salectric
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| Ocellia Silver Reference Interconnects Charles, I didn't actually own all those cables. Most of them were ones I auditioned courtesy of The Cable Company. The Audio Note cable belongs to my son so I was able to use it for a few days when he was visiting. The only one I actually bought ... | |
| Ocellia Silver Reference Interconnects Jet,I can strongly recommend the Ocellia Reference. I use a set between my phono preamp and linestage, and they are the best sounding cable I have tried in that spot. I haven't heard the Kondo but a few years ago I tried Audio Note AN-Vx as well a... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil JT2, maybe you will have more success than I did, but just so you know I have tried sll sorts of caps as bypass caps including Mundorf S/O, S/G/O, Sonicap Platinum, Dynamicap, Infinicap, CAST, V-Cap TFTF, silver micas, Russian Teflon, polystyrenes... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil "I think we are all exploring different ways to get the sound we want." Well said Jet. Which cap sounds best will vary depending on the particular application and the particular listener. In my case, I have settled on a mix of Copper V-Caps (CuTF)... | |
| Genalex Gold Lion KT-77 Compatibility Question Your amp most likely has cathode-bias whereby the cathodes are connected to ground via a fairly large value resistor. The current flowing through that resistor causes a voltage drop which the grid "sees" as a negative voltage relative to the catho... | |
| Genalex Gold Lion KT-77 Compatibility Question What amp is it? Is the bias adjustable?I have used the same quad of Genalex KT-77s in two push-pull amps for several years, and they have been very stable and reliable. Not one problem. I run them at 50ma per tube. If yours are red, it sounds like... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... I just listened to the Paul Desmond/Ed Bickert LP recommended by Oregonpapa. Very nice! Thanks for the recommendation. If you like Ed Bickert, let me recommend another live recording where he is featured----The Bob Brookmeyer Small Band on the Gry... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Oregonpapa, Thanks for the Paul Desmond Artists House LP recommendation. That's one I didn't have so I bought it. Ebay is great for old jazz LPs! | |
| ATC scm40 or Spendor A9 I second the recommendation to try some Spendor Classic series speakers. I have had my Spendor SP100s since 2001, and for my tastes they are some of the most natural sounding speakers I have ever heard. | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Oregonpapa, Nice to hear that Sue Raney is still performing. I only heard her live one time which was around 1990 at a small club outside DC called Cate's. (Alas Cate's is no more.) I have a number of Sue's LPs but my very favorite recording is a ... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... I love Sue Raney! She is one of my all-time favorite vocalists. Which album were you referring to? Was it perhaps Sue Raney Sings the Music of Johnny Mandel? That album is probably the best sounding of the ones I have. | |
| Tonearm wiring termination---DIN, or RCA jacks? I agree with the 1-piece wire approach whereby a single high-quality tonearm wire extends from the cartridge clips to the RCA plugs going into the preamp (or SUT). Mesch asked if any commercial tonearms do this, and the answer is Definitely! Each ... | |
| Is your tube amp really a tube amp? You can add AC for the heaters as a requirement for an all-tube amp. Otherwise you need solid-state diodes for a DC supply. | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Cable is certainly important no question about that. And that means cable everywhere including the wires inside components. I recently replaced the Cardas wiring inside my Siggwan tonearm with 1877 Phono wire. The new wire is still breaking in but... | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring By "tonearm mount mod" do you mean the 2-bolt mounting sled as opposed to the 1-bolt cantilevered armboard? If so, yes, I went to the 2-bolt sled a couple years ago. Right now I have my Siggwan arm on the old 1-bolt armboard while waiting for a lo... |