rodman99999
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| Has anyone ever had to repair a Magnaplanar? Magnepan hasn’t used UV-sensitive glue, to attach their voice coils and Mylar, for quite some time. It’s been decades, but- I’ve resecured both SMGa and MG12 voice coils with (old style/water activated) Gorilla Glue, applied VERY sparingly w... | |
| Should a stereo soundstage be 3D or 2D? The best way to test your system, for accurate (faithful to whatever’s on your media, at least) sound stage reproduction: https://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_ledr.php Also available, on the following Chesky CD, along ... | |
| “TAD” Tubes Another chi-com knock-off. https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/vacuum-tube-6550a-str-tube-amp-doctor-premium-selected | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: btw: The bulk of your post is spot on, but- has nothing to do with the word. Though, I suppose, another suffix could be added to connote degrees of involvement (ie: audiophile1 thru 10, audiophilish thru audiophilest, et... | |
| You know you are an Audiophile when: If one has a, "fondness" for, "sound"; they’ve literally fulfilled the definition. Audio = (noun) sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced ....Phile = (combining form) denoting fondness for a specifi... | |
| can i use a ortofon black quintet mc cartridge with my mac mc 712 phono stage? The C712 has a Phono Stage, designed for MM carts. The Quintet Black is a Moving Coil, with too low an output (.3 mV), to work properly. With an SUT: yes. Otherwise: an external phono stage with enough gain for a LOMC cart, int... | |
| Does it improve the sound of a MM or MI cartridge by playing it through a phono stage? Actually; your system’s line inputs might have enough gain, to allow for the playing of music, with some carts. This, absolutely essential, factor is what you’d be lacking, without a phono stage: https://sessionville.com/articles/wha... | |
| Speaker popularity You're welcome. Happy listening! | |
| Speaker popularity Surprised no one’s mentioned, "The Wood Effect", which is the term used to define what you’ve described. This article offers some details (about half way down the page): https://www.stereophile.com/content/absolute-issues-page-2 More, he... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth Speaking of pressure which (obviously) has much to do with our styli wear, and water (just an interesting topic): https://www.uraca.com/en/infocenter/know-how/water-jet-cutting-function/ | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth http://www.pspatialaudio.com/stylus_wear.htm | |
| 6x4 rectifier question Just a suggestion: NOS Mullards are typically the best sounding (according to most opinions) and longest lasting rectifiers, extant. Especially; those from the Blackburn plant. ie: http://tctubes.com/Mullard-EZ90-6X4-t... | |
| Help Match Cables To Gear Please Not looking to adopt a Grandfather, are you? I know of one, that’s available. He’s got power cords, too! House trained, for the most part.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | |
| Help Match Cables To Gear Please I fully understand your perspectives and agree. It certainly sounds as if you've got the juice, to accomplish your goals (double entendre intended). If I were thus situated, I'd build a house, designed with the Golden Ratio in mind, ... | |
| Help Match Cables To Gear Please @ alford_r35 - As a proponent of better interconnects, PCs and speaker cables: I have to admit doubt, as to whether upgrading from Canare speaker cables would make an audible difference, in your particular application. That’s regardless of h... |