photon46
Responses from photon46
| How do you clean tube pins? I've had good luck cleaning steel tube pins on small signal tubes by cutting small strips of 1000-1200 grit wet/dry sandpaper and wrapping that around the pins and oscillating the paper over the pins. Really gets into all the hard to reach areas t... | |
| Is there a killer preamp for 1500? You've received a number of recommendations for worthy products, I'll add one more. If you like a very quiet, neutral, and extremely transparent preamp, the Italian Aloia PST 11.01 can be found for substantial markdowns on the used market. It list... | |
| Service my Belles I'd advise not sending it until you contact Dave. I had one of his amps remain in limbo for quite a while one summer. My amp arrived at his shop just as he left on vacation. | |
| what concerts do you wish you attended? I was 17 and I had tickets, 6th row, center stage, for Derek and the Dominos in Tampa, Florida. My Mom wouldn't let me go because I'd done something or other to tick her off. Had to give the tickets away (to a girlfriend who would eventually becom... | |
| new turntable/setup advice.....garrot Optim FGS No offense meant Catfish. I've just worked with some guys who really don't do well with small parts and fussy adjustments. If you take your time and don't get impatient, it's really not hard to do. When I say it's not painless, I mean you just hav... | |
| new turntable/setup advice.....garrot Optim FGS Kennyt & Cfbob, you ask a very subjective question....so it's hard for someone who doesn't know you well to give meaningful advice. One person's beaucoup bucks is another's chump change. That aside, I'd ask; how dextrous and patient are you? T... | |
| new turntable/setup advice.....garrot Optim FGS I've been using Garrott Optim FGS with a VPI Scout/JMW9 turntable for quite a while. The Optim FGS is about as good as a MM design gets IMO. It tracks very well, much better than Grado wood bodies I've used. Only problem is, I don't know of anyone... | |
| Speaker wire upgrade?? Azmoon, you've got some very fine speakers. Quite nice. I looked over the reviews of the MS5s and checked over the owners manual pdf. Dali strongly advises bi-wiring these speakers, it's probably a safe bet that's good advice. You've gotten severa... | |
| Speaker wire upgrade?? I've not found a more hard to predict outcome than speaker wire changes. Price and performance are not easily predicted ratios in my experience (admittedly, not vast.) Over the last few years, I've used Analysis Plus Oval 9, Kimber 4tc & 8tc, ... | |
| Ringo Starr or Charlie Watts??? If you haven't heard Charlie as a band leader with his jazz orchestra you haven't heard his true range as a musician. His recording from 2001, "Watts at Scotts" really put a new light on him for me. Like Keith, I think he's often under appreciated... | |
| Dead Can Dance on SACD I asked a music shop I do business with about the release date for these. He checked and said it's been pushed back to the 20th of June now. | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect Now you're talkin'. Room treatments potentially offer an upgrade of considerable impact for not much dinero if you go the DIY route. Acoustimac.com and other internet outlets are where you need to look for DIY supplies. After making four DIY bass ... | |
| Stranded vs singal core conductors and skin effect Don't be surprised if, after experimentation and auditioning new cables, you wonder if you improved anything compared to your Kimber 4tc. Like Shadorne said, if your speakers are an easy load and your amp has no unusual quirks, getting spendy on s... | |
| New Re-Issue Vinyl: Surface Noise, Ticks, Pops.... Audiofeil takes great delight in being a curmudegeon about gear he deems subar. That's ok, it's part of his charm. However, I think he's deviating from a sensible viewpoint if he really believes what he says. Sure, better cartridges and tables red... | |
| New Re-Issue Vinyl: Surface Noise, Ticks, Pops.... I think we vinyl consumers are pretty much out on a limb with no where to turn when it comes to quality vinyl. Unless I'm mistaken, RTI is the only record pressing plant left in the USA. There's so much demand for their services, production schedu... |