michelzay
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| The Best AC/ IEC power plug combination. Oyaide, Iego, Neotech I use IEGO (Gold) male and Furutech Fi-28 Gold IEC on my solid core power cords used on BAT vk-600SE, Einstein The tube MKII and Mcintosh CD player, with a great result. My experience with IEGO Silver (Male/IEC) as well as IEGO Gold IEC, was not e... | |
| Garrad 401 service expert in San Francisco Area Dan, I looked at 1877phono cables and seems to be a fine cable especially with their Graphen sheilding. There are very expensive cables but I always ask myself if their high-tag prices are really justified. After trying some, I became very cauti... | |
| Garrad 401 service expert in San Francisco Area Thanks guys... That's a Garrard 401 with Jean Nantais plinth and sound wonderful with my Einstein the turntable choice preamp. I donwloaded the manual and helped a lot...http://igapop.arrakis.es/Garrard.htmIt came with original SME phono cable (R... | |
| Garrad 401 service expert in San Francisco Area @noromance , the speed on 33 was a little bit too fast. I tried to adjusted it with Speed Adjuster. now is fine. However, it would be nice to know of there is a service expert of Garrard around, in case of ...cheers | |
| Power Cords A- Regarding Shunyata Sigma NR, looking at the specs., A1- they claim having some Noise Reducing scheme. This is actually RFI suppression capacitor place on X shape at IEC side. The CPCC (Custom Power Cord Company) power cords were the pioneer of ... | |
| Shielded power cord best used on Digital/Source or on Tube Amps? Ozzy, I don't have any experience on DS-4, but I used Alpha3 which is non-shielded PC. I tried several big brands power cords and ended up to make my own PCs and some for my friends. For front-end devices, I would recommend the Neotech NEP... | |
| 2017 California Audio Show in Oakland, CA - Partial Review Erik you said:"I sat in the back for the ML demo and did not get a chance to hear anything with a lot of soundstage. :( "There were two room having ML demos: 1. small version of ML speakers in a small room, 2. a very big room with ML Neolith spea... | |
| 2017 California Audio Show in Oakland, CA - Partial Review Erik, I was at CAS17 last Sunday. I really enjoyed these systems:1- Margules Room, the sound was open, dynamic, detailed and each instrument could be distinguished even with complex orchestras.2- LXSpeakerFactory, for such a low price including Wo... | |
| Frozen McIntosh MX135 😰 I have never had any problem with my MX135 which have been used for a few years in my second system. Usually Mcintosh gears are very liable devices. In Amps or preamps and specially processors, turning on/off is not an efficient way to reset the d... | |
| Using Cardas 3455R Male/IEC AC plug versus Furutech AC plugs --" Huh, I can’t find reference where Cardas uses beryllium copper. Post a link if you know where that’s stated."I called Cardas cs and that's what they said: Beryllium copper is base conductor+Silver/Rhodium. Beryllium copper or bronze are not b... | |
| Using Cardas 3455R Male/IEC AC plug versus Furutech AC plugs @auxinput Thanks for your comment. It seems there are not too many people using Cardas AC plugs. It seems Cardas uses Beryllium copper +Silver/Rhodium plating. It is clear Beryllium copper as conductor is not as good as pure copper used in most ... | |
| Maestro v2 mm with McIntosh mx135 MCIntosh MX135 has an excellent phono preamp. I was using Mcintosh mx135- phono preamp for a while with a great result. I didn't have any problem using Audio Technica AT150MLX (V_output=4mv), or AT440 (V_out=4mv) or even Denon Dl-110 (V_out=2.5mv)... | |
| Does anybody use hi-end fuses in BAT ss amp or Einstein preamp? Thanks for your comments, I ordered some HI-Tuning Fuses and hope to receive them soon.Regarding HITuning Fuse, Perhaps @jwpstayman would comment regarding his own experience:1- the pointer of Diode is it a right direction to install the Fuse?2- ... | |
| amperex 6922 pq white label tubes I recently bought a couple of Tubes as Nos from Ebay, the experience was very unpleasant, even with a seller of 100% positive feedback. Be aware, there are a lot of Russian tubes with stamps of famous brands, like Amperex, Siemens or Telefunken. ... | |
| Does anybody use hi-end fuses in BAT ss amp or Einstein preamp? @jwpstayman Hello John, I do appreciate your comments and that especial tip regarding overnight show-down period. I will proceed as you suggested. cheers,Michel. |