whart
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| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Mental, perhaps i have used the wrong electricians in the past, but none seemed to understand looking for the quieter leg, any notion of keeping the polarity consistent, the use of additional grounding, potential grounding differences among differ... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- thanks for your clarification. I will know more once I dig into the E=T set up. It is easy enough to have the cables reworked by the manufacturer if needed. I also don't know how this corresponds with US electrical 'code' requirements, whi... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- I haven't really fooled around with the interconnect pin configuration or wiring- I run XLR from phono stage to line stage, and xlr from line stage into Lamm ML2 amps, but the latter is not a true balanced input. I have floated grounds on ... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? Willie- as i recall, all same phase, and the quietest leg. I actually received a fair amount of good input from this forum when I was doing the lines. I am in the process of relocating, and have the big Equi=Tech wall cabinet which I hope to insta... | |
| Dedicated line w/ upgraded parts or power cond? I was able to eliminate power conditioners from my system after having dedicated lines installed, but the latter will not guarantee elimination of noise from the power line, or interference from appliances or lighting on other lines. But, it is th... | |
| Allnic family I'll add my vote to the David Beetles fan club. He helped me sort through some tube noise/replacement issues in my Allnic phono stage and was refreshingly direct in his communications, prompt in his responses, and followed through on his commitmen... | |
| Coincident Linestage vs CJ CT5 or Allnic L-3000 I was very tempted to buy the Coincident when I was looking for a new line stage, but the killer was not being able to audition it in my system. (I appreciate that it is a bargain at the price and I probably could have re-sold it easily). Part of ... | |
| Remastered White Album on vinyl I came out where you did, PhillyB, bought the blue box (found a minty one from the first series) and stopped searching for early UK pressings. The new box release did stimulate me to go find a good blue box and be done with it. | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- you rule out certain homes, while house-hunting, purely on the basis that they can't accommodate the needs of your system. (Non-Fiction). | |
| You know you're an audiophile if-- given all of the myriad options available to you on the Internet, you are on an 'audio chat group' at past midnight. And think some of the pictures of gear are really, really fun to look at. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Good for you, Alonski. It's nice to hear about someone enjoying their gear, instead of worrying about it, bitching about it, or talking about replacing it (which are three popular topics on most of these audio chat boards).Enjoy~ | |
| Help With System hum, Please Postscript- I just took a quick online look- the unit has a ground lift switch, and also has adjustable gain for MC cartridges, so some of the issues might be addressed right there- but you may still have a bad tube or more -is the 'hum' in both c... | |
| Help With System hum, Please It is hard to tell from your description if the 'hum' is grounding or something else. I would try replacing the tubes- I don't know much about JJ tubes but assuming the unit uses standard 12ax7, 6dj8 or other small tubes, those are easy enough to ... | |
| Anyone modded a Steelhead? Lacee- I'll be interested to know if using the Lightspeed in lieu of the volume control on the Steelhead is an improvement. (I'm aware of the Lightspeed but never used one). Perhaps the difference in sound I experienced between fixed and variable ... | |
| Anyone modded a Steelhead? I had a Steelhead for approximately 6 years that I bought new. I used a variety of NOS tubes, very good power cord (K-S emotion) and experimented with the different inputs and settings. The best results were obtained by using it only as a phono st... |