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| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers "unshielded metal jumpers” - curious, how do you shield jumpers? | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers @steve_a001 Kimber-Kable 12TC speaker cable, 8ft long, has 0.006 Ohm resistance and less than 1uH loop inductance, which makes interconnect between amp to speakers terminals “invisible”. If cable is too long (high R and L), then there will be some... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? "Better equipment makes everything sound better, regardless of the quality of the recordings" -only if you know what “better” is! LOL | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? "Do you really hear much of a sound difference between a $2000 turntable and a $50,000 turntable." Yes, “WOW” is much louder when folks see 50k spinner! LOL | |
| Is there an 'Audiophile' Reel-to-Reel Machine for Under $1,000? metal type iv cassettes on nakamichi dragon/dr10 sound more “audiophile” to me than fe tapes even at higher speed on r2r | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best correct, tubes initially age at faster rate, thus first 500hr tuneup is needed 50hr-100hr-200hr-500hr. what I like about JJ tubes is slower aging pace, less tuneups needed, and I suspect therefore Luxman selected them for their amps. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @rvpiano +1 "What type of LP would be up to the task of producing such high quality sound?" Vinyl records produced/tested with “professional” grade carts, with focus on sound accuracy. | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best "Mullards that I just got improved further after 100 hours of burn in” Tube amp need to be biased/balanced after 50hr at least after tube replacement.. was this amp tuned after tube-refresh at all?? | |
| Is there an 'Audiophile' Reel-to-Reel Machine for Under $1,000? Would recommend Akai GX-4000D, which is smaller tapes machine.. in good condition, maintained, it will run for years w/o issues! | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? "Next year maybe, I spent enough already. I would be cautious to take the sound in warmer direction compared to how it is now” yeah, next year you will be one year older, and hopefully everything around you will be “warmer” LOL | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? "Dohmann Helix One is likely the best turntable out there” in terms of speed accuracy and stability?? cmon.. "Louis Vuitton” style assessment LOL | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best atmasphere + 1 JJ tubes are built at former Tesla factory, which supplied tubes military/aviation etc.. in 80s Tesla EL34 were the best I’ve experienced, reliability performance etc. not surprised to see JJ tubes in Luxman designs, 3yr warranty i... | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? inna, you can bias amp’s output stage for 20% less current, and use 120<=>110V step down transformer. These two steps will increase tubes life time significantly, est. 30%+. | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please laaudionut, ls1200g power supply design covers 100..240V 50/60Hz AC, I haven’t found power board difference between diff markets targeted product, in service manual. | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please https://hifi-wiki.com/index.php/Technics_SL-1200MK4 MK4 was an adoption of verified by DJ's hard usage design for audiophiles, with adding very expensive titanium arm, RCA on bottom of arm, 78rpm option, and heavy mat. end of 90s that table was p... |