terry9
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| Capacitors for Audio Research Reference 5se Obviously some people like V-caps. I don't. To my ears, styrene film and tin foil from Multicap, the RTX series, is far cheaper, far superior and closer to the sound that ARC is famous for. @yesiam_a_pirate has a point. YMMV | |
| Step Up Transformer Question Another thing - the higher the gain, the higher the distortion. Just something to keep in mind; don't buy more than you need. | |
| Step Up Transformer Question There seems to be a lot of markup in some SUT's. Why not buy bare transformers and put them in a box yourself? More control, more satisfaction, less money. Sowter makes good ones. Lundahl makes several grades from good to great. I've used both. T... | |
| Lifting the Christmas veil Well done! The marriage, I mean. | |
| Do you adjust your subwoofer Different strokes, I guess. Since every record is mastered differently, it follows that every record needs a different equalization. The recording engineer gets to choose his EQ - I think that I should get to choose mine. I built my phono / pre-... | |
| No sneering Please The only kind of review that I trust says something like, "... made the singers on my records sound more like people I have heard live." Not many say that. | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? Amplifying on wands, I don't mean elementary considerations such as compliance etc. for tracking. I mean basic engineering considerations which offer perfect transparency at the expense of listenability, or vice versa, and your preferences on tha... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? I built my own air bearing TT and tonearm. I would suggest that you consider an air cushion in 3D - that is, not just air suspension, but an air bushing for radial bearing. I use an air bushing from New Way. Also consider mating the tonearm wand ... | |
| Happy Holidays and Your Favorite Tips? Favorite tip comes from the doorman. We celebrate ThanksTaking. | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? What kind of distortion drives you buggy? For some, it's frequency wow caused by off-centre records. For me, it's high frequency tizz - so I am vinyl only. Just something to consider. | |
| Keep my 1996 bryston 4B or get a new 4B That 20 year warrantee is a factor - buy it once, buy it right. If I used my 4BSST for a main amp, I would surely upgrade. Why not audition a new one? Bring your 4B along for comparison. | |
| Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable When I bought my Basik back in the day, it didn’t sound a whole lot different from a then-current LP12, to me or to my lady. I had to spend rather a lot to hear a big difference, eventually a Nottingham Analogue Mentor, which is not much different... | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything Agreed, auxiliary bass panels and a first class sub are even better. My sub is crossed over at 50Hz, 18 dB/octave, and is imperceptible most of the time. | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @pindac Thank you for the the suggestion. I had never heard of mycelium used in this way. I found an article which you may find interesting: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127519308354 | |
| Martin Logan vs. Everything Yep - many square feet of panels = good bass. |