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| Mo' money. Mo' problems. Wow, the 7 Tips by zd542 are right on the money! These should be posted somewhere as a "sticky" and re-read often. I especially agree with the linestage tip. The linestage is the single most important component and often the most difficult to get ... | |
| Best EL34 reissue? Another vote for Genalex reissue KT-77's which can be substituted for EL34's. The KT-77's sound the best of any modern EL34 type to my ears at least, and they are very rugged and relatively cheap. I also second the recommendation of Jim McShane. H... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring, I haven't experimented with Wimas. Back in the days when I had ARC preamps I listened to Wimas because they were used extensively in the ARC power supplies, but I wouldn't draw any conclusions from that----too many other variables.On y... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Regismc, very interesting! Have you tried the s/g/o plus CuTF combination as a coupler as opposed to power conditioner? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Grannyring, I have used Mundorf Supreme (regular version, not the Silver, Silver/Oil or Silver/Gold/Oil) in my speaker crossovers for several years. I find it to be a very nice sounding musical cap but with some fairly obvious tonal colorations. I... | |
| Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction Thank you Tbg. Your reviews of the Zilplex are why I am presently leaning in that direction. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any tonal irregularities being introduced. | |
| Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction Tbg, When the bowls are placed at the optimum places, do you notice any change in tonal balance? For instance, is there any brightening or accentuation of the treble? Or possibly some leaning out of the bass?I have started experimenting with some ... | |
| Can a tiny silver bowl affect music reproduction Tbg, does Zilplex have any US dealers? | |
| Is a tube phono better than ss? Nice story Ralph. I'm not sure whether it means active EQ is always inferior though. My everyday tube phono uses passive eq and does not have any negative feedback, but I also have a very conventional 12AX7 phono with RIAA in the feedback loop, an... | |
| Is a tube phono better than ss? I can't imagine life without a good tube phono preamp. Tubes seem uniquely good at preserving the subtle micro-dynamics that make LPs sound like live music.Now, about the so-called tube noise. I have to disagree respectfully with some of the poste... | |
| Upgradying Tube Preamp I agree with Jmcgrogan2. The linestage in my experience is the most critical piece of electronics in the system. In the past few decade I have had the privilege of trying out a mumber of Phono preamps, linestages and power amps. There were a numbe... | |
| What is your most beautiful component? My Emotive Audio Vita amplifiers with tiger maple bases. Picture is on my system page. | |
| aunt corey buffer preamp Interesting. I built one shortly after the article came out (the mag was Stereophile) and I thought it sounded too "transistory" even after a long burn in time. It didn't sound bad but didn't warrant the over-the-top excitement in Corey's writeup ... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil My crossover uses 4 resistors, all in the high-pass circuit (tweeter crossover). Two of them are an attenuation network immediately following the actual crossover components (one cap and one choke since it's a 2d order crossover). I use a Mills 12... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I have tried standard Duelund resistors in my speaker crossovers, but not CAST. I don't believe there was a higher grade of Duelund resistors available when I bought mine but I could be wrong.In any case, the standard Duelund resistor is a mixed b... |