ptmconsulting
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| Front port vs Rear port Front ports can be audible in some cases. I personally like rear ports, or better yet, rear slotted ports to avoid any chuffing at all. | |
| Does a tube preamp warm up sound of SS amp? Personally I would probably stay away from a Bryston with Maggie's. Sure they have the power and the current to drive them, but they won;t have the bloom or beauty that make Maggie's special. You're already thinking this way by asking the question... | |
| What stands for Mag 3.6's work well? There may be a few 3.6's (hopefully with Mye's included) coming up for sale in the next 6-12 months now that the 3.7's have been announced and are getting good reviews. | |
| I think I am going to attempt to make turntatbles There are essentially 2 schools of thought on TT design. Low mass-high rigidity, and high mass. High mass is probably easier for a DIY'er to handle since there's little additional "tuning" that is required for a low mass design, and therefore is l... | |
| What amplifier should I get with Mag 3.6? Pairing an amp with Maggie's is always about some kind of compromise. The mids and top sound amazing and bloom with tubes, but most tube amps can't control the bass. Pairing a powerful solid state amp with them controls the bottom and tightens the... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? Here's a thread discussion thread (sorry, I couldn't resist) but there are others and some that have on-line sources quoted.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1264987921&openfrom&1&4#1 | |
| Class D amps and Revel Salons TAS has a review of a recent show where the Revel's were paired with a class D amp. Their comment was that the speakers must be very transparent because the sound coming out of them was a typical Class D kind of sound (read, not natural and not co... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? If you have an SDS then there is one other thing I can highly recommend that you try. Get rid of that vibration prone VPI rubber belt and find some silk thread. Tie a basic knot in the ends and use that instead. You will definitely have to adjust ... | |
| McCormack DNA .5? Do I need more power? I tried my old McCormack DNA.5 on a set of Maggie 3.5's. It sounded good, with a tighter bass than the ARC gear in the showroom. But it didn't have that tube bloom that the ARC provided and made the Maggie's sound magical. Of course the bass was p... | |
| Your homemade tweaks? That was my McCormack for sale. Please notice that the Moretite on the caps is around the bottom, where they attach to the board. This helps bond them to the board without glue and makes their physical placement firmer and more stable, resulting i... | |
| VPI motor - upgrade to 300 rpm? You can easily pick up a new Hurst motor on the web. You don't even have to go through VPI to get it.On another note, I believe there was some discusison about which motor was actually better. Something to do with the cogging effect, since the num... | |
| Good tube preamp for McCormack DNA 500??? I use mine with an Audioprism Mantissa. Unfortunately these are out of production for quite some time and rarely become available for resale, but if you see one I would jump on it. | |
| Fun Little Project for improving Dynamics Believe it or don't believe it. Try it or don't try it. Open minded or closed minded. It's no skin off my nose. I can hear an effect, sometimes good, sometimes bad. Not an illusion at all.I performed a test for a fellow audiophile this weekend whe... | |
| Fun Little Project for improving Dynamics Picked up some very small tumbled Amethyst, cleaned them and put them in small baggies and draped them over my power cords. There is a definite and distinct audible difference. If you are one of the ones making fun of this then you haven;t actuall... | |
| Melody Gardot - My one and only thrill Yup - just got a copy over Christmas and it is one sonic splendor and very enjoyable music. |