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| Exposed tonearm cable source of hum?? Do this diagnostic test, if you haven't already, just to confirm your suspicions: Try manually introducing a temporary shield around each of A) The exposed wire, B) The tonearm, and C) The cartridge/headshell, simply by surrounding the part in que... | |
| Is my hearing bad? Digital upgrades can be really elusive to hear right off the bat, especially if you've never listened for them before, but often even if you have. In many cases the differences only fully manifest themselves over extended listening. In my system, ... | |
| When did it all start? Nrchy, I realize it may have seemed otherwise at the time to an 11-year-old, but by '72 both The Beatles and S&G had been broken up going on a couple of years... :-) | |
| VTL MB-125s or comparable single chassis unit? The first thing that jumps to mind is the VTL ST-150, which uses 6550 output tubes (unlike the ST-85's - and your own 125's - EL-34's) for higher power and a more neutrally-voiced, extended sound (I say this based on my ownership of the 185's plus... | |
| VTL, MIT caps and how close is the 450? That's an interesting proposition, Marakanetz, about reducing the number of these caps in each of my monoblocks from 6 to 2. I'll have to bounce this idea off the tech I'm considering hiring. BTW, I suspect that the sonic difference between the 18... | |
| HELP w/Preamp Polarity Inversion Problem Pmkalby, your experiential results conform both to what the reality of the situation and the laws of probability dictate...congratulate yourself on possessing hearing more sensitive than some audiophiles seem to be to the placebo effect... :-) | |
| IC's gain dependent? Well, if the tuner had an unusually high output impedance (possibly because of the variable-output feature's potentiometer?), a highish-capacitance IC could exhibit noticable HF roll-off in combination, and I suppose this could be heard as a reduc... | |
| Buzzzzzing Transformers The amps aren't plugged into the PS 300, are they? | |
| Solid state amp ultimate stop... Please don't consider it a "flame" if I ask you: Why do you care what others think might be their "ultimate" amp? I never understand the motivation for questions like this one...What can possibly be learned by reading these (inevitably various) an... | |
| VTL, MIT caps and how close is the 450? I own the 185's with the standard caps (and agree with your assessment of the amps' sonic quality). From what I understand, talking to Luke Manley and some other Audiogon members, the improvements can be worth the upgrade. VTL actually offers a ch... | |
| IC's gain dependent? As far as I know, it could only be because of higher resistance (compared to the other IC's you've used), but I find it surprising that there could be as big a difference in this as you report. (I'm assuming it for a given that you are not compari... | |
| Every make a purchase you truly regret? Dekay - That's some neighborhood you're in there...I guess being the audiophile on the block must make you the local weirdo if sorts :-) | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? Sean, email me...I promise not to reveal anything to Francisco. :-)BTW, I mention the product only because it's the truth. I have no doubt that, were I looking for my first TT today, having wider knowledge about what's available (and if I had neve... | |
| Best bang-for-buck purchase you have made? By default, it would have to be my going-on-20-years-old Technics SL-1200 turntable. I special ordered it through Circuit City for $290 when I left college (the first time :-) in the early-mid 80's, after having used the desk-mounted Technics TT's... | |
| Every make a purchase you truly regret? Hey Detlof, now that your speakers don't fart, do you feel compelled to similarly restrain yourself when listening? :-)Dekay, this is what buying cable sold at low-fi chain resturants located in strip malls will get you. I only buy mine in expensi... |