mulveling
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| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? You have a steady 120 volts and that should be good because gear is made for that voltage. In some parts of the country, one can see much higher voltage, such as 125-127. That high a voltage would be of concern for some, but not all tube gear a... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding I’m curious from you other owners how to know if the vacuum is working well like it’s supposed to be? @cowboyandy My Star III’s vacuum platter was NOT working back when I acquired it in 2007, depsite being in otherwise excellent, well-maintai... | |
| Odd DAC Pricing I think it’s more odd in the other direction. Tambaqui has been out for several years; how the hell does it seemingly retain so much resale value in such a fast-moving segment of the market as standalone DACs? Asking 65% of full MSRP @ $13K, on a... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Yes, 100% - and this is the situation for basically any power amp that uses a quad or more of KT88+ tubes. Or anything with 6H30 - which is an excellent tube; arguably better than alternate types with vintage options (6922). Vintage tubes are grea... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Winfeld guys, not Windfield. A wonderful cartridge. Windfeld, not Winfeld. Definitely not "field", though ;) https://ortofon.com/products/mc-windfeld-ti | |
| Speedboost or other lps for Hagerman Trumpet MC @mulvelimg, that is what I was getting at with my question. With the jets and the 555 chip. I couldn’t see how an external LPs could get around the internals in the unit. The external LPS would end up in a switching circuit to get the rail vol... | |
| ARC Select Worth Price? I did get a response from Upscale. He said to buy ARC select only if you have Audio Research Equipment and that these tubes are selected to pass higher standards so to hold up better in ARC equipment. To that effect. I wonder what ARC would sa... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? I once kidded a friend when I recommended that he get a Van Den Hul Colibri cartridge--it is a very fast and lively sounding cartridge which is exciting to hear, but, I probably would not want to live with it--which is why I wanted someone else t... | |
| New buy, no return policy TMR is also an authorized dealer & retailer of many high-end brands. So the lines are kinda blurred anyways. They do a really good job with packing, shipping for reasonable rates, and having extremely detailed pics of used gear. They're not pe... | |
| Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special. Another more in depth video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEmQh3oJ5DM Looks good to me! If they use the same formula, same parts from the same suppliers (which Koetsu spec'd and cultivated over the decades), and have skilled coil winders / ... | |
| gain staging and attenuation The JC3 specs 48dB gain in MM mode. That’s a lot. Though it’s unclear whether this is affected by choice of outputs RCA vs. XLR. Ortofon 2M are also known for having hot oputput levels, > 5mV. This is going to result in an unusually high output... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Agree with @jperry - Ortofon, other than the SPUs | |
| Speedboost or other lps for Hagerman Trumpet MC The Trumpet MC’s internal circuit with 555 chip is tasked with multiplying 15V DC into like 200V DC needed for the tubes. The idea is not to mess with that. The wall wart contains a cheap SMPS which converts 120V AC directly from the wall into tha... | |
| ARC Select Worth Price? I’ve bought several sets of 6H30 from Upscale over the years. Both Sovtek and EH Gold labels (both good, extremely similar sound). Upscale’s "Platinum" grade has always been fantastic. Never had a bad one. Never tried Gold grade. I’ve tried both t... | |
| Tannoy history and production update Actual details about where & how the components of Tannoys are assembled, is sparse. Aggregating what's been put out there, plus my own experience owning several Tannoys: The actual cabinets (Prestige series) have been made in Poland for a lo... |