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| Bearings for Revox reel to reel They are not 606 - the 606 is 6x17x6mm and the PR99 ones are 6x19x6mm - it is the 626. Revox uses a standard quality type, but I read that some people replace it with low friction/low noise much better ones. | |
| Jadis musical value? I have owned a JPL and a Defy 7. Very musical system, makes you forget the hifi. Bass and high frequencies are not exceptional, but with the JPL you can follow the tune of back instruments or when it moves from an instrument to another like no oth... | |
| sand versus shot in speaker stands Lead (~11g/cc) is approximately seven times more dense than dry sand ((~1.6g/cc) or similar materials. Unhappily it is not environment friendly and its poisonous.Mass is important for speaker stands and affects mainly low frequencies performance -... | |
| Hi End Pre-Amp shoot out in central jersey? System synergy is a key issue in any system, much more with Atmasphere units. I have owned an MA1 and MA2 years ago - mk1 preamp and mk2 amps, not the current units. At that time I tried several preamps (cj ART2, ARC ref 2, ACT2) with the MA2, mai... | |
| Jadis JA 80 or DA88S -'to be or not to be' Milimetr, The ground loop hum is caused by the loop closing between power ground wires and the mass wires as you state. Lifting the ground wires can be unsafe - if you disconnect the signal cables the chassis is no more grounded. Some manufacturer... | |
| Modding a Forsell CD Transport Hi, I owned a Forsell combo sometime ago. I never modified it, but when I got an ARC CD7 I sold it to an audiogon member in France who got it modified - one of the mods was a new clock. Later he emailed me that the my old transport, after modifica... | |
| Audio Research Ref: CD8 Turko, Difficult question - no CD is close to analogue presentation. I own a SME30A/2 and I can not say that the CD8 is closer to the analogue sound than the CD7 or vice versa. The type of sound of the CD8 is quite similar to the CD7, but has a mo... | |
| Audio Research REF3 tube question clarification Tube life depends mainly on cathode current - the same tube used in different circuits can last for very different times.Most tube preamplifiers work in class A, meaning that tube current is constant. Unless you have all data from your preamplifie... | |
| Best cartridge for Well Tempered and Dartzeel pre? Although I never listened to the WT "Classic arm" and have no direct experience with the Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II, I have listened several times to the Pearwood - Dartzeel combination and it is a very good match. It has wonderful timbres and... | |
| ASR Emitter owners-help. Both sides of the amplifier should be at the same temperature, independently of being in mode 1 or 2.I owned an ASR Emitter II not long ago. After listening to it in my Soundlab A1s a friend of mine bought my Emitter and a pair of SoundLab A1s! | |
| cables for apogee duetta II Hi, A friend of mine had wonderful results 20 years ago using the then top of the range MIT 750 shotgun reference terminator cable and 330 interconnect cables. Amplifier was a Krell KSA300s , preamp a CAT mk2 and the CD was the Forsell. Great sound! | |
| Atma-Sphere S-30 MK3 Update..... Ralph, are the chinese 6AS7 "fuse-protected" as the Russian 6C13's? | |
| Ground wires for Oracle-Delphi MKIII TT Oracle turntables have a ground connection under the aluminum main chassis - look for a screw terminal there. In some models you can also connect a ground wire to the motor chassis. | |
| Krell FPB-600 or FPB-700cx - RCA vs. XLR Input The Krell 600, 600c or 700cx can be used successfully with a RCA output preamplifer - some people even prefer this mode to the XLR or CAST mode. Input impedance of MCX models is 100 kohms that can match almost all known preamplifiers. Tube preampl... | |
| Jadis JA 80 or DA88S -'to be or not to be' The Jadis JA80 are excellent amplifiers, IMHO better (and 50% more expensive) than the DA88s. Although choice of cable depends on taste and system, during my Jadis days I asked Jean-Paul Caffi advice about cables and he suggested the XLO signature... |