sherod
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| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Just to keep things into perspective, I am posting my initial e-mail to Victor to which Victor responded in the post I made above: Victor, When Joseph initially tried these new output caps and found that he liked them, I'm trying to put things i... | |
| A butt-load spent in cables - how much improvemt? Audiofeil states: "Cables are system and listener dependent. It's that simple." That sums it up as well for me. Cables, regardless of their cost, are very system dependent and subjective percentage improvement can only be subjectively quantifi... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Here is an e-mail response from Victor to a question I asked him regarding a few things: "We voice changes to Joseph's components whenever we can or feel we need to over three speaker systems--Joseph's Sophias, Cedar's Coincidence, and my ESS Tr... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sang, I just wanted to clarify that I didn't try any bypasses on the new 2.1n output caps, only on various caps in my 2.0n version. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Hi Sang, I tried several value V-caps, both the Teflon and oil-impregnated in different values as bypass and none sounded right. All bypasses on the outputs caused this "shelving" effect where the sound lost its wholeness and took on the character... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Thanks, guys, for the well wishes. I feel like I'm getting get well wishes after my near-death situation. Now that I have the old Hovlands back in, the phasey sound is gone and the sound my ears are familiar with is back, to a certain extent. Havi... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Grant, I agree that Blackgate caps take an unusually lengthy time to break in. Some have said the larger values take up to 600 hours or more. Most of your polyprops, metal films, oil impregnated, etc. take much less time. Speaking of Blackgates, I... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Bill, I think 140 hours on my upgrade was enough break-in for me to know if the caps were right for my system. Regarding the tube locations. Looking down from the front, starting from left to right is location 1-4. 1 and 3 are the most critical to... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier I guess I have a different preamp than anyone now. It is no longer a TP 2.0n version nor is it a new TP 2.1n. I have affectionately renamed my preamp the in-between model, the new TP 2.05n. Must... go... listen. Music is beckoning. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Well Gentlemen. I have decided to go on my own with a slight modification. My instinct to hunt( as Stltrains says about man) and my desire to know the truth forced me to do a little experiment. Tonight, I very carefully took out the new output cap... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Stltrains, I'm very happy for you that the TP 2.1 preamp has worked out so well you in your system. Enjoy the music, my friend. Grant, I might have spoken too soon. You have a point about a possible impedance mismatch with our amps. More to come. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Grant, I'm not so sure yet that the issue is with the amp interaction. It might be just a coincidence that we both share sister amps. I am going to take an educated guess that based on my experience(with changing out the output caps, experimenting... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Grant, I feel a bit uncomfortable mainly because I seem to be the only one so far who has issues with the new, upgraded preamp( besides yourself, that is). I just want to make sure that all is okay before I make any final assessments. I'm currentl... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Grant, My upgraded preamp just passed the 120 hour mark. Yes, the voices do seem to appear to be still slightly recessed. The highs are also a bit softer,i.e. cymbals and bells are a tad soft. I used the word subdued with Victor and he calls it so... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier For the technically-minded, the new output caps in the TP 2.1 upgrade are 1uf value. These are bypassed with a .22uf Solen cap to tame down the highs a bit. The TP 2.0n had a 4.7uf Hovland. I find this interesting as this value difference might ma... |