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| John Potis - Rest in peace Yes, Bill it certainly is distasteful. In fact I think we should burn all of the literature of dead authors and purge historical records of any mention of their existence. Period.What's the matter, John published some reviews of equipment that you... | |
| Are 90's mid-fi units as good as hi-fi from 80's "Anyone here remember......"Yep! The gap, actually a gulf I think, between the quality of sound from tubed based equipment and ss was huge, IMHO. There were a few exceptions at the top of the line of a couple of manufacturers, but the rest was exc... | |
| Hum in an Suminko Project RM-4 Turntable. It is true. I have a Grado and use it in an Oracle TT/MMT arm combo - the motor is shielded, no hum! Same cartridge used in a Mission TT, same arm, with unshielded motor - when the cartridge is on the outside edge of an LP hum is minimal but as it... | |
| Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment If you like the sound of SS stuff, don't fret just buy it. If you don't particularily like the sound, but you think it will last forever without maintenance, and that is important to you, buy it. When it fails you can just believe it is some sort ... | |
| Background noise Sorry, I didn't pay much attention to your original post........If you are getting tube rush/hiss without a TT connected, then you have either a phono stage with a high(ish) noise floor, noisy tubes, or very efficient speakers which will reveal no... | |
| Background noise "I still believe a gain mismatch is contributing to the OP)'s noise issue"As you should, you are correct! In fact it is central to the issue. IMHO of course. | |
| The reviewer's role--comparative reviews? Hate to burst any bubbles, fellas, but there are no universal truths here. There are educated opinions, and there are ignorant opinions. Neither reviewers nor end users have a corner on either. A little bit of critical analysis will go a long way ... | |
| Background noise Tvad sez, "First of all a MC cartridge is not intended to be used in a MM phono circuit"To pick a nit....there is no difference between an MM and an MC circuit except for its ability to respond to the loading and gain demands of the cartridge. The... | |
| Amp shut down and protection circuit Have you checked the speaker wire connections at the speakers and the amp? Shorted wires could be doing that. | |
| Sumiko MMT vs FT-3 vs FT-4 opinions As I recall the FT's are supposed to be a better arm (actually there are a lot that may be better), but isn't there a difference in mass as well as arm shape? I have the MMT and I wouldn't upgrade it just to try to squeeze the last iota of perform... | |
| What to do with bad recorded CDs Digital front ends are all different and IMHO SS ones are the least forgiving. Get a 2d CDP which uses tubes. Then put tubes in which have some added warmth - that should take care of a lot of marginal CD's. Might even improve some good ones. If y... | |
| Music Hall Turntable Hum? Sounds to me like your problem is that your cartridge does not have high enuf output for your phono stage. What is the cartridges output? How much gain does your phono stage have? Your complaint reminds me of someone running a MC cartridge into a ... | |
| Cayin A70T has bogus tube rectification? LOL re 'blowers', but what I really love is air foils on production cars! Talk about the need for a baby's jock strap! But, given time, we'll probably see that too. :-) | |
| Music Hall Turntable Hum? Well, I don't know when the hum becomes audible relatively speaking, but it strikes me that it might also be nothing more than the noise floor of the phono stage interacting with a cartridge with low enuf gain to cause you to crank it up to get su... | |
| Mullard 12AX7 re-issue Cryo vs Non Cryo I can't talk about cryo differences, but if you are comparing non-cryo EI's with non-cyro New Sensor reissue Mullards the sound should be poles apart. Whether you would like one or the other is another issue. The Mullard is about as warm a new pro... |