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| From tubes to solid state The problem with tubes is the tubes! Fifteen years ago I went wild on an ARC SP6 and had it on two chassis and voiced the thing around Sylvania ladder plate/rectangular Getter 12AX7s and Brimar 6DJ8s.....It was a wonderful unit, but the only thing... | |
| Information on Empirical Audio IC cables Tekunda, on a public forum you are not entitled to an opinion about any line you sell......The folks here will not believe you and you are doing your business more harm than good by finding fault in other cables regardless when the opinion was for... | |
| Outlet shoot out Tom, it isn't just the FIMs that lack coherency....Levitons are the worst about this followed by slot attachment P&S followed by the Hubbells...Don't know where the FIMs fit in here as haven't played with them.....Most folks won't hear it that... | |
| Outlet shoot out Hey Tom, gots too much thump in the FIMs? That is the problem I hear with most all the outlets out there where the thump and the squawk don't match up.....Guess that is why I like the ACMEs as much as I do....Enjoy... | |
| Outlet shoot out It is such a pain in the ass to break in outlets I haven't repeated the tests I made fifteen years ago with everything available then. Back then the Eagle spec grade made for True Value hardware and now out of print was by far the best sounding ou... | |
| Are all copper cables virtually oxygen free? Bomarc's answer is correct until he gets to the purity part of it and purity does make a measureable difference, but for lower resistance....Yes you can hear it as well.... | |
| technical explanation for cable direction? Ben Duncan measured the diode effects in wire and published this in Hifi News & Record Review a couple years ago if you need proof for directionality other than listening tests..... | |
| What controls/adjustments are needed for phono pre Can't believe Keith Herron would compromise and put an on-off switch on his unit, but guess it does use fire bottles :-)....We just have two power cords on our unit, one for each supply....There is no switch like no switch especially in or across ... | |
| Which comm. speaker mfgr. makes the best cabinet? Boats and fiberglass speakers both use what is known as a "plug" and the guy that does the plugs for boats also does them for boats.....Bought my Rockports in 1992 so wonder if W-B was first or if Dave Wilson with the Watt beat both Rockport and W... | |
| Which comm. speaker mfgr. makes the best cabinet? Rockport Technologies makes a decent molded cabinet out of .375" fiberglass on the outside, .375" fiberglass on the inside and then 2" of stuff that sets up similar to MDF between the two shells.....These are made in a boatyard in Maine..... | |
| How do you adjust tonearm damping? I set mine so the paddle is just touching the fluid, but have a different arm...... | |
| Best turntable for Eminent Technology arm I used an ET-2 on a Goldmund Studio about a hundred years ago and went to a Shreve Rabco on the Goldmund which was quite a bit better and then went crazy overboard after the divorce and bought a Rockport.....By God I sure showed her! | |
| Any scientific data on cable burn-in? Read Rolf Hummell, The Electrical Properties of Materials as he touches on break-in....Some manufacturers do break in signal wires fully (30 days 24/7) before delivery....Once broken-in fully the wires do not revert BTW.......Bob CrumpTG Audio/CTC... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables Mothra Research Unlimited has some cables that make anything else look like pipe cleaners.....go to www.mothraresearch.com and feast your eyes on these babies! | |
| Suspended vs. nonsuspended TT? Sayas, the Rega isn't quite like my Rockport, but using it with the $900 Machina Dynamica Nimbus active air base makes for a heck of a bargain....The Rega I heard in Austin sure didn't look like much, but on a wall shelf it was very very musical..... |