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| Too much bass from my Octave V70SE If microphonics, move the amp with respect to the speakers or physically dampen the tubes or experiment with tubes to find least microphonic samples or all 3 strategies. But first identify what tubes are responsible. | |
| Too much bass from my Octave V70SE Tube microphonics is a possible culprit. That would account for the difference between the results with the Octave vs those with the Anthem. The phenomenon you describe is also compatible with microphonics. Tap the tubes on the Octave gently with ... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please br3098, Can you enlighten me further on the Teac 400N? I had never heard of it until you mention it here. I found a blurb on Vinyl Engine that sounds like ad copy, not a sincere critique, but the description of the motor is impressive. On the o... | |
| Mounting cartridge in Eminent Technology ET-2 tonearm Actually, by my measurements and according to internet sources, azimuth has a very minor effect on channel balance and probably ought not to be used as a method for correcting imbalance. It’s best used to reduce crosstalk between channels. | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please TT801 adds vacuum clamping, which is a nice idea, but so far as I can tell, in order to maintain the bidirectional servo and speed adjustment of the TT101and fit the electronics, Victor had to use integrated circuits that were then available, and ... | |
| Denon DP-100M Power Issue Was the original capacitor an electrolytic type? I can't imagine a film or metallized film cap, such as the one you are now using, failing in that application except due to over-voltage. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I would not go out of my way or to great expense to mess around with Bugle Boys (even assuming you can find a legitimate pair of them, which I doubt) or Mullards, when you can buy either JJ or Sovtek LPS any day of the week at reasonable cost. BBs... | |
| Tube Tester You CAN do that if you do it properly. To be certain that no damage will occur, unplug the amplifier before swapping tubes. I don't know exactly what went wrong in your case, but maybe you swapped tubes with power on. Or if you turned the amplifi... | |
| Tube Tester Like I said, most vintage testers cannot deliver either enough plate voltage or plate current or both to properly test power tubes, and also a few high transconductance 9 pin miniature small signal tubes. So you will get a result but it may not re... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine ledoux, Did you ever get a response from either SOTA or Bill Carlin about whether the magnetic suspension would interfere with the Eclipse/Roadrunner system? Or maybe you have not yet asked. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Joe Williams was wonderful but not at all like Nat King Cole, who was also wonderful, IMO of course. To begin with, the two sang in different vocal ranges. Joe was a baritone and sang a lot of blues tunes, some of them quite obscure. His improvi... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please Isn’t “GT5000” a reference to Yamaha’s latest TT (not vintage) which is belt driven? With respect, none of the TTs on your list is top drawer among vintage Japanese DD TTs. Here’s my list of the best, all of which are still worth north of $4000: ... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Those are Pablo recordings. Very high quality but small group recordings made during the twilight of Basie’s career as a big band leader. His big band stuff is on lesser labels, like Roulette. Try Count Basie and Joe Williams, on Verve. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I guess I have written this many times, but for me the TFK ECC803S must be so rare by now that I would demand quite a bit of documentation before spending so much money. Even a TFK ECC83 is in the realm of caveat emptor. I bought my quartet of T... | |
| Tube Tester What Dave said. Also, it’s “Amplitrex”, not Amplitron. |