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| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Stabilant 22 appears to the equivalent to Tweek. It is about $60 for a vial of it which should last for years and years. Check out their website as users of it speak in glowing praise of it, including lots of technicians. I am just happy that m... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Ptss,I just pulled out my tube of Stabilant and see that I have a 5 ml bottle of the "stuff" and another bigger bottle of what smells like alcohol. Am I to put the contents of the smaller bottle into the bigger bottle and then use that? Previous... | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible I agree that Dueland cable might tame the harshness you are hearing. I don't see a preamp in your system, and if you are on a tight budget, I would heartily advocate hearing a Schiit Freya preamp with the tubes upgraded to Shaguan 6SN7 tubes and... | |
| Specific question choosing Duelund vs Mogami for affordable interconnect I agree with Grannyring. I have a couple sets of Dueland/Switchcraft IC's and while they aren't the equal of either my Cerious Technology Graphene Express or Triode Wire IC's, they are quite close... at a fraction of the cost of the latter IC's. ... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Uber,Thanks, friend, for the comment. Maybe I put on the Deoxit a tad to thick, but it has now settled down to its former wonderful sound. I am hearing sweet wonderful music again! No good deed goes unpunished, in my case. | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today I have Stabilant but have not used it in years. I thought it kind of gummed up my connections, but I don't think I diluted it.At any rate, the former splendor of my system has now returned and I am hearing just what I heard before my connection-c... | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Yep, uber, I am gonna wait it out. My system, with the recent addition of the ISO Regen and power supply to my audio stream never sounded better.... until I fooled around with it. Thanks for chiming in, much appreciated. | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today Thanks for the suggestions, Geoff. Erik, I shall do nothing for a while, other than swap the IC's. Maybe I need to clear out my ears. Thanks. | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today I checked all the connectors and they are all correct. I figure it will settle back down soon. Thanks. | |
| Is the Vinyl Revival well and growing? Well, I sold my SOTA Sapphire vacuum TT several months ago and it now resides in an all analogue system and the owners is over the top with it. My audio pal gets all the new Blue Note LP reissues and they sound very nice on his new Technics 1200,... | |
| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection wmr57,Fair enough, but I personally find a significant lacuna in their jazz catalogue compared to Spotify. On an associated note, I am presently listening to the Jazz 24 feed from KNKX in Seattle, which I reckon it is no better than a 320 kps, bu... | |
| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection Coach,I was just re-subscibing to Spotify when your post arrived so we are simpatico. "It's the music that matters to me" is just the way I am thinking. Spotify has a deep jazz catalogue. Thanks for the affirmation. | |
| Tidal Hifi has a very limited jazz selection I am looking for straight ahead jazz pretty much only, from the late 50's onward. Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Wayne Shorter, Kenny Burrells, John Coltrane, Benny Golson, Errol Garner, Blue Mitchell, Bill Watrous... you g... | |
| Have you ever reversed your opinion on a piece of gear? Yes, one piece of gear is notable. The KEF LS50's, which are much heralded. I had them for a month and could not stand them in my system. They sounded harsh and my 175 wpc Plinius amp struggled to drive them. I was happy to see them arrive and... | |
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses Kosst, In my Platinum upgrade of the McCormack DNA .05, Steve has four FB rail fuses, two on the main circuit board, and a fuse ahead of the transformer. I don't know his logic for using so many fuses, and I have blown a few of the rail fuses wit... |