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| Almarro has poping sound, please help Consider not only the possiblity of a bad tube, or a bad tube pin holder, but a bad solder joint. If you are careful (very careful, high voltage) you can take the bottom off and have the amp laying on its side and running and connected to your spe... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-9a VS PV-11 I found a modified PV-11 to sound better than the 9a in my system(replaced crappy black solen caps in the signal path with Audiocap Theta. After the mods, the PV-11 equaled the dynamics and openess of the 9a, but sounded a little sweeter in the mi... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Almarro 318A or B with the right speakers. | |
| Budget Turntable suggestions I just posted a review of the Linn Basik turntable with the Linn Basik LVX tonearm, which with the Shure VN5MR cartridge is the best sounding turntable that I have had in my system. It outperformed a Linn Sondek, Oracle Alexandria, Thorens TD125, ... | |
| Upgrading Modifying Kora Hermes DAC Op Amp-Switch I recently had Steve Sank of Talking Dog Transducer Co (Tucson), go completely through my Kora Hermes DAC installing Nichicon's best Muse KZ capacitors with higher values of course and some top grade Audiocap film caps (theta as per my request). H... | |
| Stylus replacement for Shure V-15 v MR I have listened to both the Shure V-15 V with a Jico SAS and the VN5MR stylus, and overall I prefer the Shure VN5MR to the Jico. I know others prefer the Jico SAS. Like everything, you get something and you loose something. With the Jico SAS, I he... | |
| Moscode super it or audio research ph3 ??? Steve Sank of Talking Dog Transducer company is an expert at modifying Moscode, especially the Super IT. After his mods, you will hear sound better than any ARC phono gear. He can probably go completely through it for what you are thinking of payi... | |
| Former Cary 308T owners - what next? As a side note, the Jolida 601a kicks proverbial derriere also. It is slightly more lush sounding than the Cary, but doesn't have the same detail. The Jolida 601a betters all of Jolidas current offerings. If the tray doesn't work, usually you just... | |
| Zu Druids compared to Tekton Lore Speakers I wasn't saying that the bass on the Lores wasn't 'good'. Actually, it was very good. All I was saying was that while the Bass in the sub area on the Druids seemed a little shy of ideal, the lower bass with the Lore was slightly more that ideal fo... | |
| Zu Druids compared to Tekton Lore Speakers Also, it has occured to me that someone with an amplifier that is more forward than my warmish Almarro 318B might find the more mid hall sound of the Tektons a slightly better match. The VTL IT85 amps and the Cayin A88T are two of my favorite amps... | |
| Zu Druids compared to Tekton Lore Speakers ADDITIONAL BASS INFORMATION FOR THE LORE SPEAKERS: Since the bass from the Tektons seemed a little disproportinale and ever so slightly uncontrolled, I called a friend who used to build speakers and he told me to look into the ports and see how mu... | |
| Zu Druids compared to Tekton Lore Speakers I meant to write down that my CD player is a Jolida 601a tube CD player. This player is a diamond in the rough and in my opinion in my system it bested all other Jolida players and expensive offerings by Cary, Ayon, Audio Note and others. The bett... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? As verified by the sonic signature of sound changing obviously with power cables, not just digital cables, changes to the electricity itself must occur from the material that it is going through. | |
| Cayin A88T - My Favorite Amp Out of Numerous - FYI The Cayin A88T worked very well with some Dali Helicons and Spendor 8Se Speakers. The Spendors seemed slightly warmer than the Dalis, although both are beautiful sounding speakers. You get something and you loose something. Its all matter of prefe... | |
| Cayin A-88t vs. Almarro A318B The Almarro has warmer lusher mids, and the Cayin is more dynamic. The Cayin mids are also very good, just not equal to the lushest ever mids with the Almarro. Choosing between the two depends on your preference and speakers needs and the overall ... |