rodman99999
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| Mono VS Stereo Apparently you don't attend many live acoustic concerts, or(if you do) pay for very good seating. Anyone seated in the better seats can even "hear" the hole in the middle of the orchestral seating arrangement. That's given a decent acoustic to sta... | |
| Mono VS Stereo To each his own! | |
| polarity questions Quite a number of the recordings we purchase(digital or analog) are pressed out of phase. At recording venues, much equipment/many microphones are out of phase with each other unless care is taken to insure otherwise.(facts of life) Don't get me w... | |
| Walker High-Def Links v. Cell Phone EMI-RFI Lokie- If a cellphone can do this for a steak, just think what it will do for your head: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=przkFZJSkOc&feature=related) Talk about an "upgrade"! | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt "High-End" relative to YOUR discernment. The Behringers Behr-ly sound like music in a professional application(when they work). That's why I'll only install/recommend them for my won't-budge-cheapskate venue or musician customers. Have fun with yo... | |
| Are "good" cables needed for vintage system? You may as well extract as much music from your present equipment as possible. Find some used Kimber PBJs, in here or on eBay. When you improve the rest of your system, you'll have a head start. The PBJs outperform many more expensive interconnect... | |
| Crackling coming from Right Speaker - Help Just start with the smaller(dual triode: 12AX7/6SN7) tubes. Not that it would really matter which you happened to tap on first, but those seem more disposed to the type of sound you described. | |
| Crackling coming from Right Speaker - Help Before you do anything else: Next time you hear the crackle, tap each of the tubes in that channel with the eraser end of a pencil. It the sound gets worse, or disappears- you've found your culprit. Start with the driver/phase splitter tubes, as t... | |
| US only sales WHY??? I'm not aware of any import duties, value added taxes, customs papers that have to be filled out or customs inspections on items coming in to the U.S. from elsewhere. I've puchased vacuum tubes, and other small items, from W. Germany, Australia, C... | |
| ordering from Michael Percy Audio I've been ordering parts from Michael for over 15 years, and have yet to be disappointed. He's a one man operation, and doesn't notify anyone when/if he leaves his desk for any length of time(ie: vacation/illness). I generally call (530-470-8650) ... | |
| Best Digital Coax for Tube System under $300 (http://www.cs1.net/products/canare/LV-77S_digital_audio.htm) | |
| Need to finally replace my 8TC, but with what? Everyone will have a different opinion of what is "better", based on their personal preferences. I've found that every step up in the Kimber product line(whether interconnects or speaker cables) has delivered exactly what you are seeking(more of t... | |
| EMF/RFI isolation with aluminum sheet metal Find the TI Shield(what I use) on page 14 of this catalog: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) Digital equipment puts out much interference. If it weren't important with regards to your power supply/cords; there wouldn't be any audible improve... | |
| Someone can better BAT? Or not? WHATTA CROCK!! | |
| solder-Eutechnic,Wonder,WBT?? Percy has been my source for Wonder Wire and Wonder Solder in the past, and yes- he does list Signature in his latest catalog: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf). |