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Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought?
Beatles "Day Tripper" and the Stones "Paint It Black." Both were 45's and bought in 1966 or 67. 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Charles, what value cap did you use on your DAC output? Does it have copper braid leads or solid wire? 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Charles1dad, I agree with you 100%. More natural sound and less "hifi" hype is what we want. So far I would put the Duelund CAST caps in that category. The speaker crossover caps definitely. My only concern at this point concerns the .47uf CAST ca... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
I read the 10Audio review of Sonicap Gen 1 vs. Mundorf S/O vs. V-Cap OIMP caps. I certainly agree with his conclusion about the problems with bypass caps. I don't agree about Silver/oil sounding like Sonicap Gen 1, however. I have used Gen 1 caps ... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
I don't have any trouble seeing how important the woofer inductor (low-pass) is sonically. What surprised me was that the high-pass inductor is also very important. I tried a number of different chokes on my woofer before settling on the North Cre... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
I followed Volleyguy's lead regarding vintage chokes and swapped in some old Altec iron-core chokes from the late '70s or early '80s. They replaced Jantzen 15g. P-Core (ferrous powder) chokes as the shunt element in my high-pass crossover. The val... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
For another perspective, I avoid bypass caps whenever possible for the simple reason that I can always hear them. They add a discontinuity very similar to adding a super-tweeter to a full-range speaker system. There is a heightening of treble exte... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
Volleyguy1, That's interesting about the vintage inductor. While I am waiting for my 7.5uf CAST caps to break in, I plan on trying some old Altec iron core chokes in place of the Jensen choke in my high-pass crossover.I notice that no one in this ... 
Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil
My pair of 7.5uf CAST caps arrived today right on schedule. I will be trying them out this weekend as the main high-pass crossover cap in my high-efficiency speakers. It will replace a blend of 6.8uf Mundorf Supreme and 1.0uf Duelund CAST. That bl... 
The Divine your vinyl of the week
Some of my essentials include:Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra, Columbia CL 652 (recorded 1939-41)Gene Ammons--Light, Breezy and Moody, Mercury-Wing MGW 12156 (recorded 1947-48)Johnny Hartman--The Voice That Is, Impuls... 
Speaker Cables With SET Amps
Truly there is no one correct answer. In my case, my preferred speaker cable is the same with my 1-watt SET as with my 50 watt Push-Pull amps. So far my ancient Wireworld Eclipse has bested all others I've tried including Auditorium 23. And it is ... 
EL34 quad for LM Audio 211
I love the sound of my Genalex reissue KT77s. Full-bodied and warm, very good detail and dynamics. Plus long life and readily available. 
Need Recommended AMP for Spendor S100
I have SP100's which are pretty much the same as your S100's, and I have found the Spendors to be very easy to drive. I have used them with amps ranging from SET tube amps with 8 watts or less to, at the other extreme, a Classe CA300 with 300 watt... 
Who remembers the FULTON cables?
One important fact not mentioned above is that Fulton's cables all came in precise lengths which were multiples of 57" (plus a small fraction). This was true of both interconnects and speaker cables. The speaker cables worked out to roughly 14' an... 
What amp stands for Cary monoblocks?
When I owned Cary 40M monoblocks, putting them on a Sound Anchors stand was a major improvement. Bass was firmer and more powerful, mids and treble were cleaner and more detailed, and the transformers no longer buzzed.