oldears
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| How much do caps matter-Cary SLI-80 Call Jeff at Sonicap he carries many brands and will give good advice. | |
| Preamp upgrade Depends on your source & amp. The Threshold FET 10E is truly balanced and has a separate PS, the Forte is the lesser line of electronics and of course is not as good. | |
| Classical, Spanish & South American Guitar Jewels Search out guitar recordings on OPUS 3, especially OPUS 3 no.78-10 by a guitar quartet using custom made guitars. | |
| Tube preamp for Pass Labs x150.5 Amp try to find a used Pass X1 | |
| Tonearm Rewiring yes it is a good thing. I have done it twice to my alphason, the last time with cardas 4X33Ga from cartridge clips to rcas, but it took me a lot longer that an hour. | |
| Brands w/ first order x-over, time & phase aligned Talked with Roy Johnson of Green Mountain Audio recently & he is very excited about his new crossover in his latest models.I have had a GMA Continuum IIa for 12 years and couldn't be more pleased. | |
| Hubbell 5362. Anyone try this outlet? Just saw this post.Yes I have the 5262W as on page 6. | |
| Automatic return arms - still produced ? Denon made a pretty good auto arm on a direct drive TT... and I saw some for sale recently. Any direct drive table needs to go on a good isolating platform | |
| where to buy DIY cable supplies Also try moon-audio.com and google sonicaps. | |
| Pass Aleph P vs BAT VK20? Have VK60 and Aleph 0... Go with the Aleph P. The Aleph0s has a 10k input impedance and the BAT cannot drive it properly unless you change the output caps. I have used both an Aleph P and a BAT VK30 with my Aleph 0s. You should also consider the Pass X2.5 | |
| Amplifier specs, does they matter? My answer was tongue in cheek, but if you don't want to listen carefully, the weight is as dependable as any other spec. | |
| High Quality Digital Coax RCA to BNC Adaptors If possible replace your chassis RCAs with 75 ohm BNCs and use fully BNC cables. | |
| do moving coil cartridges have a finite life-span? I reinstalled a JMAS MIT-1 which is ~30 years old and it sounds great. I had sent it last year to Andy Chong,who inspected it, cleaned the stylus (vdH) and reconditioned the suspension. | |
| Amplifier specs, does they matter? I would say the most important spec is weight within a given amp type. The amp with the best power supply and running the most in class A always sounds better and controls the speakers better imho. This means larger transformers, filter caps, and ... | |
| Need to Downsize: Small Speaker Recommendation Since you are accustomed to time-coherent speakers, you should consider monitor speakers from Green Mountain Audio. |