zaikesman
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| VTL Transformer Up-Grades, Worth It? Great! Did you do the coupling caps? | |
| How to Judge an LP Narkspud is correct about styrene records, but I would point out that these only represent a very tiny minority of pressings overall, even with 45's. They also usually feature a pretty diagnostic 'squared-off' edge, and avoid clamping them, as the... | |
| Marble or Granite shelfs in a hifi rack? Well Brulee, I may not have yet made the plunge to begin seriously investigating alternatives, but I can agree with you about MDF. I suppose there may be worse materials one could employ, but on the whole I think the entire MDF paradigm is basical... | |
| Speakers 2K- 3K range used or new ...And I was worried that Peter might be tempted to impose his audiophile agenda on his friend - Good thing his friend doesn't know Foreverhifi!...:-) | |
| Anyone ever repaired a smashed dome tweeter????? (Hmmm...now as a rating, does "Coating off a dome tweeter" signify better or worse ability than the timeless "Chrome off a trailer-hitch" standby?! :-) Seriously, with the Thiel's aluminum dome tweet, in my experience, you cannot remove all visibl... | |
| recommend a simple but hi-quality active pre-amp? You should probably specify if 'no bells and whistles' means no remote control (sorry that's not a recommendation). | |
| Isolation transformers - where do I start? I did this the easy way by purchasing an Audio Power Industries PowerWedge Utlimate 116, which features 6 isolation transformers for sources components (it isolates components from one another as well as from the line). It's been a long time since... | |
| You never know what today will bring Actually, the difference in output between single-ended and balanced connection will vary depending the gear in question, but the increase with balanced is more typically on the order of about 3dB or so (6db means twice as loud), which sounds more... | |
| How to Judge an LP Not much need to add to Twl's excellent rundown (though I wouldn't take Pbb to task quite so hard for his basically complimentary and reasonable response - his point of view is not maybe the same as all of ours, but it doesn't strike me as being a... | |
| Marble or Granite shelfs in a hifi rack? To take the subject admittedly but interestingly off-topic for a sec, I once bought an unusual gift of a windchime made from shards of a particular kind of obsidian (natural volcanic glass) that forms in 'fingers'. Dangle these pieces from monofil... | |
| Speakers 2K- 3K range used or new Nice essay, Wayne. I sometimes wonder if this kind of project is practically feasible or even advisable. I can't imagine my own system being handed to me by a third party I'd given carte blanche to. It almost seems like an oxymoron for a self-desc... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? Oh, and ONE :-) more, "Ring the Bells" by The Kinks...straight to the heart, from Ray's. | |
| Can I mod my Technics 1200? That would be Dean Martin? | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path I have no personal experience with the Wadia volume control. It is reputed to be excellent, and is supposedly engineered to encourage just the type of use you are giving it, as is the Wadia output stage. In my own experience, my preamp does not im... | |
| Can I mod my Technics 1200? He's seriously delinquent on this thread, ain't he Bob? :-)I'm in contact with DTM, turns out we live in the same area, so we can be '1200 buddies. |