petg60
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| I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work! Cleanliness is next to godliness. Not only plays better but smells better too. | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @bipod72, no use of special equipment apart from vm and soldering tool. Of course both the rtr and preamp were checked on oscilloscope later. Tuner not yet. | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment I have done tuner, RTR, tubed preamp, never attempted on ss power amp, need some additional courage for that, but not in the need at the moment. Is it worth the effort? Absolutely if you know what you are doing and not go crazy. | |
| life span/failure rate of filter capacitors? Something i do not agree is changing the temperature specs on vintage equipment. If at 85 deg replace with same rating, and check to improve in other areas as voltage, tan δ, esr, etc ( depending on position) Last, why should a higher temperatur... | |
| Wiggle kt170 base Assuming you unplugged and plugged the proper way and the tube does not show any play on its integral base then check amps tube base for any slack or whether there is a broken joint. Seems to be a bad connection (rare medium pop) and hiss from tha... | |
| Perception and Watts: Doubling of power 10db should be perceived as double loud by most people, so to understand double loud you would need a 500w amp instead of a 50w one on same speaker. On the other hand our ears are not measuring equipment, take some time to adjust and have self pro... | |
| A cartridge with more bite, please and thank you Dynavector 17DX. But as @pindac says above, better have a demo. | |
| What's your favorite $5-7000 turntable? My vote would go to match your Schroeder arm with a Bauer Audio DPS 2 (new) or get a DPS 3 on the used market. | |
| The difference between an Audiophile and a Stereophile? Hunter for appetite vs hunter for sport? But then you can have both. | |
| When were the best tube amps made? After Audio Note kondo' s Ongaku. | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. The Clash-London Calling, perfect for an island. Charles Mingus- The black saint and the sinner lady. | |
| Songs of debauchery and excess Black Sabbath- Snowblind | |
| Where to put your best power cable? There is no pattern, it depends on many things. I used to have my best pc on power amp but now it is connected to the power distributor. And that after swapping pc's in the system. You have to experiment and be patient. | |
| Best Alignment Protractor? DBP-10 (DB systems) has served me perfectly over the years. Is it the best for convenience? Not really but it is accurate, that matters the most, and very important it does not cost that much. Learn how to to take the max out of your protractor,... | |
| Are solo efforts ever better? S. Winwood, M. Jackson, are good ones. I do not prefer the pop oriented Genesis era. Jeff Beck, David Sylvian, Eric Burdon, Barry Adamson, Brian Eno, Vangelis, Klaus Schulze..... |