lcherepkai
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| Best 12AU7? I used the Brimar 13D5 several years ago and loved them. In my SET, they were very clean and clear without being bright. I had the RCA clear tops prior and the Brimars were in another league in my opinion with quite noticeably more detail. Some... | |
| Looking for a smooth sounding 6922 variant The Ediswan CV5358 might be what you're looking for. I used a pair for a while, and they were certainly smoother than the Seimens 7dj8's which replaced them. Check Joes Tube Lore for more details. | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? lemonhaze: You've given some very good and specific instructions which are so hard to come by. And wrapping the end of pliers in leather, that's one of those life hacks that should have been common sense. At the speaker end though, I'm good. I... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? waytoomuchstuff: thank you for responding to ktarver's post. I had wanted to but just couldn't get motivated. As to your 1st response, I've been using speaker cable that is 7 solid core 18awg silver plated copper wires per leg without terminati... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? elliotbnewcombjr: good food for thought. I may get a set of the Morris terminals and just see how I could use them. They would probably be a good way to combine different kinds of wire as I may want to try incorporating some molybdenum wire late... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? puptent: thank you for a well thought out response but I'm afraid I've experience that runs counter to what you've stated. May I ask why you think the following to be true? You wrote, "11 gauge should not be needed for speakers. 12 gauge is ov... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? benanders: I haven't messed with amps at all. They're still 100% stock except the fuses. I did internally rewire my speakers with doubled runs of solid core 18 awg silver plated copper and some of the crossover parts were upgraded a few years b... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? axeis1: You wrote," Sure wish I had the time to waste on such a fools errand." Congrats: You did have the time to waste. You did so on a useless post | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Jerry---will be trying titanium and niobium for sure, probably molybdenum too if neither of those are the sound I'm looking for as the moly adds a bit of body without losing too much detail. It is less precise however, so hopefully won't need to ... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Thanks for all the responses. It's good to have a wealth of knowledge to draw upon but let me clarify this, I'm not doing this in an effort to save money. I want to hear what titanium, molybdenum, and niobium offer as speaker cables. As slugs, ... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Ozzy---the largest diameter niobium wire I found is 14 gauge. I was planning on getting runs twice the length I need and wrapping the amp binding post with the mid-point and then running both ends out to the speakers. I don't want to use separat... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Jerry--won't be using the experimental metals on the bass drivers so hopefully not an issue there. Would doubling up the doubled-up 14awg wire to a total of 8awg significantly lower the resistance? At $26/m for the niobium, that's still much che... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? If you've read my recent posts on using slugs instead of fuses, then you may recall that I've been experimenting with metals less used in audio applications. To this end, I'm considering trying molybdenum, titanium, and niobium wire. The latter ... | |
| Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please Will do although I have a lot of stuff, mostly that which I don't want to mess with, coming up so that will likely be a project in the unknown future. Please post any more experiences you have a well and thanks! | |
| Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please steakster: I picked up the titanium rod from McMaster-Carr. You can probably find purer rod elsewhere and make sure you get the 99% titanium as there are many alloys out there, that is unless you get something like the platinum or palladium allo... |