ttbolad
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| Benchmark AHB2 - To 'mono' or not to 'mono' Seems a lot of people are bridging these. I think I understand why people decide to do this.The amp excels in micro-detail (or "micro-nuance" if you will). But it also sounds somewhat constricted and anemic in my system, even with 89 dB efficien... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? @daveyf " @atmasphere Distortion is an interesting term. Distortion compared to what? You mention that the human ear treats 2nd and 3rd harmonic distortion favorably. Therefore, one needs to question whether these distortions are distortions at... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? @daveyf "Nonetheless, aside from Class D ( which I also feel was, and continues to be, a step backwards ( except for the lower weight and heat issuance) ) it seems there really hasn’t been any true advances in the ss amp realm."Comments like this... | |
| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? I love my JVC QL-Y7F. Unbelievably quiet and detailed. I love the electronic arm (this coming from someone who just sold a Triplanar) and the auto and cueing features. My backup is a Technics SP10 Mk2 which has been refurbished. As good as the... | |
| Old Rotel 965BX won't lock with Marantz HD-DAC1 I tried several coax cables that I had used in the past with success. I am only running 3 feet. So I don't think that is the problem.Thanks for the response - Peter | |
| VPI 3D tonearm Discovery tone arm wire can make a quite significant improvement in my experience. Get some wire, solder on some clips and good RCA connectors, tape it to the tone arm and give it a preliminary listen. Even configured like this it sounds noticeabl... | |
| New Delos cart As far as musical attributes are concerned with respected to cartridges, I place timbral accuracy the highest. Listening to Mozart's woodwind divertimenti I don't want to have to guess what instruments are playing. The clarinet, oboe, flute and co... | |
| New Delos cart I have a Delos. I do not hear a rising high end at all. It sounds completely neutral in that regard. It is loaded at 183 ohms into a lundahl 1941. And why would you say that it sounds fine on good Analogue Production records but wrong elsewhere? I... | |
| Delos Loading If you are using a SUT into a 47k load you are pretty much screwed if you think that the higher the load the better. . let's say that your SUT has 10x turns ratio. Loading is given by Resistive-load / square-of-turns-ratioIn this example: 47000 /... | |
| cartridge cost/quality/performance Just a correction - the output is 0.6 mV. This is rather high for a LOMC. So choose your SUT with that in mind, if you use a SUT.Aside from that I agreed absolutely with your initial post. I have used at least half dozen cartridges in the $800 - $... | |
| Vinyl reissue labels to avoid? I have a Jazz Wax reissue of "Ben Webster meets Oscar Peterson" that is fabulous. Bought it off of ebay for $12. I compared it to the Bob Ludwig Verve reissue and I much prefer the Jazz Wax.First, the pressing and vinyl quality are outstanding. No... | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge I am getting crisp, full bodied, rich sound on all genres from classic rock to western classical, jazz to Indian classical, gamelan to Techno, western country to Celtic. If you want to try something that has the potential to burn your ears, try Ra... | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge I just reread the thread. It was Pani who had problems with the Delos. So my comments are meant for him. Good luck with the Dynavector. | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge So I was am not surprised that it came to this. I am guessing that the Delos will keep getting more enjoyable. I went through this same experience where the Delos was almost intollerable. I fiddled around for 6 weeks with loading, tubes, cartridge... | |
| New Lyra Delos Cartridge One more thing. After everything settled out I revisited the tubes. While the Sovtek 12ax7lps is a good tube, I ended up using a Telefunken 12ax7 smooth-plate at the input, Telefunken 12au7 smooth-plate at the second gain stage, and two RCA 12au7 ... |