perkri
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| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations @mijostyn :) Yeah. I think I qualify! Built some Bib enclosures for a pair of Fostex Fe168Ez that I assembled last night. Part of my love of this hobby is getting to listen to so many different speaker/amp combos. I do really love t... | |
| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations @mijostyn As I was going to suggest a heavy plinth Lenco, I wonder why you would suggest staying away from one? I built one, and it’s modded with some of my own design details, including a dedicated dynamic isolation platform. It is a fantas... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp Did you pull the cover(s) off it and take a look inside it? A visual inspection might be a good idea. If there are seriously burned “bits”, you will see them :) | |
| After a long, long sleep: ML-335 Yeah, I would power it up with some care. At a minimum, make a dim bulb tester. But a Variac is the way to go. Capacitors that have been sitting so long, may not like the surge of power that the transformer will be dumping into them. Would really ... | |
| Can anyone explain what a power tube does inside an amplifier, eg kt88. @mlsstl Agree, it is making a bigger copy of the small signal. The small signal is just making it possible for a separate bigger signal to flow. Two signals. The small one is controlling the big one, it’s not that the small one is being magni... | |
| Can anyone explain what a power tube does inside an amplifier, eg kt88. Simple answer, tubes are valves. Small signal opens the valve and lets the power from your power supply go to your speakers. They are called valves for a reason. Do a youtube search. Watch some videos if you actually care to know. Lots of info ou... | |
| What would your "perfect speaker" sound like. Rich tone Layers of texture Great clarity Dynamic Well Balanced | |
| Help me select few vinyl LPs Here goes… OJC re release of Waltz for Debbie. Just picked it up on the weekend, a winner all around. Muddy Waters Folk Singer. The 45rpm version. Can’t go wrong with this. good luck | |
| RIP Tom Jones Someone, wasn’t keeping up with the Joneses | |
| What is turntable “liveliness”. @ossicle2brain I think there are a lot of people who believe as you do that a TT has no sound and that it’s just a spinning platter. Here’s the thing. A TT is a combination of a plinth, a motor/drive system, a bearing, a platter and may or m... | |
| Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio? Hmmm. Let’s see. A high speed train out of Beijing, or an Amtrack out of Washington… Sorry, we’re we discussing technology? | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Just took possession of a Krell KSA-200. 125lbs. It’s not working, so in an effort to not have to keep lifting it up on a work bench, and taking it down, I’m going to build a table for it where it can stay until I get it working. My TT is about 90... | |
| Xangsane XS-1001Ag silver coax SPDIF cable I recently ordered and received a Xangsane phono cable from AliXpress, Ordered it because I was hoping the shielding protocol used looked “proper” and wanted to see if it would help reduce hiss/hum from my vinyl playback. Yup, it did! Noise all b... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? @emergingsoul Yeah, quite surprised myself! I have also driven them with great success using a single ended solid state VFet amp (Pass DIY) which is rated between 8 and 10 watts. For fun, I got one of the Fosi V3 amps. It, is rated at 300w i... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? Power supply Power supply Power supply Bigger amps have bigger power supplies. The signal that gets sent to the speakers, is fed directly from the power supply. Bigger power supply, more dynamic headroom. My 30w class A amp, with a massive ... |