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| Do we still need 6550 or KT88 tubes? The KT-120 is my second favorite tube in my Emotive Vita amps. My very favorite is the Genalex KT-77. No reliability problems with either type. I think Atmasphere was more than a little unfair in repeating gossip about the KT-120 having reliabilit... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil That's great news Ricevs! I will keep an eye out for the new Jupiters. In the meantime, I am trying some JB JFX Premiums that were recommended earlier in this thread. They are quite good sounding by any standard, and when you factor in the price (... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Micheal, can you give us any more details on the direct coupled 2A3 amp? | |
| 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. |