rodman99999
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| Tube el34 Contact Kevin at Upscale Audio, tell him what equipment you are using and your taste in reproduction(which varies widely, person to person) and he will hook you up. His matching, testing, and burning in procedures are second to none(as is his cust... | |
| NOS vs New Production Tube Sanity Check Mullards(or any other Brit tube) will generally add warmth(too much coloration, IMO) to any system. BUT- many people like that sound, as can be witnessed by their popularity. No one that's posted thus far has compared any of the better NOS offerin... | |
| Building addition: cable runway recommendations Don't use anything made of a magnetic metal for conduit. Keep any AC power wiring at least 6" away from signal cables(unless they can be crossed at right angles). | |
| Suggestions for 'filling the port' of bass reflex Fabric and upholstery shops generally carry the stuff, as it's used in pillows, quilts, etc. Glad that it worked for you. Happy listening! | |
| Tube Amp Noise with Klipsch Cornwall II Just get some small signal tubes that are graded low noise(even if they are cheap ones), and see if that doesn't ameliorate the problem. If your sources are not tubed, chances are they are not generating any hiss. | |
| Tube Amp Noise with Klipsch Cornwall II The horns that Klipsch used are brutally efficient/bright, and any noise upstream(like the preamp section of the integrated) will be brought out without mercy. Replace the small signal tubes with "Platinum Graded" ones from Upscale Audio, ie: the ... | |
| Vibrating Woofer, old tubes? Some nice, high quality caps can be purchased here(other manufacturers can be found, bottom of page):(http://www.partsconnexion.com/t/catalog/CapacitorsElectrolytic.html) or here: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) I've found both suppliers t... | |
| Vibrating Woofer, old tubes? If I'm not mistaken; that unit is 15 to 18 years old(at least). Probably time to have the dual mono power supply filter caps replaced. | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... You won't be hurting anyone but yourself, in having ripped yourself off for the musical rewards. Even the better recording studios have discovered the audible benefits of upgrading power cords/cables in the recording/mastering chain. I suppose tha... | |
| Hertz Meter Reading Device I REALLY should have chosen my words more carefully there. Happy listening!! | |
| Hertz Meter Reading Device Fab4- The IEC standards on Redbook CDs included the frequency response of 20-20kHz. Read under, 'Technical Details' on this site(click on 'Red Book Audio CD Standard', bottom of page): (http://tripatlas.com/Red_Book) Like most other things in this... | |
| Hertz Meter Reading Device What you're looking for is called a 'Real Time' or 'Audio Spectrum' Analyzer(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Analyzer) You can get software for a computer now that will enable you to analyze the SPL output of your speakers, in your room, at... | |
| Why manufactures don´t burn in their amps and ... Rleff- I used to own a pair of Acoustat Model IIIs, and was just recently wondering if I would have heard any difference with some of the PCs I've got now. The voltage that electrostatics use is charging the speaker's diaphragm/membrane, and not p... | |
| Transmission line speakers Sanders had written some excellent/in depth articles on TLs and electrostatics that appeared in Speaker Builder mag, back in 1980(or so). Those were what led me to experiment with them and the(afore mentioned customer's) Acoustats. | |
| Transmission line speakers I sold the Acoustats some years back, when I no longer had a listening room big enough to let that system breathe(everything sounded best with 3' feet behind, 10' between, 4' open to either side of the panels, and nothing behind my seat for 15'). ... |