reb1208
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| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp Tobes,The RTX at 1uf is physically a large capacitor and IME the larger value RTX caps tend to have a noticeable bass overhang. RTX is best used IMO in smaller values ie .15UF-.22uf as bypass capacitors. Your best of using the Mundorf full range a... | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp PPMFX is a very good base value capacitor by itself. Dont believe every shoot out that comes along on the internet. Bypassing that cap with an RTX or Russian FT-1 Teflon gets you excellent sound for little money outlay. | |
| RCA cables silver,gold or copper whats better? Hybrids. UP-OCC copper and silver in the same cable. Stranded and solid core wires of various awg. No single metal can "do it all". | |
| Top resistors Johnss: Which Vishay bulk foil are you referring to?The Vishay S102C (non nude version) I tried in the signal path in a direct coupled position between amplification stages. This resistor is highly colored in that it strips music of harmonics resu... | |
| Top resistors PRP- Incoherent, unrefined, opaque with an emphasis on frequencies in the upper mids > lower treble. | |
| Top resistors I'm bumping up this thread as I just completed a comparison of resistors in the gridleak position of a tube pre-amp. The contenders:Vishay S102CTc TX2575Dale RN65Takman ReyShinko TantalumHolco (old stock)Caddock USF340 (TF020)Generic Metal FilmPRP... | |
| Slam possible with Tubes instead of SS ?? The official sensitivity rating for the Snell C/V is 90db @ 1 meter with 2.83vrms. Nominal impedance 8 ohms, minimum 5 ohms. | |
| Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus? One bout 4 years ago, recovered after an 8 month period(hell on Earth) of being very careful about exposing my ears to loud sounds (all types). Re-emergence 2 months ago after stupidly playing music too loudly for extended periods of time. One nig... | |
| Is it okay to talk around your speakers? I'd be very careful if you have any house plants nearby. The plants may become violent out of jealousy and let your room fill up with C02. | |
| Tell the truth How often do you clean your gear? As needed. | |
| Fun Little Project for improving Dynamics April fools in October. | |
| musical fidelity trivista 21 vs raysonic cd128 Same experience as above. You should however probably buy the A5 cd player listed here for under $900.00 instead of the Trivista 21. | |
| I need a lower gain 12au7 for Mastersound Try the lower gain version of the 12AX7 as a 12AU7 sub, know as 5751. | |
| Silver vs cryogenic treated copper All good replies so far. What I use are hybrid designs. For interconnects- stranded Continuous Cast Copper + Soft Annealed solid core silver. Listen for yourself, and settle on what sounds "best" to you. | |
| Rega 700 rewire Nandric,Being that you appear to have DIY skills, then just install a DIN at the base. You can keep the internal arm wire as that is the least detrimental to the signal in stock form. Its the Klotz co-axial that absolutely has to go. |