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| Why does unplugging/replugging TT leads from tube phono pre-amp reset dead channel? Al, I did see that. Perhaps the male pins in question are just thinner than most. Thus, they are not only a misfit for the BAT but also for the adaptors. You could have a snug ground fitting and never know whether the hot pin is also snug, just ... | |
| Anyone compared Whest Audio with Manley Steelhead? I would take the testimony of Vetterone (circa 2005) over those to be found on the Whest website, but that's just me. ("Vetterone" is a professional with many years of experience in the very high end, and he is the designer of a very high end dire... | |
| Why does unplugging/replugging TT leads from tube phono pre-amp reset dead channel? There is no explanation.You have entered..... The Twilight Zone.I am thinking of a mismatch between the male RCA plugs at the ends of the ICs coming from the Linn and the female RCA jacks on the BAT, such that the hot contact is intermittent. This... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. 4 of those 2.5-ohm "coffin"-type resistors? They are probably wired in series/parallel, but do you know the net resistance of the bundle? Could be 10 ohms or could be 2.5 ohms. Neither value is gonna make your OTL any happier than mine was befo... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Gary, Mea culpa. I forgot that not only were there several different combinations of R and C used by SL over the years, but also at one point they did introduce an inductance in the hi-pass filter, which creates a 12db/octave or second-order slop... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Ralph,Your information about the new Sound Lab treble transformer ("back panels") is consistent with what I have heard too, from other Sound Lab owners. They all seem to like it, and they all sense the improvement in sound compared to the old set... | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? Wow, Nandric. Your knowledge of this history is impressive. Would I be correct in now thinking that the old and new KP ought to be quite alike in terms of construction? Perhaps Mr. Van den Dungen was consternated that fate should have endowed him... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. I am fairly sure that the A1s would look like my 845PX with respect to impedance, which is "very high" up to 100Hz (50 to 100 ohms), then around 4-5 ohms up to around 1kHz to 2kHz where there is a sharp notch dip to 2 ohms or so, then back up to m... | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? If it were me, I would only wonder whether there are any similarities between an "old" Kiseki Purpleheart and the new revival of the Purpleheart, with respect to construction and performance parameters, before investing. Chances are, the resemblan... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. It may seem that I am trying to avoid your actual question, but that is not the case, really. First, most transformer-coupled tube amplifiers provide a choice of 4, 8, or 16 ohm taps, not 2, 4 and 8 ohms. Second, the very low impedance at very h... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi Besides internal impedance/ resistance, the other determinant of what SUT to use is based on signal voltage output of the cartridge. Any MM stage worth its salt is quite happy with 4-5 mV signal voltage at its input. Since the Urushi output is ~... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? When confronted with life's dilemma, one can always do the "uberwaltz" and forgeddaboudit, at least for a while.FWIW, I wouldn't go as low as 20 ohms, even WITH a SUT. But (Madavid) keep in mind that the "20 ohms" is the reflected load, in the ca... | |
| Lenco L75-S16 Gee, Scott. The thread is 7 months old. What are the odds that "autre" has not already sold his Lenco? Small, I would guess.But apart from being made in Italy, which might make the L75 S16 "rare" from a collectible point of view, how does that f... | |
| TriPlanar tonearm outward skating issue Pretty cool, Raul. I, and I am sure many others, will look forward to photos and further details about the design. I am fully in sympathy with you as regards the length of time needed for projects like this, when one is not really "in the busine... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi Dear Neon, If it sounded like I don't like SUTs, that was not intended. My point is that you don't need one. While "Bob" and Dertonearm (founder of an audio business in Germany that makes a humongous megabuck turntable, a tonearm, a headshell, a... |