terry9
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| You're overbudget on gear, one more thing... I suspect that what happened to a record AFTER the stamper is more important. Like storage, use, equipment, cleanliness, that kind of thing. But what do I know? | |
| Softest, smoothest sounding capacitors you've tried? For mainstream audiophile stuff I use MIT styrene and tin foil from the RTX series. IME all teflon/PTFE caps are very revealing, and maybe not what you are looking for. Polypropylene film and foil can be smooth and soft, not too expensive, and ava... | |
| Have you ever solved a high end audio issue using non-audio technology? Or, visa versa? Do aero-space air bearings count? | |
| Best Sound Track Ever Vote for One French movie, "Police". | |
| New High End Audio Dealer in Midwest Good luck! | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? That's quite true, but I am convinced that much of what we listen to is dielectric absorption, or DA. This seems to be minimal in five components: bare wire, vacuum caps, air gap caps, nichrome wire resistors, and slightly behind these, Vishay VAR... | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Three terminal regulators - how true. I burned the better part of a day last month on a circuit that wouldn't behave, only because a 7806 failed in a highly non-linear way. Name brand device, too. | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? My opinions are based on solid state in a vinyl / ESL system. The Vishay VAR series are rated at 300 V if IIRC, so they are suitable for any place in the amp (unless you are driving ESL's directly). IMO, VAR are better than any of the Caddock res... | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? Larryi is right. | |
| Turn down the Volume! ESL's played quietly. Occasionally at 'normal' volume. | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @jazzguy43 , I would suggest that it is more a matter of correctly applying the laws of nature to a given situation that matters. Second Law is especially tricky to use - I’ve seen it used to explain why methane explodes in an enclosed volume, but... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value Phono stage, speakers, turntable, in that order. | |
| Best resistors for use in phono stage? @itsjustme is absolutely right about how the loading resistor works. This is easy to see if you magnify the effect. Imagine a transistor across the signal line and ground, turning off and on. Then the signal would be grounded when the transistor w... | |
| I am taking a survey Lush and romantic, but not too much in the way of original themes or leitmotifs. Not Shore, not Devs, but a solid 3. Thanks for sharing. | |
| How best to eliminate LP warps @jazzguy43 I did the experiment. You were right, my intuition was wrong. My record remained unplayable even with the warp mostly suppressed. It seems that without constraining the boundary, the record remains damaged. |