rodman99999
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| one large cap, or a few added up? An excellent source for high quality caps, and Michael will also match your caps to within 1%: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) I've used DynamiCaps in Maggies with great results. auriCAPs are also an excellent cap: (http://www.partsconnexi... | |
| centering the human voice That can be a big problem. System balance should be checked with a mono signal. You might also find these test CDs of great value: (http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&EAN=90368003720&ourl=Chesky%2DRecords%2DJazz%2DSampl... | |
| centering the human voice You ARE trying to center the voice, while the system in "MONO" mode, right? | |
| Looking For A Remote Controlled Phase Inverter You'd lose more resolution by inserting contacts and another pair of interconnects, than you are listening to the percentage of recordings you own that were recorded out of phase. My BAT VK-D5 has a phase inversion feature. There are only a few di... | |
| Variac differences and use You're right, and I've always considered the caps that were manufactured long enough ago to present a problem, inferior to current ones(whatever the year I was working on unit). I always replaced/upgraded the capacitance when doing a PS, or recomm... | |
| Need info on Beveridge RM-2 power supply please Rodger Modjeski designed the amplifier (RM-1) for the original Beveridge speakers:(Roger@ramlabs-musicreference.com) Rick Beveridge , the son of Harold Beveridge, has started Beveridge back up: (rbev@bevaudio.com) One of them could surely offer so... | |
| Variac differences and use I guess I've been extremely lucky all these years. The First Tube amp I built was a Dynakit ST-70. Their instructions(upon assembly completion)were to first test the voltages out of the power transformer, then insert the rectifier and test the vol... | |
| Anybody ever heard of EVI 6922 tubes? Perhaps you're thinking of these: (http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store/showProduct.cgi?id=502), which are the best current production 6922s. | |
| Synergistic Research active shielding question Gfroman- You might try contacting this seller: (http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?powrcabl&1250953807&/Synergistic-Research-X2-Series), And see if he's still got one of the used MPCs that he mentioned. I've seen the MPCs on eBay, quit... | |
| Synergistic Research active shielding question You can also dab some nail polish or enamel paint on the LED, to block the light. | |
| cable burn-in / system burn-in Obviously, given the dynamics of dielectric absorption; if a cable or capacitor is unused for a length of time, the energy absorbed by the dielectric will fully discharge. When put back into service, the dielectric will have to reach it's target(o... | |
| cable burn-in / system burn-in Lessloss- You apparently didn't read anything I posted. A dielectric will only charge to a degree, then it stops. That can be predicted, and therefore a cable or capacitor can be "voiced". I also stated that it's only part of the issue of burn in.... | |
| cable burn-in / system burn-in Any interconnect or cable will have as a component of it's construction, a dielectric. Cables/wires will also have a measurable capacitance, for a given length(they act, to a degree, as a capacitor). Other than a vacuum(the best dielectric) and ai... | |
| Suggestions for 'filling the port' of bass reflex The bonded dacron that I suggested will turn some of the acoustic energy in the port to thermal energy, and thereby damp it's resonance. Done correctly(not crushed or tightly packed), it won't impede the woofer's motion. It certainly will not dama... | |
| 5AR4 rectifier tubes - Chinese or Russian? I would invest in high quality, NOS small signal tubes first as well(like some good Amperex). They(the tubes in the signal path) will always provide the biggest bang for the buck. Still- Why would you want to rob yourself of all that the unit coul... |