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| Subwoofer for Dynaudio Confidence 5- 2 Channel When I had C5, I paired them with Rel Stadium III before w/o much success. As good as Rel was, C5 bass details were lost and I found myself constantly adjusting Rel output depending on recording. At the end, I sold the Rel.If Rel could not blend w... | |
| Now I bought a Technics SP-10 Mk2, what's next? Really, power supply LED could be related to the caps? I did see it came on before, so you are probably right.Only 6 caps in power supply need to be replaced? I read somewhere there are 8 need to be replaced. | |
| Paranoid on Tube Amp Install Agree with Swampwalker, you most likely will need a load before powering up your tube amp.You can buy a high power resistor to be used as a dummy load if you don't want to connect your speakers to the amp during biasing. | |
| Good partner amp for Egglestonworks Anda II If Eggleston has not done anything weird to the Dynaudio Esotar tweeter, I think Spectron will be a good choice. Spectron has superb transparency and extension, something I find complements well with Dyn Esotar like Dyn C5 and SF Extrema. Comparin... | |
| Oxidation, how to prevent? Elizabeth, that's a very clever way of controlling humidity. in Asia, de-humidifier is common and I will have plenty of those running to keep things dry, but wondering if heat alone will oxidize the finish. | |
| Oxidation, how to prevent? Roxy, I have seen many Jadis oxidized on both the chrome face and gold knobs, not sure if they are chrome but they sure look like chrome.Hifitime, thanks for the tips. I am aware of car wax containing abrasive, so pure wax is what I am going after... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? Anything ItalianPathos, Graaf, Audia Flight, you name it.Some AmericansBAT, Levinson, McIntosh, and Rowland. | |
| Pre + phono under $2500? Just looked up Pacific Valve, looks like this is another china stereo which has no proven history or reliability.I am trying to find a BAT to listen to.Some of the finer pre amp with phono all lack remote, Hovland, Atma Sphere, CAT, and AI. If I c... | |
| Pre + phono under $2500? I am a big BAT tube amp fan, have owned many amps and BAT is really special. Listened to a 50SE once, don't remember much any more. Forum seems to have polarized view on BAT pre, maybe I need to get one to try in my own system. what will be a good... | |
| Pre + phono under $2500? I am sure ARC SP-15 is a very fine sounding piece, but part of the reason I sold off Atma Sphere MP3 was lack of remote. Also, I will prefer an all tube pre intsead of solid state or hybrid unit.I think I will have to go with a separate phono stag... | |
| Pre + phono under $2500? never considered a McIntosh before, I owned McIntosh MC501 before and they were just not my cup of tea. how do their pre sound in general? I like extended, transparent, and organic all at the same time. | |
| Record grooves under an electron microscope SEM is commonly used in semiconductor, sample prep with gold sputtering is often practiced as well. what I am amazed about is during sample prep, chamber temp is usually quite high and might have melted the record, but that does not appear to be t... | |
| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? wow, didn't expect this old thread to revive after 3 years.I sold the SSM and got a SSM Ref with rim drive, PRAT was definitely improved. I also picked up a Nottingham Hyperspace and have been playing with strings, no luck so far with what I have ... | |
| Sonic Frontiers Line 2, Heaven or Hell? Volume problem with SF Line series is easy to fix, just order the optical encoder from Chris or other online vendor and replace it yourself. Took me an hour or two to fix, save the shipping hassle and cost. | |
| Amplifier Experience Gryphon Pass Lamm BAT in the "right" system, ARC Ref 3/5 can sound very good.in the "wrong" system, ARC Ref 3/5 (or even Ref 2) can sound metallic, whitish, greyish on top.Einstein will never sound that way, it's always musical, fast, dynamic (much more than ARC), exte... |