vair68robert
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? big_gregGreat choice , the album I use when testing any new equipment .Just listened to Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book . | |
| More questions about dedicated lines orthomeadIn the April 2019 edition of The Absolute Sound magazineRobert Harley wrote about building a listening room . | |
| More questions about dedicated lines orthomead , I would suggest that you only need 2 lines not 4 ,with the equipment and power requirements you have .( just my opinion as a retired biomedical equipment technician )As for romex or premium in the wall cable ,there have been many dis... | |
| More questions about dedicated lines With all that you are doing to improve performace I would suggest using high purity audio grade thru the wall cable .Since Cardas no longer makes it you might look into JPS .Size: 10 AWG, UL/CSA listed for in-wall useDesign: Optimized Field Matrix... | |
| Isolation Platform for my Sota Cosmos? jrislesYou'll probably be happiest with Sota's solution ,but if you want to try something cheaper, read on .I too have a suspened TT , a Merrill Heirloom that I mounted on the wall .I first screwed a 3/4" 2' X 4' piece of plywood with 4" screws t... | |
| Pass Labs and Fuses I would like to David for posting his experiences on fuse swapping .I like many others have experienced sound differences when swappingfuses . But before I did I was skeptical how could the power going thru a small wire ment to melt affect the so... | |
| Thiel Owners dsperHow much of a DYIer are you ?Would you consider replacing and upgrading the componets in your amp? If so try replacing the rectifiers with fast and soft recovery ones .Since the 500 is an older amp it might have fast recovery but not soft ,I... | |
| Thiel Owners dspersince you discovered that 10 gauge stranded copper wire sounds good to you then I would suggest trying Cardas 9.5 gauge stranded litzwire , only $6.50 a foot for 6n copper with the Cardas multi size strands. this is on my dyi list after I fin... | |
| JLTI or Tavish Phono Stage CoburnI have the Adagio and I love it but it took me a while with tube rolling to bring out the lower frequencies. I have found the I don't like the sound of new tubes , so if you go the tube route I recommend trying vintage tubes .I am currently ... | |
| Who needs a Preamp?? Passive or Active I believe that the volume control is the componet that one should be evaluating .I have noticed that many passive pre tend to use stepped resistor VCand many active pre tend to use either Alps or Burr Brown electronic stepped VC ... | |
| Spiking older Thiels E-mail or call Rob at Coherent Source Service – Specializing in repair and ...https://www.coherentsourceservice.comfor your speaker question . | |
| Thiel Owners bighempinFrom my experience ,Set your soldering iron to 600 F , use a flat tip about the size of the wire ,heat the wire and remove it , use solder wick to remove the solder from the connector , use solder with silver ( Cardas for me ) to reconnec... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for thinking about it beetlemaniaI plan on taking the passive radiator out , play the EBI cdand feel around inside to see what is vibrating .since I don't have the outrigger support I go directly into the speakerlike the original rounded sp... | |
| Thiel Owners BeetlemaniaNo I do not have outriggers that cost $500 ! , but I did purchase the outrigger spikes to penitrate the carpet .Beetle , as in VW beetle ?Rob | |
| Thiel Owners I was once asked a question " can you hear it " ?I've discovered that many times I didn't hear it until I was not hearing it ! |