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| Tube rectifier or solid state Yes and no and yes and no, Rectifiers have a bit difference in sound, SS rectification is a much better answer when done correctly, you have to warm the tubes and most SS rectifiers don't do it well. A delay circuit with the new rectifiers will so... | |
| Review: ZYX Airy2 and Airy3 Cartridge I guess if I had the option to hear one, I do it to.I still maintain my original position, your an excellent writer and that was a most excellent review. Please might you post some more.Hats off to you, all questions answered, sounds like I need t... | |
| crossover design What drivers, have you measured the T/S parameters, or is this just current manufacturers product you wish to tweak, and if so why, and what are looking to hear from it.loon | |
| Review: ZYX Airy2 and Airy3 Cartridge You didn't enlighten us why after the tyranical ranting and raving of the Airy 3 you stepped up to another cartridge. It's like saying I like McDonalds hamburgers,(2) and the Big Mac(3) is way better but I went to Fudruckers dinner anyway. So plea... | |
| Why do mass marketed CD's sound so crappy? Listen also to the Santana disc superlingual, I think, it's non-listenable. It's a $14 coaster in my book.I spend a lot of time archieving vinyl to CD format for car play. It's interesting to take an old vinyl disc and compare it to current CD slo... | |
| why doesn't everyone own a pair of spica's??? They are good, not great, my home brews and the maggies walk all over them. But for the money, which is why I have them. They are not the most robust, driver wise.jeff | |
| Suggestions for CD burner Copies of copies in a 2 drawer are difficult, I have both a HK CDR 20, and a HHB Burnit 830plus. The Burnit it is clearly a supperior deck, but the HK is no slouch either. However I have to take the output from either my HK or my Sony ES deck digi... | |
| best wife friendly monitor? Is yours for a while if you need it. My wife prefers anything small and matching the existing decor, I tell you what: Do this, select what you like, narrow it down to 3 and let her pick, she'll be involved and has buy in, so she can't complain lat... | |
| CODA Contin. Unison Ultra vs DK Design VS.1 Well to further confuse you throw in the Levinson, I am currious on the DK designs, how about you buy the DK and tell us how it sounds!!! The Coda is a SAFE choice, for what ever reason the re-sale on Coda is not what it should be, kinda like Rodn... | |
| mono amp for sub It shouldn't be a good sub amp with only 4 output devices per channel, but it is, the best for pace I know of so far, but then again, I haven't tried a Krell, Levinson, or other for a sub amp either.Can find them used for about a kilobuck.loon | |
| Anyone using silicone oil for dampening?? Try sorbathane.loon | |
| Please help with phono hum Hmm, where to start, first, shoulda kept the Sota.1st the obvious, I assume this only happens in phono, and not in other inputs????If so: Look first to the cables, and ROUTING, if they are within a foot at any point of AC cables you have problem.2... | |
| Anyone know the Yamaha CA2000 Amp? I don't know the amp but I do know the symptoms, on rare occaisions it can be caused by a dirty volume pot, but due to the nature of it only occuring in class A, I would suspect due to the high bias current/voltage, MOS/Tran that the coupling caps... | |
| Zenn record cleaning machine. Anybody experienced? Well the Monks flings it off too, all over the surface of the unit, the wall anything withing about 2 feet, and the MONKS also Vacumns the disc. Far as I'm concerned there is nothing better.However parts are a wee bit pricey.jeff | |
| help buying capacitors I don't think you want Black Gate for speakers, and if you do good luck finding the high value not polar types.I suggest that there are other good caps: Mundorf, Hovland, Auri, Sonic Cap, etc. The can be found on the net. For larger values, parall... |