terry9
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| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I had much the same experience with caps - Wima was quite good, some of the boutique brands not. I settled on Multicap styrene caps as being the most neutral. As for direct experience and experiment, I can help you there. I did experiments with a... | |
| The Center, Measured No. We sit in the near field with an old friend, a Kuro plasma display. | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? I suspect that the biggest single factor in an RIAA stage is the capacitor dielectric. Once you have heard air gap or vacuum, there's no going back. IMO. | |
| The Center, Measured I turned a Quad 2905 ESL on its side - utmost clarity. Seamless with an otherwise all-magnepan HT system. | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? After I power up my solid state phono/pre, it improves for days if not a week. Amps too. | |
| Surge protector Really sorry to hear that. Good luck with the repairs. | |
| Can you tell the difference between a $200 and a $200,000 guitar? Thank you. A revelation. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? @gryphongryph And I don’t think anyone can hear a difference in a well constructed cable, be it $100 or $5000 in a double blind test. Um ... do you know what a double blind experiment is? Do you know how it differs from single blind? And exactl... | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? Fifteen years ago I spent $10k on amplifiers and the dealer loaned me a $1k power cord and a $4k power cord. I conducted a single blind study with a 3 x 2 experimental design (stock pc, $1k pc, $4k pc) x (wall power with hospital grade connectors,... | |
| New Dedicated 20A Circuit Wiring Questions @pindac Sure. Oversimplifying a bit, an isolation transformer works by routing the power from the wall through an inductor, and back to the wall (primary). The inductor then energizes a secondary coil which mirrors the phase and frequency and pow... | |
| New Dedicated 20A Circuit Wiring Questions I use isolation transformers sited in a utility room. That’s because they can hum when working. Protect better, sure. Cleaner power, sure. Cost more, sure. Difference in my ESL system was about the same as doubling the cost of a major component. ... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Thanks for the Boyk reference. | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? AT ML180 OCC that can beats any SS MI today cartridges but not only the AT outperforms several cartridge today designs but other MM too as: Am I correct in thinking that this is your favourite MM? Would you care to say more about why you like i... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? @lewm Cascode forever! | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? Don't really need a FET or a SUT to amplify the voltage of LOMC. A well designed BJT with parallelism and premium parts does it better and just as quietly. Pindac lists all the things to worry about - good to keep them in mind in a thread like t... |