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| Mods for DYNA ST-70, What do you think?? www.avahifi.com/70rebuild.htmThis site has a reprinted article that explains in depth exactly how to rebuild/upgrade a Dynaco St-70. Very long, extremely detailed, step-by-step instrucions. I think you will find it very informative. It's on the Va... | |
| Mods for DYNA ST-70, What do you think?? I agree with Sean's good advice. Also,the ST-70 could definitely benefit from power supply upgrades especially in the filter caps, for increased headroom. Doubling the microfarad amount is not uncommon. Frank Van Alstine has been doing excellent m... | |
| Thermistor problem in amp Probably the hardest part will be opening the enclosure to get at the location. Thermistors are generally small solid state devices that look like a black match head with 2 small wires coming out side-by-side. Get the part form Linn as all are not... | |
| Headphone amplification The Berning MicroZOTL is also pure Class A. I own one. I highly recommend it. Get it and put NOS tubes in it and you will be in audio nirvana. | |
| What do YOU think of My system? Sounds like a fantastic system. Glad to see another low power tube guy having fun. | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? Mes, your point was misconstrued by Tubegroover, not me. I understood your point perfectly and thanks for your comments on my post and on the thread. | |
| Naive question about digital encoding Not all DVDs are recorded with 24/96 sampling rate. If your dac is a 16/44.1 unit it will pass 16/44.1 and that's it. The 24/96 will play through it at 16/44.1 and the additional resolution bits/samples are "thrown on the floor" meaning they are d... | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? Jtinn, thank you for your comments. As I mentioned in my last post I apologized for any offense that may have been taken, and said that I am not accusing you directly of doing the bad stuff that is common in the industry, as I have no basis for su... | |
| tube amp/flutter in speakers? Kona, if you have switched the speakers and it is still on the same channel and have changed amps and it is still on the same channel, then the problem is coming from before the amp. From your description, it is a subsonic frequency. When you used... | |
| My first and last DIY project Very nicely done! Congratulations. | |
| Copper for Solid State / Silver for Tubes ? Be careful with gold. It does not conduct as well as silver or copper. However it will remain basically corrosion free. I doubt any pure gold cables will be made, but who knows in this world of high end cables. A gold plated wire may have a slower... | |
| Re: Remember 'Mayware' uni-pivot tonearms? Remember the "Keith Monks" unipivot with the damping goo and the mercury contacts instead of wire? What a nightmare! The mercury(in exposed little tubs) would get dirty and the thing would hum. I used to have to clean the mercury tubs out and repl... | |
| Why no threads on OTL amps? Just for the record Tubegroover, I haven't worked in audio for almost 10 years now. I feel bad about hammering Jtinn like I did, but when you are an audiophile and you hear stuff like I heard at trade shows, it really scorches your hide. They want... | |
| Best TV for approx. 300? 25"-"27 For $300, I recommend the Magnavox P27s55. It is 27", has a flatter screen(not true flat), black matrix,comb filter, 600 line resolution, AND COMPONENT INPUT.(Also, S-video, and Composite). It has an attractive high tech silver cabinet. It's avail... | |
| Should I repair Stax DA-80 or just buy new amp? Very nice amp. Very clear sound, but little headroom. Also, runs very very hot. I had a different model, but you could fry an egg on the top of it. This amount of heat has adverse effects on the parts inside, especially after a number of years in ... |