petg60
Responses from petg60
| A public service announcement You have a turntable? Good one | |
| What characteristics do you listen for when purchasing amps/preamps ? Are they consistent with different kind of speakers? Flow, dynamics, extension, listenability, presentation. | |
| Is my stylus miss-tracking? When right channel mistracks increase anti skating, when left reduce. Assuming of course cartridge alignment is correct. Have you tried with increased tracking force? Is your turntable level? I have to disagree with above post using a blank lp, ... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback +1 for B-77 mk2 easy to maintain, plenty of spares, easy to adjust but not the most reliable, you can also check the semi pro PR-99. New heads 8000hrs lifespan. Otherwise Sony TC-766-2, Technics RS-1500, more reliable, more adjustable, more expen... | |
| Ozzy is done Seems that Sabotage still today is a bit underated, a prog metal masterpiece and best of its genre with Ozzy singing at a higher note on that one. Their freedom from scam managers. Awesome on Reunion (1998). | |
| Ozzy is done Unexpectedly long run, one of a kind. Still his time with Sabbath travels fast in time even heavy in nature. | |
| Bad experience with an electrician What is a bad electrician? A shock absorber. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? Current system +50k (pricing of older items as they were back then), like speakers, tuner, preamp, phono, power amp, SACD, cables 10k, power strip - wall outlets and racks +7k. We have to accept that audio gear is not for money investment, there ... | |
| The Forgotten TDL, IMF, Music Reference, Ariston, Logic, Heybrook, AR, Glanz, Empire, Counterpoint, Robertson, Zeta, Helius, Mantra, Air Tangent, Cotter, Crystal, Genesis, Aragon, ...long list. | |
| Unusual SME configuration Device for additional bearing loading? Dynamic VTF? Never seen that before. Can you adjust the spring? If yes what happens if you do? Did you check with previous owner? | |
| Tube or solid state One thing to have in mind is that many tubed preamps have a high output resistance requiring careful matching with some ss power amps. Otherwise any combination can be successful, depending on speaker, but i have to agree that generally tube sound... | |
| 6922 Preamp Tube Recommendations rodman99999 no way, i have to check twice what i write. | |
| 6922 Preamp Tube Recommendations For new production tubes getting close to a Cca is somehow difficult, close or better than Cca can be found only in old production tubes, like Siemens E188cc A frame, Tele Cca, Mullard CV2493, Tesla E88cc gold grid, Reflektor 6n23p SWG. Extended... | |
| OCC and Litz wires - Furutech Alfa series, Neotech, Cardas Alpha s-25 uses cotton for damping and paper for wrap while alpha-36 uses carbon for damping. You can check their site. | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey I agree with @dweller , a newbie should trust a good dealer, and with @decooney about patience, though this will come with more experience. On the other hand the op learned some things the hard way which is part of the journey. |