jwpstayman
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| Cables to use with a KAB Subsonic filter? The KAB must be inserted AFTER the phono stage (before the preamp) or in the tape loop. It will do no good if inserted before the RIAA equalization. | |
| any ideas? Thanks all! I took off the plate amp and the caps ARE all bulging and at least a couple of resistors are burnt looking as well. Contacted Rythmik and in the process of purchasing a new amplifier. | |
| Do you Know a Trusted Seller of Chinese Vacuum Tubes? The real problem is that out of a lot of 500 tubes, sometimes as many as 200 would test bad and/or be unmatchable and the manufacturer does not take them back. | |
| McIntosh MC 2106: HUM!!! Hi Guys. It's great that lifting the ground stopped the hum, but you have not fixed the cause of the hum. Using a cheater plug is a temporary measure - the ground is there for your safety! FIX the cause of the ground loop and lose the cheater p... | |
| McIntosh MC 2106: HUM!!! Hi Moose - looks like you answered your own question. One of the (however many) components you disconnected/connected is either not connected properly, is using a cable that has issues, or is plugged into a different AC circuit than it was in pr... | |
| Transparent Audio power cords I used a DNA 500 amplifier for more than 8 years - it's a wonderful amp with effortless power. The best results I had with power cords was with a Shunyata Research Sigma. | |
| Looking to downsize and for suggestions for amp(s) Take a look at the Gold Note PA-1175MK 2. 200 wpc, reasonable size (won't strain your back) wonderful sonics, reliable, can be left on 24/7 and draws next to nothing when music not playing. | |
| False advertising I have a T+A DAC 200 and the specs show T+A-True-1Bit DSD D/A converter, up to DSD 1024 (49,2 MHz), native bitstream I hope that helps. | |
| Phone stage with 2 inputs The Gold Note PH-10 has 2 sets of phono inputs and settings for each. | |
| What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days? Hi Chris- not sure about the Total Contact, but have experience with the Walker SST - that is NOT a cleaner- it was a contact enhancer that was silver based and some sort of oil/lubricant that made it easier to apply, but that dried out over time... | |
| Analog2Fidelity At Munich High End 2024 Introduces Worldwide Koetsu Rebuilding Service Art Manzano is/was the owner and/or manager of Axiss Audio. Axiss distributes Air Tight, Accuphase, Souloution, Transrotor and some others. I know there was a change in ownership about a year ago at Axiss, so maybe this is Art's way of keeping b... | |
| Power cords: does length matter? Hi Matthew- actually the theory is that power supplies are myopic - they really only react to what is closest to them. That is why an upgraded power cord does result in upgraded performance even after hundreds of feet of romex in front of it. An... | |
| This One has Me Stumped well - issue is that the XP-12 has a VERY high output impedance (22k ohms). That'll certainly cause the distortion you are hearing. The recommended input impedance for the amplifier should be 10 TIMES the output impedance of the pre and unfortun... | |
| Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp. Take a look at the Audience AR2P conditioner - it has surge protection and does a nice job cleaning up the AC. Should solve the problem with the preamp. | |
| Do I have to get a CD player to sample DSD on my digital rig? Tweak1 - you are mistaken. The Audiolab will play the cd res track on an SACD, but not the sacd format itself. That requires a different laser mechanism. It also is not copy protected, so SACD digital output to a free-standing DAC is not possi... |