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| What's the best isolation system? I second that, Ejlif. deflating my V-Plane has the same effect on my soundstage. Nothing like it. | |
| Creek 5350 "U" bars Take it one step further and eliminate the U bars and connectors by direct soldering a jumper across the two circuit boards. You can always replace the parts if you'd like to use the amp or pre seperately in the future or for resale purposes. | |
| Suggestions for 220v amp In my experience, most manufacturers wind (or have wound) transformers to accomodate 220 or 110v operation - saves time and money for export purposes. You might try opening the chassis to see if there are a couple of extra wires on the primary of ... | |
| Opinions on preamps I've heard the Hovland - nice, but too noisy. The Sira is very nice, but getting a bit pricey (IMO). I haven't heard the Opal, but would keep it on the short list based upon build quality and positive reviews. Have you considered a Fi, or Audio No... | |
| Sibilance how do I get rid of it? My experience: switch ALL solid state rectifiers (CJ eqpt. & CD player - especially CD player) to Hexfred or UF diodes. If space and budget permit, change all PS (especially CD player) and cathode bypass caps to Black Gate or Cerafine type. If... | |
| Anyone else like to Listen in the Dark? Take it one step further and cover (or better, disconnect) all those LED power lamps - I swear it will add 10' of depth to your soundstage! | |
| Best 300B Integrated Amp I'm with JC Audio on this one.. | |
| Tube and Tube Socket Cleaning I use two methods. For tube pin cleaning, a common pencil erasor works well. Also, one of those fiberglass cleaning tools available from Radio Shack will take the crud off the tube pins. The tool is also small enough to fit inside the tube pin soc... | |
| Does anyone own a Shunyata Hydra? If one takes into consideration power consumption, heat distribution, potential parts failure, complexity, and wattage rating (as well as sound quality) then it is easy to say the Shunyata Hydra "blows the PS Audio away". You may also want to cons... | |
| need help choosing line condtioner The Welborne Labs Gatekeeper (Welbornelabs.com) is excellent, inexpensive, and doesn't get in the way of the music. Works great on video too. | |
| NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW DAC Audio Note DAC 1.2 offers the closest thing to analog I've heard. A bargain at $1,100.00. | |
| Have you tried "doping" your speaker cones? The best tweak I've tried is "doping" myself. Works every time. | |
| Sound without the Preamp ? I have found that replacing the active preamp with a passive / direct does increase the "hi-fi" sounds (imaging,soundstage,noise, etc) but detracts from the "musical" aspects of the performance (dynamics,timbre,pace,rythym,etc.) anyone agree?? I a... |