larryi
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| Cartridge loading Of course, until the circuit is closed, there is no current. The issue of whether a cartridge is high current/low voltage, or vice versa, is only meaningful in the context of what the downstream amplification needs. In the case of a cartridge, t... | |
| Ebay sellers switching tubes eBay may not be the most reliable source of tubes, but, there are not that many alternatives. I can't run down to a local tube shop. It is also hard to determine if the seller is intentionally ripping off the seller. It is almost impossible to ... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? I own, and like very much, the Amplitrex tester. It is a modern design that is still in production. It's ease of use is unmatched. One chooses the tube type from a menu, and after a type is selected, the display tells you which socket to use. ... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear If I value LPs and CDs at $5 per item (probably optimistic), I come up with $35,000. That is a little bit more than the value of the midrange drivers in my speakers, so I am way into the gear side. | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? The Thales arm is interesting in design; it is a version of the Garrard zero 100 tonearm from the 1970's. The theoretical disadvantage is having four pivots for movement in the horizontal plane. I also don't know if there are advantages or disa... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? The Reed arm is fundamentally, a simple, captured bearing design arm. The only complication is the moving base that maintains cantilever/stylus tangency to the groove and eliminates skating forces. Optical sensors have been around a long time (e... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? ct05171,All air bearings rely on very low friction of the main bearing to allow the cartridge to easily pull the arm along. To some extent, conventional arms also pull the arm axially to a new position, but, they employ the mechanical advantage o... | |
| If you were to design a tone arm, what would it look like and feature? I have no idea which design or elements of an arm will result in the kind of sound I would like. I would like to hear the Reed T-5 arm out of curiosity because it does have a lot of design elements that address theoretical issues with tonearm per... | |
| Stax SR-007 with SRM-007t I had problems with the low gain from the Stax amp/interface too, with the 007 Omega II phones. In my case, it was with insufficient gain when playing from a phono source (okay with digital sources, but, that is probably the case because my lines... | |
| Well-Tempered Golf Ball? You should have bought something 10 times expensive; that would have bought you an even longer respite. | |
| Problem with Ref 5SE I would expect the plastic top to retain heat inside of the component more than would the metal top. The metal top should do a better job of radiating heat into the air. | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really akgwhiz,I am a bit hesitant in recommending anything based on what is most like analogue because I suspect that listeners differ as to what aspect of performance they latch on to and are describing as "more like" or "different from." A lot of ana... | |
| Problem with Ref 5SE It certainly does sound like a power supply issue, which could include the 6550 tube. The advice to look for burned components (check for tell tale odors too) is good advice. Even if such overheating of a component is not related to your problem... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really Chayro,I have a similar vinyl setup--Basis Debut (with vacuum clamp), Basis power supply, Vector arm and Orpheus Transfiguration L cartridge. For a digital setup, I have a Naim ND 555 streamer with Uniti Core ripper/hard drive. I think both have... | |
| Problem with Ref 5SE Have you tried all of the various grounding options? Have you tried a cheater plug on the main power cord, etc.? Hum is usually a grounding issue. Hum, particularly hum in both channels can be caused by a filter capacitor in the power supply go... |