salectric
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| 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. | |
| Phono Preamp Gain Question I agree that a phono gain of 56 to 65 or so should be just fine. My setup is pretty similar to yours in terms of gain. My MCs range from .25 to .35mv and my line stage has 15db gain. My power amps span low to high sensitivity, and my speakers rang... | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? Emotive Audio Design needs to be on the list. | |
| After market Motor + Belt drive for Verdier It sounds like your present power supply is in the same box as the controller. (It's been too long since I saw a PV for me to recall how it was laid out.) That will mean someone will have to open up the box and attach some leads that bypass the in... | |
| After market Motor + Belt drive for Verdier Ct0517, the voltage regulator is already in your PV motor controller. You will simply connect the battery in place of the wall-powered supply. Picture this---the PV motor runs on DC and the motor speed is controlled by the exact DC voltage fed to ... | |
| Top resistors Interesting comments Jetrexpro. It goes to show that longterm reactions are what matters, not quick conclusions after just a few hours. Thanks for sharing.While my experience with Vishays is limited to the regular series, both nude and otherwise, ... | |
| Mundorf silver /oil /gold vs Duelund CAST I have tried S/G/O in a number of places and have never liked their sound. They always sound too bright and thin. On the other hand, my limited experience (so far) with CAST caps in both my speaker crossovers and as a coupling cap in my amps has b... | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube gear? Emotive Audio should be on any short list. | |
| After market Motor + Belt drive for Verdier Anyone using the stock Platine Verdier DC motor should look into replacing the wall-powered supply with a battery. There is at least one retailer in the UK who sells an after-market battery for the PV.I have a Galibier Gavia in my system which use... | |
| Switching preamps in and out Very nice of Kevin to respond so thoroughly. If only all mfrs were as accomodating..... | |
| Harbeth 40.1 vs spendor sp100r2 Chazro, I read the same comment and had the same reaction. But I suppose that's why companies make both tube and solid state amps. Some folks genuinely prefer the sound of ss gear and somehow do not hear what I believe are the obvious strengths of... | |
| Switching preamps in and out Good summary Al. I overlooked your mention of cheater plugs and two-prong power plugs, so you had already covered that aspect. At the risk of beating an already dead horse, I would add that the concerns are probably still more theoretical than rea... |