC VT-100 MKIII, not sure what other fully balanced tube amps there are at under $5k used...You owe it to yourself to try fully balanced Atma-Sphere M-60s. Used they easily come in under $5k (new around $6k iirc). Do not for a mome... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 12 tube monos I owned a pair of Premier 12s for several years and had a chance to compare them to the ARC VT100 mk2 and CJ Premier 140. Ran them with the GE 6550As they were originally voiced with along with an RCA double-mica black plate 5751 and military issu... | |
| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Dgarretson - As Doug points out: "According to emails from Chris, the performance jump vs. belt drive is inversely proportional to the weight of the platter. Lighter platters have less rotational inertia, so they benefit most."Presuming this holds... |