o_holter
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| Safety of Older Electronics Thanks for an interesting thread, also for a non-engineer. Kijanki, the 10degC rule, what is the starting point, the “normal” temperature in the box? I have ca 20degC in my listening room, but the temperature inside the audio boxes varies from ver... | |
| Fix Aesthetix Io volume control? Here is what I have done after my phono stage said goodbye;First, I turned to digital. I have a Logitech Touch, and downloaded two new albums in hi-res (96 - 24) format. Alt-J: An awesome wave sounds very good indeed, while Lizz Wright: Freedom &a... | |
| Fix Aesthetix Io volume control? Dear allYes Nkj - thinking the same over here. I will drive to the preferred repair shop (suggested by the Aesthetix importer), in some days. Hoping they can fix it, with help from A. Although we don't want to mess things up, as users, it helps, t... | |
| Fix Aesthetix Io volume control? The Aesthetix Io does not come with the average volume pot.It has two "mechanically switched discrete resistor volume control with 46 positions using Roederstein resistors". It is probably too complex for me to fix - I was just wondering if anyone... | |
| Fix Aesthetix Io volume control? Thanks, Czarivey. I will try your advice this weekend. | |
| What is the best OTL out there? Atma-sphere is certainly good, if is it the best, I don't know. In my case, OTL amps bettered heavy-duty solid state amplification. I had a flagship chain - Krell FPB600 driving Dynaudio Consequence speakers. I bought Atma-Sphere MA-1 and got them... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes Finally I've had time to test my 28 6AS7G output tubes and about 20 extras, in my new Beck RM-1 tester. The measurements vary a lot (between tubes, and internally between sections) - all in all, quite disappointing, both for the RCA NOS set and my... | |
| Phasing out of Compact Disc Thanks Ivan - political economy and music is interesting. Nuts? No not at all. And - I respect differerent ways to get good sound. The CD was not all bad. It was bad only from a certain cut point and upwards in the existing audio systems / consume... | |
| JPS Labs Superconductor vs FMS Zero vs Emperical D I use JPS cables. Although the original Superconductor is good, more recent versions are better. To my ears the FX is a bit better, and the Superconductor 3 is clearly better. | |
| What are used tubes worth ? I have invested in a Beck RM-1 tube tester. Although only the ears can be the final test of a tube's musicality, it should help avoid bad tubes, at least. | |
| Phasing out of Compact Disc Political economy - a calculated decision to shut LP production down? Where did it come from? I don't think the casette was such a big factor here in Europe. Could it be, mainly, that the world went slightly mad, buying into the hype of the CD and... | |
| Einstein My experience with two very different, and both excellent, amps - Krell FPB600 and Atma-Sphere MA-1 - tells me that balanced is generally the way to go. Not in all cases, perhaps, since tastes, experiences and systems differ. But like you say, Ein... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it I find that keeping a log is a time-saver. I started making log notes for each product (in a data base) but found that it was more convenient to just have one document and use the search function. I put test results, web links etc in the log. So w... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Thanks again! I have to get that wrench, it got lost. To sum up: my Atlas sounds best as far up as I can get it, on my SME V arm on a Hanss T-30 turntable. I have measured, this is not very far up at the back, 2-3 mm or so from parallel. Perhaps I... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Thank you Peter - but the arm rest is already fully down, or very close to it (if I could only find that allen wrench), so I don't think it will change much. Also the microscope is still on loan to a friend. Btw he has a big dog that likes good mu... |