terry9
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| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @whart Thanks. I saw an earlier draft, but this is quite encyclopedic.Congratulations to all involved! | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @mckinneymike, that is heavy news. At least I got my washing station together before that occurred. | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) Hello @whart !!Long time! Yes, Neil Antin is the gentleman. He showed me the final rinse stage, a spritz with distilled water. What is the link, please?Thanks!Terry | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) There is a huge variance in US cleaning machines. Your question is rather like asking if a car is faster than a bike.As @whart has noted, US results depend on frequency, power, temperature, spacing, surfactant, and rinse. It’s only when you get ca... | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Yep, all that heat in Class A is murder on those electrolytics. But who wants to rule out Class A, even for power amps?It’s a good thing to keep the hot spots (rectifiers, output transistors) away from the electrolytics and noisy power transformer... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? As for amps, I know the Bryston SST series, very nice, and just a little mellow. I understand that the SST2 is a little bright, which may be the last thing you need with your speakers. SST3 is reputed to be neutral - but I haven't heard either of ... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? Yuki, I think that is an excellent tactic. For lots of reasons. Concentrate on getting the big stuff right. Don't spend more than a few bucks on cables until you have the big stuff where you want it. Cables are the poorest bang for buck, IMO. YMMV | |
| Very new to high end audio - Recomendations Whatever you do, spend as little as possible on cables. They give you least bang for the buck, so get everything else right first. Then upgrade when you feel the itch, and make sure that you try before you buy, and that those new cables are really... | |
| Rotel RA-1592 MK II or something else to deliver around 200W to B&W towers around $3000? Bryston. They have a fantastic deal on pre-owned and reconditioned: five years' warrantee (or sometimes more). And that's a Bryston warrantee, which is the best in the business. Just contact the factory for factory reconditioned quality at very re... | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Since you seem to be interested, one of the best books you can buy is an edition of Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill. First edition 1980, third edition just a few years ago. | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Redwood, it’s just a matter of getting used to them. Capacitance is an effect of two conductors separated by an insulator. The bigger the plates (conductors), the more capacitance. The closer together, the bigger the capacitance.Accordingly, the c... | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Redwood, I bought most of mine from Surplus Sales of Nebraska, when I didn't make my own.At the Surplus Sales website, click on 'capacitors' in the left column, then on 'air gap variable', then go to the 'quad' section. There are some with 4 secti... | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? Barjohn, that's the engineer's answer from 1980. The book that changed all that was Horowitz and Hill, 'The Art of Electronics', which had a table of capacitors and their actual characteristics. With real information about the physical effect know... | |
| My battle with sibilance. I find that capacitors affect sibilance quite a lot. The better the cap, the less sibilance (in general). There is a cap thread concurrently.Also, the stability of the phono stage can contribute IIRC.Other aspects of setup you have already address... | |
| Why have capacitors improved so much over the years? The best are still vacuum dielectric or air dielectric. They’ve been around forever, but they come in small values at high cost. I use these exclusively in my phono / pre.Film and foil are next best; styrene is pretty neutral, teflon a bit bright,... |