terry9
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| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll My 4 Class A monoblocks use about 1/2 kW total, which heats the room nicely for most of the year, for less than a dollar a day. Not ideally green, perhaps, but then I don't drive a pickup truck or commute 30 miles either. | |
| Building a house @dodgealum Just saw your post. Hope this is not too late. I did an old world solution for my home theatre: sand. I put mixed fine and coarse sand into the spaces between joists, about 2". That is: at the framing stage, double or triple all jois... | |
| Grado Epoch 3 Thank you! Just exploring possibilities so far. | |
| Grado Epoch 3 Thank you for your review. You don't mention tracking. Anything to say about that? Also, I was wondering if you could compare it to a Koetsu. Thanks! | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp @ieales Absolutely. Total agreement here. LC - LC forever! | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp @ieales Agreed that those properties have not been mentioned. But which of them do you consider more important than DA? You seem to have left that thought unfinished. You say, "OH, yes they should." But my reading of the OP is that the question... | |
| Cartridges Cleaning, especially ultra-sonic cleaning, is a very good use of money. With my US set-up, I get an improvement about equal to upgrading a major component. In addition, a photomicrograph at 1000 hours showed minimal wear of my stylus - instead of ... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp I would also suggest that Dielectric Absorption (DA) is the most important measure for modding, because the other measures should have been considered in the design phase. The properties you list are critical when using electrolytics, which are no... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp You ask, "Does anyone know how the power supply bypass capacitor effects high end frequency response?" Maybe. The component may sound smoother, with a less etched treble if the power is cleaned up with such a capacitor. This etched treble is dist... | |
| Enough noise reduction? Just so. @holmz | |
| Enough noise reduction? Do it right and install an isolation transformer. That protects your system, improves the sound, and takes power cables out of the equation. I've done the tests and I have three isolation transformers in the utility room, 'cause they tend to hum w... | |
| Cartridges And I wouldn't spend on premium records until I was getting the most from what I already had. @whart has published the Bible on record cleaning - that's good use of money too. | |
| Cartridges By the way, @hotei , one inspects the cork to (1) know that the wine you are being served is the wine you are paying for, (2) to get a slight whiff of an unpleasant smell instead of a snoot-full (if it’s off), and (3) to anticipate the experience ... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp And for really low values, less than a couple of ohms, nichrome wire just can't be beat. | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp Resistors make a difference too. I tested half a dozen candidates with a rotary switch in my preamp. Nude Vishay resistors were the best, no-name metal films from Taiwan second, aerospace hyper-expensive last. |