eugene81
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| Psvane CV181-T in Dehavilland Ultraverve? I haven't used this amp, but I've never been disappointed with a Psvane/Black Treasure tube, CV181-T included. | |
| Is the Almarro 318B For Me?Any Others? "... the only thing I missed with this amp is more depth in the SS & better imaging."This is where I felt the A318B missed the mark. Somewhat flat and diffuse. If you are really high on that "you are there" imaging, I wouldn't recommend it.Wha... | |
| Bel Canto C5i I think the DAC is the weak link in this package. It sounds relatively flat The guy I sold mine to agreed. I've used the pre section going out to a Pass Aleph 3 and it did a fine job. Though if you're going to use a separate DAC and power amp it's... | |
| Luxman M-600A You're about 5 years late on that one. ;) | |
| Luxman M-600A I'll gotta tell ya, if your speakers are up to the task, the First Watt SIT-2 takes the cake. It is something special! | |
| Capacitor and tube upgrade for Von Gaylord Lad L-2 Thanks, I'm going to try a Synergistic Research SR20 fuse. I've had good results with Hifi Tuning and Furutech in other applications, just never occurred to me to put here!I'll have to try the Wattgate plug too. I like the 7000s cables a LOT and w... | |
| Capacitor and tube upgrade for Von Gaylord Lad L-2 I use Shuguang Black Treasure CV-181z in mine and love them. Regarding caps, it didn't look like they are easily replaceable as the circuitry is enclosed in one or two black box(es), which are apparently filled with some kind of compound to preven... | |
| Digital cable... +1 for Blackcat Silverstar 75. But, if you can find a used Stereovox Reference XV-Ultra (same guy who runs Blackcat, Chris Sommovigo) it is a level up from the already very good SS 75. I think I paid $250 for mine. | |
| Tannoy Turnberry SE Imaging and Breaking In Actually the manual suggests toe-ing in so that the tweeters cross right in front of your face. I usually don't toe-in much, but this worked out better for me with these speakers. They are pretty sensitive to positioning, contrary to what the deal... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona vs. Cremona M again, I know When there is one instrument (loudspeaker) trying to emulate infinitely different instruments it will never be 100% accurate and one can expect some speakers to be able reproduce the sounds of certain instruments better than others. Make sense? | |
| Does Cu oxidation away from contact points matter? Kijanki, that makes sense to me.Jallen, can you explain how this "diode" effect negatively impacts performance in this context? | |
| Does Cu oxidation away from contact points matter? Well I've found that the latter principle is bunk due to the skin effect, but even if current is pushed to the surface of the conductor and there is a layer of essentially non-conductive oxide on the surface, wouldn't the vast majority of the curr... | |
| Upgrade from Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE If you can find one used, I heartily recommend the Von Gaylord LAD-L2 at relatively little additional cost to you. I used to own the STP-SE, then a Conrad Johnson CT5, and have had the L2 much longer than both. It has a lot of that vivid, soul-rea... | |
| "Undo" biwiring? Well, that's more complicated since I will need to acquire additional "internal wire" to use as jumpers or disconnect, shorten, and reconnect the internal runs. It's far easier to combine the connections. It would also be nice to recover a whole 4... | |
| "Undo" biwiring? Elizabeth, thanks.kr4, not sure you understand what I'm asking and I don't understand your response. Use the same wires as jumpers instead of jumpers...?Kernelbob, good jumpers have made significant improvements in my experience. Anyway, I do not ... |