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| Caps upgrade for Cary SLI-80 I never heard the before and after on my Sli80, as I got mine with upgraded caps. However, I have upgraded caps in all tube amps, and the benefit has always been very noticeable and worthwhile.However, you can do a lot better than a Jenson for the... | |
| Transcriptor-Skeleton-Turntable-Asking 4 opinions? Stay away - if you want to show off sure, go ahead. If you want something that sounds good, it would be difficult to spend $1000 and not get something better.RegardsPaul | |
| Thorens 124/125/126 vs Rega P3/MMF-5 02-22-07: Cmo "BTW Did you perhaps buy my old HW19??? Maybe you should try an Aries"Yeah, I remember that well. I bought it off you the same time you dug that Garrard out the dumpster ... | |
| Thorens 124/125/126 vs Rega P3/MMF-5 Hi Johnnantais. Yes I know I just don't know how to set them up. I have the same problem with CD players. I just don't know how to play them CD's right. Whatever dude.I don't begrudge your hobby, I think it is cool that folks resurrect old table... | |
| Thorens 124/125/126 vs Rega P3/MMF-5 Hi IhchoI owned Thorens 124, 125, 150 and 160s. Of all, the 125 was best, the 124 was the worst. None of them can compare to a well set-up HW-19, not even close.Antique turntables is very much a niche thing, and I am sure a very enjoyable pastime... | |
| Linn Ittok vs. AQ PT-9 on souped up VPI HW19 The Ittok is a fine arm much better than the PT9. And it works well on the HW19.Which Aries platter have you put on the HW? The std MKIV platter is a good one, better than the frosted all acrylic Aries II & III platters. RegardsPaul | |
| Should I sell my Thorens? None of the decks you mention come close to the HW19. Forget the Thorens and Rega and get another HW. | |
| Amplifier problem If one resistor worked itself loose, it is quite like that you have shoddy soldering throughout your amp and few other things got may work themselves loose.The fact that your tubes are not cooling off is a bit strange and I can only think a bleede... | |
| Is a Koetsu Rosewood Sig Overkill for my JMW 9Sig? 02-06-07: Downunder Pauly, we drink beer in Australia not water :)Actually my comment was aimed at hfeiner. The .au made me think he was an ozzy. I happen to really like Koetsus. I'd eat my own children before giving up on that.BTW, I have aDL103R... | |
| Black Gates - Standard vs FK/Non-Polars Jov, LOL. While I will always encourage somebody to tweak, you should do a little research first on the amp. Changing coupling caps makes the biggest difference, so it is worthwhile to locate them and start there.Another suggestion I would make is... | |
| Black Gates - Standard vs FK/Non-Polars JovI assume you are talking coupling caps. It may be that your old caps were simply masking an inherent leanness of your amp. I have found that by upgrading the rectifying diodes to some ultra-fast/soft recovery types to take the edge off in som... | |
| Is a Koetsu Rosewood Sig Overkill for my JMW 9Sig? I heard that in Australia water is so scarce that folks are drinking treated sewage. Methinks it needs a little more treatment ... ;-) | |
| New tonearm Finding a drop-in tone arm under 1K to beat a modified Rega? Easy. Bluenote Borghese, Bluenote B5 and U3 signature, Graham Robin, Origin live silver, VPI JMV 9 and a host of other that I cannot think of now. Any of these will outperform a RB and t... | |
| 2 channel for Revel F30's 02-05-07: S7horton I don't think the issue of sensitivity is as clear cut as you make itIt could be that the Revel F30s have a big variance in impedance across the frequency range. If that is the case, it is better not to use tube amplifiers at a... | |
| 2 channel for Revel F30's The revel F30 is rated at 87db sensitivity, which really does not require 100watt tube amplifier. I drive 88db sensitivity speakers to very high volume levels with a 12wpc Audionote tube amp. I listen to a wide variety of music including rock and ... |