lowrider57
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| Cullen Cable I've ordered 4 power cords from Cullen. My most recent order during the Covid lockdown took about 4 weeks to arrive. | |
| High Fidelity Cables MC-0.5 Effect @68pete I ordered a MC-0.5 when we last posted (will have 4 in a power strip). After waiting a month I emailed them. Their response was 2 to 4 more weeks until delivery.Did you receive your order? | |
| Best kept secret in AC line filtering conditioning It manifests instead as a layer of grain or glare, a graying of the background, an indistinct quality around images. It makes the sound stage flat and narrow. When removed the background goes black, images float more distinct and dimensional, and ... | |
| Cary V-12 using KT-77 tubes? Needed new power tubes and instead of purchasing EL-34's, I tried the GL KT77s from Upscale. It was a great upgrade. | |
| Has anyone ever used a company called vacuum tube values to purchase vacuum tubes? I've bought some small signal tubes from Vivatubes and the pair was not matched and test measurements were off. The Gm and Ip of a single 12AX7 did not match the stated values.I know Viva is a popular dealer, but that's my experience. | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype Oh yeah, new tube manufacturers may be copying the design and tooling of some of the vintage tubes. There's an important element missing, the materials used back in the day. Some were closely guarded secrets, some of the materials aren't available... | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype I’ll address a couple of your thoughts.Yes, performance, sonic signature, and longevity will be closely tied to the circuit design and execution.Test results are important in predicting performance. But, we need to define performance. If you mean,... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? installed new 4s11 canare speaker cables with double wiring to fit my recently acquired PBN speakers. I got about 30 hours on the cables and they have been all over the map so far, specially the first 25 hours. Sometime bass lacking, sometimes pie... | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? I think break-in is a more appropriate term for cables. George Cardas uses the term run-in. IMO, burn-in applies to electrical parts such as tubes and capacitors where voltage is actually causing a physical change to the internal structure. | |
| New cables - To judge now or after burn in period? More break-in time. My Siltech IC's are very revealing and dynamic.Even cable manufacturers say to allow time for breakin. | |
| Phono preamp tube rolling. For phonostage I mostly used 1950's RCA black plates. Not as warm as Mullard. More transparent with great dynamics. Need to request low-noise. | |
| Phono preamp tube rolling. Mullard Blackburn longplates are very good. I also like the CV4003 boxplates, although the 12AU7 long plate square getter and large O-getter are cleaner sounding with excellent imaging.I love the Brimar CV4003 boxplates, similar but more transpar... | |
| Phono preamp tube rolling. My experience was good. | |
| Phono preamp tube rolling. I understand. I like to tube roll, however, the sonic characteristics of a tube or set of tubes will depend on the circuit being used.I can't find which tube type the Ares Magnum uses, but there is a constant in selecting tubes for a phonostage; o... | |
| Phono preamp tube rolling. OK then. Phono preamp is an extension of cart, arm, table. I'm sure you will be asked this question again. |