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| My Final Amplifier Purchase - What Would You Buy? A sensible question and sensible replies. For what it's worth, I think it would be a mistake to abandon tubes. Having been down that road a couple times in the past, I ended up unhappy and eventually returned to tubes. I also happen to think that ... | |
| Psvane Teflon capacitors real or fakes? Credibility is everything in the field of component parts. It's not realistic to expect the end user to dissect caps or other parts to confirm the materials claimed to be used. I was skeptical from day one about Psvane, Treasure and Grant Fidelity... | |
| How good does a TT have to be for a good cartridge The best answer is "It's complicated." There just isn't an easy answer because the table/arm/cartridge is a combination and some combos have a synergism and some do not. The issue is made more maddening because the types of sonic changes from an u... | |
| DIY TT platform Marble to Wood Changeover I am pretty sure you will notice a change in sound if you replace the marble with another material. I don't have any experience with Vibrapods but I have certainly tried lots of other isolator materials, and while they impart their own sound to th... | |
| How to break in a tube preamp? Breaking in your preamp does not require that your power amp be on. Just do what you said--connect your digital gear to the preamp, put it on infinite repeat, turn your preamp on and use your regular volume setting. The preamp has a loading resist... | |
| Classe CA300 vs. Classe CA2200? I had a CA300 for many years and had no reliability problems. Same for the DR-10 that I owned for several years before that. Acording to my dealer, after I bought my CA300 in 1995, Classe modified the amp to make it sound more impressive in the sh... | |
| Upgrading coupling capacitors on EAR 834p The values of the coupling capacitors are not critical. Use anything reasonably close. It is important to make sure they have a max voltage rating of 400v or greater. I have found it is better to use a single capacitor rather than several in paral... | |
| Old tapes reveal how BAD FM became Gumbygdammit, I would be happy to send you my tapes but unfortunately I threw them all out when I moved a few years ago. I hadn't had a working tape deck for over 30 years. Now with the resurgence of R2R tape, I wish I had kept them. | |
| Which is a better choice? New, or used preamp? I would recommend a used Emotive Audio Erato, Poeta or even Sira for the best sound and overall value in the price range. They don't come up for sale all that often but if you can wait a month or two you should be able to find one on Audiogon.I al... | |
| TriPlanar Tips With one exception, I haven't experienced any screws loosening up. The exception is the cueing control which is not a metal-to-metal issue, rather a metal on some kind of plastic. Each time I tighten up the cueing so the arm will stay up when the ... | |
| Do you buy Insurance for Stereo Equipment? My house was burglarized 20 years ago and my entire stereo system was stolen which put my homeowners insurance to the test. I have to say I was 100% satisified with the way Nationwide handled the claim. All of our personal property items including... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Harrylime6, your comment about this thread hitting a brickwall may just mean that Triplanar owners are busy listening to their vinyl. That's certainly true in my case. I have been as happy as a clam ever since removing the damping trough. | |
| Old tapes reveal how BAD FM became By today's standards, I am fortunate to have 2 stations nearby that play very good sounding jazz and classical programming. Both are non-commercial university stations. However, the very best sound I have ever heard from FM was from my college day... | |
| From Thiel CS6 to Wilson Sophia 2 or 3 Stevecham, Life is not that simple. Based on your logic, every speaker designer should use 6db slope crossovers, and any design not using them is inherently inferior. That's just not correct. A speaker can sound very good (or bad) using either fir... | |
| Audio Technica AT-33PTG vs Denon 103R cartridge I agree with Doak's comment that the 103R lacks finesse. That in a nutshell is my main objection to it. I haven't heard the 33PTG, but I am quite familiar with the 33EV and it is a really good cartridge by any measure. It's also an amazing bargain. |