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| Is there a vacuum tube summary poster similar to this grape varietal summary "Tube SQ will vary with different circuit designs." +1...I have drawers full of tubes and over 50 years found that one tube might sound great in one circuit, but is awful in another. This happens all the time. I'll also add, it depends on how t... | |
| My All Time Christmas Song Not a specific song, but "A Very Special Christmas" series of albums is just fantastic! https://www.averyspecialchristmas.org/about?locale=en | |
| MusicDirect,, I talked to my guy at Music Direct. They are indeed shipping in January this time around. | |
| Conrad Johnson Mf-2500a amp and PF-1 Preamp Recap? Bill Thalman, (THE cj expert) passed away almost a year ago, but I think his company is still doing repair work. Pretty sure both Corey & Tim are still active. https://musictechnology.com/ Check with them... | |
| Black Friday Record Store Day 2024. Here is my haul from Black Friday: The Beatles - All My Loving - 3" Record and Carrying Case The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand" b/w "I Saw Her Standing There - 7" Vinyl Gaslight Anthem - Live at Park Ave (15 Year Anniversary) - 10" EP Da... | |
| DH Labs @tubeguy76...Monosaudio Pure Copper unplated. I’ve tried their silver, gold, rhodium plated and the Pure Copper sounds very, very nice! I sure liked them better. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZZCVY7X/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=A3VVEYV1N1... | |
| DH Labs @tubeguy76...I have all three. The Red Wave only on my big Pass Labs amps. Unless you have some massive current capability gear, (like the Pass amps) this is overkill. I also have several of the Power Plus and Encore. I really don't hear a big... | |
| DH Labs I use DH Labs bulk AC Power cable to make my own. I've compared them to many cables costing up to $500-$600 and have always thought they sounded better, for much less money. YMMV. | |
| Martin Logan CLS vs Newer Hybrids Like Montis, Summit X, 9A, 11A One of my reference speakers, (I have several) is pair of the CLSIIA’s in beautiful Rosewood frames. They still hold there own. I was a ML dealer for many years and the newer models do some things better, but the CLSes are truly a captivating spea... | |
| Identify, repair or replace mid range speaker in B139 based setup I would contact Bill LeGall from Miller Sound to see if he can fix it. He’s a genius and probably the best speaker repair person in the US, (maybe the world). Just google him. He has done several repairs for me after being told from others that t... | |
| AR XA turntable needs new cartridge... IMHO, I’d either buy a stylus for the Shure, (it’s still a very good cart) or buy a new Goldring E3. My favorite cart under $300 or so. I love mine. Pretty damn sweet! | |
| "New" model VPI? 3-Point Floating Suspension (3D Isolation) The Model One introduces a new 3-Point Floating Suspension system designed for superior isolation from external vibrations. This advanced 3D isolation system stabilizes the turntable, minimizes motor noi... | |
| "New" model VPI? @dynamiclinearity...you state below that the new tonearm has a "removable" headshell? The pictures I’ve seen shows that’s not the case. Also, how do you know that the new parts can be used on the HW-19 series? Just curious. I found this: "The ne... | |
| "New" model VPI? According to this: https://trackingangle.com/features/vpi-introduces-new-model-one-turntable-part-of-a-new-upgradeable-forever-series The 500RPM motor is for the 230v countries. The Stainless Steel/Acrylic top plate was on the MKIII and a few o... | |
| "New" model VPI? It's a modern day HW-19 with updated technology. Still use a custom HW-19 as my reference table. |