mulveling
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| Re wire a Graham arm wand Typically, I would recommend sending an item back to the manufacture, but based on my experience with Graham, if you want your arm back in less than a year , look elsewhere. Sadly, this is an important consideration. Do politely reach out to Graha... | |
| Problem with Rogue Medusa Amp (I need advice) Just superficially from google images, a Pharaoh bypassing its very mediocre Alps RK27 volume pot (i.e. unity inputs) looks a LOT like the Medusa topology - both have a pair of the same Hypex UcD 400 modules (older than nCore in the new Dragon), a... | |
| Are There Any Risks to Your Stylus From Using Magic Eraser Lol I’ve used it on my Koetsus over 3 years no problem. I don’t just dip and lift either. I dip into a corner of a cut wedge and carefully rotate back and forth a bit to “scrub”. Sometimes I even add a drop of water. Yes, even on my Blue Lace Diam... | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? Not necessarily. I’ve heard certain tube circuits and/or certain tubes that could peel paint. On the flip side, some badly designed/implemented tube amps can have massive roll-off and gobs of THD, and that can be used to perpetuate the stereotype ... | |
| Installed bulk foil resistors in phono amp @noromance VAC offers an "SE" upgrade for their standalone Renaissance phono stage that adds some 30+ of those Z-foil resistors and Jupiter copper/beeswax coupling caps. Still not a cheap stage by any means, but $14.4K is a hell of lot less than 6... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object Haha zombie thread, etc. This kind of question is the high-end counterpart to "I need the best fully balanced tube preamp with 5 inputs and remote for under $1K...go!". At least this way is more fun - but really nobody is gaining any insight from ... | |
| Blue Hawaii tube amp Are you running some custom built / commissioned Blue Hawaii, a Mjolnir Audio (Iceland) Blue Hawaii, an older Headamp Blue Hawaii (circa early/mid 2000s), or the more modern Headamp Blue Hawaii SE? Just curious.The warnings against KT77 are correc... | |
| Zu Druid vs Tannoy Prestige or Classic.. need your help Unless you can get your ears on the Zu's again in short order, I'd stick with the Tannoys, which you know you like with far greater certainty at this point. Tannoys have controlled dispersion and so work pretty well in most rooms. And the 101 dB... | |
| can anyone recommend a person in LA area to pay to install a tricky Koetsu cartridge Yes I agree with other guys you want to eventually learn DIY on this, but doing it your first time on a $$$$ RSP is not something I’d agree with! The (minor) additional challenges an RSP might pose are 3:1. Older models will not have threaded moun... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Well you resurrected a 10-year old thread, but you might be interested to know that TTWeights ended its business a couple years ago (or thereabouts). | |
| Add cartridge to current lineup Wow, a Trumpet for a 1st vinyl setup is pretty snazzy! I used to have one, really liked it. I also had a GCPH. The Trumpet is better for sure, but you'll need to add a Step-Up Transformer or Hagerman's Piccolo headamp in order to run an MC cartrid... | |
| Anyone use Koetsu with Harbeth Going from 10 year-old memory of a system that’s seen a lot of change over the years, but I’m certain my friend Tom used and loved Koetsu RSP with Harbeth Super HL5 (original version?). He has a great ear and wouldn't like a system that was overly... | |
| 12BZ7 ///12AX7 @chinacatThe 5751 silver plates, as you mentioned, are very revealing. However in my system it was revealing to the point of being BRUTAL. Including an excess of high frequency energy. I liked the effect for up to 30 minutes at a time, but then it... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone @terry9 It speaks very highly of your regimen that your stylus is like new after 980 hours. I hope I can say the same! Currently at 350 hours on my Blue Lace. I have a Clearaudio Double Matrix Sonic Pro, mainly because it's quick enough to use dur... | |
| Koetsu Blue Lace Onyx vs. Coralstone I now have both. From the examples I have in my system, the Blue Lace is better - more dynamic, more lifelike. Yes the Coralstone is warmer. I like the Blue Lace better. And in either case the diamond cantilever increases detail and clarity over b... |