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| Top resistors I need to supplement or correct my earlier post about PathAudio resistors. After a very lengthy breakin period (I wasn't keeping track but I have been using them for a couple of months), the PathAudios do sound really good. The issues I had with a... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Good move Granny! I think you will like the PathAudios a lot but be sure to give them a long run in before drawing any conclusions. Mine were initially rather dark in the highs with subdued dynamics and a small, recessed soundstage. But after a fe... | |
| NY Audio Show September 26th to September 28th I have heard the Volti Vittoras several times at the Capital Audio Fest and in Denver a couple years ago. To my ears they sounded best with the designer's own 2A3 SE amps which are a DIY design called the Horus Silver. See:http://www.magnequest.co... | |
| Basis Audio Super Arm 9 So how much does the SA9 cost? And has anyone compared it to a current version Triplanar? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil By "tame" the tweeter, do you mean to sweeten or smooth the highs? If so I suspect the PathAudio would be the better choice, although I haven't actually tried it in a series role like that. A CAST would probably sound rather bright and not as clea... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil One other thing. As you probably know, the PathAudio resistor has 3 leads. The extra wire is for a grounding shield. So far I haven't had much luck with the ground connection. My comments are based on using it without the ground shield. After I am... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring, I have compared PathAudio and CAST resistors in my high-pass crossover. They both sound good but quite different. I only have one value of PathAudio which means I have only tried it in one spot but it's a critical place---the shunt sid... | |
| Amplifier specs, does they matter? A spec showing that power doubles as the impedance drops from 8 to 4 and then from 4 to 2 may be misleading. I recall a Stereophile test report a few years back of some high-powered solid-state amp, perhaps a Classe, whose ratings indicated just s... | |
| Looking for Altec 604E Horn Check with Great Plains Audio. They are the go-to folks for repairs and parts for vintage Altecs. | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring, I completely agree with you about the importance of the shunt components. In my case, I have 2 shunt parts in the crossover itself---a shunt coil on the high frequency driver and a shunt cap on the woofer. Each of these is critical son... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil New Duelund CAST caps installed in my speakers today. These are for the woofer shunt caps in a 2d order crossover. Even stone cold, they trounce the Mundorf Supreme caps that were previously my favorite for that spot. The excellent midrange detail... | |
| Top resistors Interesting Audioman, maybe I need to run in my PathAudio resistors some more. I was not so pleased with their sound compared to Duelund CAST resistors, but I doubt that I had anything close to 100 hours before I removed them. My main complaints a... | |
| Suggestions? Tubed linestage pre-amp?? A used Emotive Audio Sira would be an excellent choice and is in your budget. | |
| Your favourite recording label? PabloStashConcord | |
| Spendor SP 100/R2 and Harbeth 40.1 - impressions? Good to hear that you like the big Spendors so much Classact. Two questions for you---What type of stand are you using? and what type of jumper wire are you using (assuming you aren't biwiring)?I have both Sound Anchors and Skylan stands and they ... |