puffball08
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| Power Conditioners “I don't see why- ferroresonant transformers make a fair bit of noise in their output...”Noise attenuation120 dB common mode60 dB transverse modIs that a lot of noise on the output? | |
| Power Conditioners I’m surprised in this thread and some others no mention is made of Sola ferroresonant transformers. https://solahevidutysales.com/mcr_portable_series_power_conditioner.htmThey’re not sexy looking, they’re heavy, they buzz, they naturally run hot, ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Roy Montgomery “M” (Darkmotif Dancehall)The U-Men “X-Mas Concert At Interstate Mall / Live At Club Wow“ (semi-approved bootleg of live recordings by Pere Ubu, probably recorded at Pirate’s Cove on the edge of the beautiful Cuyahoga River in downto... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ...nose out of a book, ears warmed up. Listening to a modification, stepped attenuator, already liking what I hear, wonderful detail and soundstage. Now, on the table:The Pathetx “1981” (go motown!)Roy Montgomery “Last Year’s Man”The Prefab Mess... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Deerhoof “Future Teenage Cave Artists”Avengers “S/T” | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Deerhoof "Deerhoof vs. Evil"Caroliner "The Cooking Stove Beast"(the complete name for this version of musicians is: Caroliner Rainbow Susans and Bruisins) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Boxer...thanks for the Ubu ideaPere Ubu "The Modern Dance" Pere Ubu "New Picnic Time" (Jehovah’s Kingdom Comes!)Ten Years After "Watt"Ten Years After "Cricklewood Green" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Oops, totally out of it last night. I meant “Beth” Gibbons, not Ruth. Yikes! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Greetings slaw and boxer, been lurking about (can’t go anywhere) but reading more in the evening. Also doing upgrades to my old mono block amplifiers. Plus some long put off projects like a nice enclosure for some neat old GE/Yokogawa analog panel... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man “out of season”(yeah, that Beth Gibbons as in Portishead but without the electronics, ooo-la-la her voice)Ruth Anderson “Here.”Kamikaze Palm Tree “Goodboy” | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? As has been mentioned, components used by the builders has a profound effect on the sound coming from the speaker.The SE triode amplifier I’m currently using came in kit form allowing the luxury of not just tube rolling, but component rolling.Unfo... | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. This subject has appeared before.https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1892888But, I’ll bite again....I collect:Porcelain insulators, the electric pole variety (Victor, Fred M. Locke, A.B.Chance, Ohio Brass, Lapp, etc., etc.)Locomotive air horns, the r... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Boards of Canada "the campfire headphase"Boards of Canada "skam" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Espers “S/T”Espers “The Weed Tree”Mekons “The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen” [sic] | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts Ding-ding-ding-ding.....@dragon1952 nailed it. Succinct and to the point."But the bottom line is that no matter how much science and measurements you spew forth there is still too much that we haven’t learned yet, especially when it comes to what ... |