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| 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... | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Ralph,Do you know if a wire upgrade is being offered for existing Triplanars? | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Stringreen, I would like to get the LP-S but, unless something has changed recently, it isn't available in the US. | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Looks like there are two threads running on this. Here's an edited version of what I posted on the other one:As you know, you already have a great sounding setup. I know this is true since I have a Galibier Gavia with Triplanar VII and Benz LP and... | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring Another option is to upgrade the Triplanar. I wasn't aware of this until today but Triplanar now has 3 models---the VII-U2 Classic, the VII-U2-SE, and the U-12. Both the SE version and the U-12 have a carbon fiber arm and silver wiring. | |
| Devore or Harbeths to replace my ESL63s? Thanks for the update Andrew. | |
| Triplanar vii - upgrade tonearm and ic wiring As you know, you already have a great sounding setup. I know this is true since I have a Galibier Gavia with Triplanar VII and Benz LP and it sounds very nice indeed. Putting aside cartridge issues, which tend to be rather personal, you might want... | |
| Thiel with "Warmest" Midrange? 2.7 vs 3.7 vs Older In my experience, Thiels need tubes. I had 3.6s for 8 years starting in 1993 and I was able to try a number of different amps on them including Classe DR-10 and CA300, high power Forte, a pair of custom 2A3 push-pull monos, push-pull 300Bs, Cary 4... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Reminder: Duelund CAST caps are quite sensitive to how they are mounted. In my experience, if the cap is lying flat on a wood surface, there are annoying colorations: a thick, excessively warm bass, and dark high frequencies. I have tried several ... | |
| Monty Alexander lp recommendations Another vote for Ivory and Steel. Lots of fun! I heard Monty Alexander about 20 years ago in a small club with no more than 40 people present. He puts on a great performance! | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. I bought a Benz LP that was described by the seller as "nearly new, not even fully broken in." I was skeptical but it turned out to be 100% true. From the other side of the table, I can vouch for the several used cartridges I have sold. They were ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Jet, I believe we are talking about the same thing when you say the CAST caps sound "dark" and I say they are "a bit lacking in air and high-frequency extension." I could hear this when I put the first one in but it became more of a problem when I... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Good idea Grannyring! Everything will be truly "warmed" up. |