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| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil You're right! That should teach me to do math in my head. I dropped a digit. Of course that makes the issue of the value of the cap even less significant sonically. With tube gear where the input impedance is typically 100K or more, a 0.68uf c... | |
| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil The sound character of the particular output capacitor will have a much greater effect than the different measured cutoff frequency with a 100K load (23 vs 8 Hz). For example, a Mundorf Silver/Gold/Oil sounds “thin” regardless of cutoff frequency... | |
| Preamp Output Capacitor: Mundorf Supreme vs. Supreme Silver Oil AG, not necessarily. A 0.68uf cap into a 100K loaf will have a rolloff that is -3 dB at 23 Hz. That is not going to sound “thin” on most systems. The 2uf cap extends the -3 dB freq to 8 Hz. There would be virtually no sonic difference between ... | |
| Monoblock power amps same dedicated outlet? You should certainly try it both ways—amps in single outlet vs separate outlets—-and reach your own conclusions. Each system may react a little differently. In my system, using tube monoblocks, the sound with separate outlets is slightly brighter... | |
| Denon DL-103 and Audio Note AN-S2 SUT problem Is the SUT new? If so it needs some significant playing time to break in, and it could easily sound bass shy in the early hours. Also, if it is new, you presumably bought it from an AN dealer in which case you should discuss the problem with the... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses Falconquest, let us know what you decide to do.Not to derail things further, but I wanted to clarify that my 15" woofers are actually Jensens (the model used in the Jensen Imperial horn), not Altecs. | |
| Daedalus Ulysses I am not surprised that a number of Daedalus owners disagree with my characterization. As I said before, many people love Daedalus speakers, but some do not.My suggestion is that you listen carefully to a pair of Daedalus speakers (any model) bef... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses “Plastic sounding bass” is a bit ambiguous I understand but that’s the term that pops into my mind when I hear Daedalus speakers. “Synthetic” is another term. Perhaps this relates to the cone material or perhaps to some unevenness in the respons... | |
| Daedalus Ulysses I just spent 30 minutes typing a post which disappeared when I tried to post it. Grrrr!! I will try again later. | |
| Daedalus Ulysses I have heard the Ulysses a couple times in different settings and other Daedalus models many times at shows, most recently at the CAF yesterday. I would say the Daedalus sound is an acquired taste. Some people love them; others don’t. I am in t... | |
| DIY Phono Loading Plugs Question The phono input loading resistors are very critical sonically. The very best sounding in my experience are Audio Note 2w Silver Tantalums. Second best are nude Vishay bulk foils. Each is pretty expensive but well worth it in my opinion. | |
| Amazing Service from Galibier Turntables Thom is indeed one of the good guys in this business. He is genuinely concerned about giving his customers the best advice even when this means a product he doesn’t sell. I bought my Galibier Gavia back in 2004 and it quickly became a permanent ... | |
| SUT's -Looking for one with some meat on the bones Sell the D7’s and buy a pair of Spendor Classic speakers. I used SP100’s for over 15 years and they are very satisfying. SP 1/2e or 2/3e have some similar qualities. Avoid the R series because they mark the move away from the Classic sound and ... | |
| what's a good fm tuner? Another vote for the Sansui TU-717. Excellent RF performance and very good audio sound quality. Much better sound than my old Magnum Dynalab FT-101. | |
| How many amps do you own? I have 3 pairs of monoblock amps: Emotive Audio Vita amps (push pull KT-120), DIY 46 single ended, and DIY push pull 6L6. They all sound good although quite different from each other. I tend to swap one set out for another every few weeks. |