zaikesman
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| Back into vinyl - part 1 Psych: BTW, based on your post of 12/15, can I assume you replaced the internal output wires leading from the circuit board terminal to the output jack? They seem to get the job done to me, but I thought you must have noticed they ain't exactly ga... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 >"He actually claims an outboard power supply is not the right thing to do"If so, then how does it work so well? Why do so many other (and otherwise dissimilar) audiophile TT designs use them as well? (Not to mention high-ticket 2-box preamp de... | |
| VTL POD's I have older 185's without the POD's. I assume by "doubles the power cord requirements" you mean they require you to upgrade power cords both before and after the POD's - something I hadn't considered. That seems a shame and a pain, not to mention... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 Just the power supply, Sean. I mentioned the fact that the presumably unshielded twin-lead cord carries DC because it wouldn't radiate AC hum near the low-level signal cables. Although I realize an unshielded cable could act as a receiving antenna... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 I don't know how big a deal extra shielding is with the DC current and at whatever impedances are involved, but Kevin did tell me he didn't think this was a significant consideration. OTOH Psychicanimal did do roughly what you're thinking of, exce... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Albert Collins - The Cool Sound Of... (TCF/Hall mono LP, 1965) The electric blues guitarist's rare debut long-player, and one of my nicest recent thrift store scores in excellent condition for the princely sum of $.80 cents. Among the several 'coo... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 Thanks for your input Qualityman. My take on something like the strobe-disabler is that if you can be sure you do hear a difference, then that difference almost by definition must be for the better, rather than just a subjective change. Personally... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode Eldartford: I was prompted to do further research by this question of tetrode vs. pentode catagorization. What I noticed is that beam-tetrodes, lacking the suppressor screen of a true pentode, but with the beam-forming plates (which are not electr... | |
| DAC for my HHB Burnit Believe it? Hey, no Yo la tengo DVD either! Or so-called 'hi-rez' digital audio for that matter, though I'm not as interested in that (and am even less interested in HT). Still, that is part of why I'll also probably look at getting a universal pl... | |
| DAC for my HHB Burnit Hi Steve, from ownership experience I can state that the BurnIT, while an excellent recorder, does not make a playback transport capable of matching the sound quality of a DAC like your old Wadia, not to mention the rest of your system. The transp... | |
| Back into vinyl - part 1 I have to call Kevin about that threaded clamp of his - it's something we talked about before, but I hadn't realized he was actually plotting to introduce one. (BTW, do you have the new strobe-defeat feature, and if so do you find it improves the ... | |
| Review: B & W Loudspeakers Nautilus 805 Monitor Personally I prefer gray patchy hair with beady eyes, garish makeup, flat bust and flabby body, with just a hint of BO not masked by bathing in cheap perfume. I'd hate to go on a date with your ideal "chic", but I won't pick on your woman 'cause m... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Polyvinylchloride:Dark - Round The Edges (Arkarma Italian Import reissue, orig. rec. 1972) English power trio acid-psych/hard rock sound, not unreminiscent in spots of early Black Sabbath or Hawkwind. I didn't know anything about the band or the p... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode Sorry, my rather obscure point about the guitar amps was supposed to allude to the fact they are pentode (or beam) designs (using EL-34's or 6L6's) which don't sound as natural in fidelity as my (6550-equipped) VTL's run in triode, but do seem to ... | |
| VTL Tetrode/Triode Eldee: I've wondered about that before myself. In fact, VTL amps always operate with at least one element disconnected, since there is no pentode mode. I think the decision not to run in pentode is probably a good one from a sonic standpoint (I sa... |