rodman99999

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Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track
     Saw/heard many, back in the day, but: never desired/owned one.      Still believe it to be an ingenious use for the Mobius Strip. Can’t think of another application*, outside of some obsolete typewriter ink carts, computer tapes and conveyo... 
System that sounds so real it is easy to mistaken it is not live
     People have been fooled for for quite a few decades.                                   Even by Edison! ie:  https://phonographia.com/Factola/Edison%20Tone%20Tests.htm  
Do speaker cables really make a difference ?
     Science loves me          This I know      'Cause my textbooks            Tell me so         But my mind     To my ears belongs         They are right   The books are wrong    Yes: Science loves me    Yes: Science loves me          ... 
Do your speakers bite??
      One primary reason I left Maggies behind, for Clayton Shaw's wares: they never reproduced the, "bite" (and attendant goosebumps), I knew existed and missed in many electric guitar solos.  
Vintage tube sound from a modern amp
     If one seeks a warmer, more romantic (colored) presentation from the typical tube amp, whether newer or older: try NOS tubes manufactured in Britain (ie: Mullard, Brimar, Genelex) especially in the amp's early stages.      For a sound somewh... 
Source for resistors for an acoustech/sutherland phono preamp
     Plus a BIG ONE for ordering from Michael Percy AND, "high quality"!      For a pittance: he was matching components to within 1% tolerance for me.      Began our transactions 20+ years ago and never a moment's disappointment.              ... 
To all our Veterans here, Thank You!
And: yesterday was the USMC's 247th birthday, as well.                             SEMPER FI  
Stored, used, crossover capacitor burn in / reforming time
@jim94025 -      Please: report back with your impressions, whatever they may be.  
Boutique caps in oil... reliable?
@charles1dad -      When @roxy54 mentioned Audio Note, it rang a bell in my empty head and I did a little search.      Mr Qvortrup also started using Black Gates back in the 80's      Beside that tidbit: the following is an interesting article:... 
Boutique caps in oil... reliable?
@charles1dad - What makes the Blackgate capacitors special ?      I can state, as a certainty, when they were used to upgrade existing electrolytics: the component's performance was enhanced.  In my experience: very few ever disputed that.   ... 
Boutique caps in oil... reliable?
     btw: It's been a few years (at least eight) since those Duelunds were replaced.                      Still: wonderful reproduction/no need for Pampers.  
Boutique caps in oil... reliable?
      Back when they were a couple hundred bucks each; I replaced the four coupling caps, in my tubed monoblocks, with Duelund's .22uF 630V, CAST PIO, pure Cu foil's.       Within six months I noticed a tiny puddle under one of the amps and calle... 
Cable burn in
      Anyone needing a rationale for experimenting with new cables in their system and/or feeling dissuaded by the Church of Denyin'tology's antiquated electrical doctrines: take heart!      Many new electrical facts have been established in the ... 
tube burn mcintosh pre-ampIs
     Here are just a few sentences (verbatim), from a letter that Brent Jesse includes, when you receive tubes purchased from him:      "New tubes need a break-in period before they can exhibit their true sonic character when used in audio circui... 
Clearaudio Concept and Audio Technica AT6006R tonearm lifter???
     My first Safety Raiser cost me $19.95 and treated my Unitrac arm very gently, for 30 years.      Ten years ago it got a bit too energetic, so: found a NOS/NIB replacement and paid $129.00 (gladly).     The box still had the $19.95 tag on it....