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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.... 
Sad songs- We love them- We need them
The Very Thing That Makes You Rich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTJ3RQSa1PU Cheaper To Keep Her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDc-euX7ws Tied To The Whipping Post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvxRjYqjEQ Freebird https://www.youtub... 
How do you break in a preamp
@audphile1 -                                           +1  
How do you break in a preamp
@audphile1 -       I'll bet stanwine's pre is broken in by now.                Just a guess!                       😉  
Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording
@bdp24 -     During the playback of a track (whether in recording or mixing), the engineer will run his tape, A/B-ing the sound with that of a current best-selling song. He then manipulates the sound of his recording with a number of pieces of o... 
Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording
     Joe Morello's Zildjians, on my 60's, Columbia pressing of Time Out (Take Five) and Mick Fleetwood my first (1977) Nautilus pressing of Rumours (Dreams).       A good LP for telling if a system is resolving (ie: between Paiste and Zildjian, a... 
Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording
@bdp24 -                                                                 +1        Gotta wonder: how many can tell the difference (in sound) between, say Turkish and chinese Zildjians?        Between a Paiste and Zildjian, or whether it's got r... 
This place is getting sloooooooweeeerrr......
No problems here, but then: I have a 20 year old IBM ThinkPad (Adblock Plus, >375Mbps upload/download speed & SSD may be helping, though).  
Technics SU-G700 and Acoustats ?
             Good catch!      A number of Class D amps have feedback loops and output filters; that will handle the earlier ESLs, with their high capacitance and low impedance @ high freq loads.      Much depends on how those are configured and ...