whart
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| Are Lamm preamps hard on tubes? @jasonbourne52--some of the older Russian tubes like the DR Reflector 6h30 are now quite scarce, and often late production which is not, as I understand it, comparable to the earlier tubes (circa the '70s) that I use. They are now quite pricey.@in... | |
| Are Lamm preamps hard on tubes? My experience, both with Lamm and NOS tubes is that the latter are often "pulls"- you don’t know how much mileage is on them even if they test well at the time of purchase. In my experience, it is getting harder and harder to find truly never used... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards +1 @tomic601 !:)You gotta be a little crazy to enjoy this as much as all of us do. | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards @daledee1- Back in the '70s, we were all pretty much in the same boat as far as wire was concerned. You could find bigger gauge for speaker wire, and perhaps put together some home made interconnects, but it was Fulton, followed by the mass market... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards @mijostyn- prices of Marantz 7 tube preamps are through the roof- I’d love to have one that was clean. Do you now regret selling it?(I thought the "C" denoted "with cabinet," which was extra $, so I distinguish the 7 from its later transistorized ... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards @tomic601 - yep, there was that ARC v. C-J what sound are you after. I didn't keep up with C-J; met Bill Thalmann years later as an independent. The ARC stuff changed several times- they had that "analog module" or whatever it was called (one of t... | |
| Liquid stylus cleaner without solvent @lewm- I think the concern in general terms (I can’t speak to chemistry as such) was that solvents, including alcohol, could dissolve the glue that binds the diamond to the cantilever. Ortofon in particular was a brand that warned about this at on... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards @mijostyn:The Marantz tube preamp has withstood the test of time. I gather than the ARC SP3-a-1 (updated to some other nomenclature) is also still a contender, though I found both the SP3 and the later sp10-mk ii, though glorious in some respects,... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards @tomic601 - and I'll bet that system can sound fabulous. I was supposed to hear a pair of Concert Grands or whatever the big daddy Bozak was (owned now by the son) but never happened. I'm using an MX110z in the vintage system, as you may know. Lot... | |
| The first system you had that was "high end/audiophile", by you standards In 1973, I had stacked Advents driven by the original Phase Linear 700 (no jokes please, I was 18 years old), a Quintessence preamp (rare bird, though Bill Leebens wrote about it somewhat recently) and a Technics SP-10 with custom plinth, a couple... | |
| Liquid stylus cleaner without solvent AIVS has such a product and I just bought a bottle of it; haven't used it yet. I tend to use liquid stylus cleaners only sparingly anyway, though did use them when I had Lyra cartridges. Jim Pendleton claims that his product under AIVS brand will ... | |
| My swarm sub system is in The Absolute Sound !! @benzman- if it is your actual system that shows up in TAS you might think about getting them to make a print and signing it as a memento for your wall. (I did that with a car that was featured in R&T).Very light, open, airy aesthetic. Must be... | |
| Do you stop the turntable or let it spin while you run e record brush I never had good luck with record brushes, going back to the Decca. I’ve tried all kinds. They are good at pushing the dust into a line, but after that, advice typically is, push the collected surface lint/detritus to the label or to the edge, whi... | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench @4krowme--probably "diminishing"--my issue with this is who supplies the info for optimal torque- the cartridge maker? Is this a spec that is commonly made available for different cartridges/arms? I don't recall seeing that, but apart from a Kuzma... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) @Orthomead: I first learned about Swirl due to Sabbath and have them as UK Swirls, but then descended into the vortex: Gracious!, the Cressida albums, Patto, May Blitz, etc. I think I have roughly 50, some duplicates, not all the super rare ones b... |