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| 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. | |
| Fremer's review of the Anna cartridge The estimated lifetime of 1000-1200 hours has held true in my experience. Most recently I had my Benz LP retipped by SS after it developed some mistracking. I calculated that it was in the 1200 hour range. SS reported that the stylus had significa... | |
| tonearm + cartridge for custom lenco 75 Thomas Schick 12" should work well. See Lenco forum. | |
| LPs for a high resolution check? One of my favorites is a 1962 George Shearing live album on Capitol---San Francisco Scene. As my system resolution has improved over the years, I am able to hear more of the background sounds. More important, however, is Shearing's introduction of... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel Using a tube preamp with ss power amps does give you some sense of "tube sound" but the amps are even more important in that respect. Most of the time I had the Classe amp, I used an ARC LS-2. Probably not the best match but that's what it was. | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel I had Thiel 3.6 speakers for a number of years and used them mostly with a Classe CA-300. I found the combination generally unsatisfying and kept wanting to try tubes with the Thiels. I managed to audition some custom PP 300B monoblocks that sound... | |
| AC Synchronous or DC Turntable Motors? Elizabeth's reply is not accurate. Turntables that use DC motors also use a voltage regulator to hold the voltage seen by the motor rock steady. The line voltage may go up and down but the DC voltage seen by the motor will remain constant. Not onl... | |
| SoundSmith-Benz trade-in program A few months ago Soundsmith retipped my Benz LP and to my ears it sounds just like it did when it was new. I would not hesitate to do this again. Soundsmith's retipping is a genuine bargain especially compared to Benz's trade-in credit on a new LP... | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? Mapman, you just described my Emotive Audio Vita amps. Tiger maple bases and a retro-looking meter for adjusting each tube's bias. See the photo on my system page. |