rodman99999
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| effect of speakers in the corner YES- You will be reinforcing your low freqs, with corner placement. These may help, if the effect is less than pleasing: (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Charcoal-Acoustic-Foam-Base-Absorbers-Traps-8pk-/260929001000?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=ite... | |
| six year old 6sn7's, pushing my luck? Mr D- Absolutely NOT interested in anything from China! Happy listening. | |
| six year old 6sn7's, pushing my luck? If you throw a frog in hot water; it will try to escape immediately. Raise the temp, a degree at a time, over an extended period; it will complacently remain, and boil to death(in agreement with Tubegroover). Get some NOS tubes, try them, and I'll... | |
| copper slug Mr C- You are right and wrong. The cost of copper is pretty high, compared to most other metals(scrap is fluctuating between $2 & $3 a pound, lately). Thus, grounding/earth rods are available in solid and plated versions: (http://www.krispettl... | |
| What is your listening level? I get to hear LOTS of live music(nothing symphonic), every week. Playing back recordings at less than realist levels gets old, to me, QUICK! SO- I'm with Unsound on this one. Here's a little something that might be of interest: (http://www.digido.... | |
| Ray Samuels F117 Nighthawk vs. PS Audio GCPH Mr F- Remove the screws in the bottom of the unit. The cover can then be spread slightly, and slid off the chassis. The fuse in installed in a simple snap-in holder. Piece of cake! | |
| The Irrational But Efficacious CD Tweak I bought a cheap($59.00) DVD player and have used the Ayre disc, playing the Pink, White and Brown Noise tracks(on repeat), to burn in numerous pieces of gear and interconnects/cabling. Just another way the disc has proven useful to me(beside the ... | |
| Any Caviar Fans Here? My favorite roe purveyor:(http://paramountcaviar.com/ContactUs.aspx) Actually, I am a PETA fanatic(People for the Eating of Tasty Animals), BUT- NOT a fan of the wanton destruction of any species. BTW- Salmon roe has one of the highest Omega 3 con... | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade yogi- Here you will find a copy of the VPI manual: (http://vpiindustries.com/files/HW-19MK-3%20MANUAL%20MAT.pdf) You'll note that the spindle is mounted in the CHASSIS, and the platter(or course) is inserted on it. Further: "plinth" is defined as ... | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade Mr SS- I was referring to the Mk IV chassis, that VPI offers as an upgrade. It's one piece(no armboard). | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade Per a recent conversation with VPI: The was an, "early" Mk II, frosted acrylic platter, and the, "later" acrylic/lead Mk II & III platter which you own. Regarding the springs, vs the pucks: Some prefer one over the other. The low cost allows f... | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade Mr SS- I'm at a loss as to what is meant by a, "one piece plinth". The HW19 plinth is the wooden bottom, to which the feet are attached, and they are all, "one piece". It's a simply thing to drill the Mk IV chassis for your tonearm, and, staying w... | |
| Ray Samuels F117 Nighthawk vs. PS Audio GCPH If you do go with the PS Audio; install a HI-FI Tuning Supreme fuse and use a Zu Audio Mother(or other heavy gauge/high quality) cord. You'll be very pleasantly surprised at the transformation. The units already contain fast recovery rectifiers,an... | |
| VPi HW 19 jr upgrade The Mk III or IV's steel and acrylic chassis, is a definite improvement, over the Jr's. You can buy a one piece, MK IV sub-chassis, from VPI for $300.00: (http://www.vpiindustries.com/static.php?page=HW-19) Add a SAMA for $400.00(or build your own... | |
| Lifespan of a quality solid state amplifier? In 1981; I bought a Hafler DH500(kit), to power the woofers of my biamped system(I was a Hafler dealer, at the time). Gave it to my son, 15 years ago, when I bought a Hafler Trans*nova 9505, to replace it(same purpose). He recently sold it to anot... |