sleepwalker65
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| Simple and Effective Upgrade for Wall Wart Power Supplies Voltage regulation comes with a set range of tolerances on input voltage and current draw. You can do a headroom calculation if you know what the regulator circuit voltage dropout is and subtract that from the design output voltage, then finally s... | |
| Are ferrites effective for cabling? You know that random approach to trying things without knowing what they do is only going to cause you frustration. People who design electronics don’t just say “hmmm, that random handful of parts looks good to me, they will do anything I want if ... | |
| Are ferrites effective for cabling? @geoffkait I’m pretty sure you’ll find the answer is .....no. They do work quite well on non-audio related cords, though. I mean, to improve the sound, in case my statement is ambiguous. Oh, no offense to anyone who thinks they work on audio cable... | |
| Brilliant Pebbles, a new tweak, cheaper than high end cables. Whoah! Really Geoffy?, rpt Really Geoffy?Hel-loo! | |
| Simple and Effective Upgrade for Wall Wart Power Supplies Trouble with a pre-built power supply is it’s a one-size fits all scenario. You would be paying for all the parts of a multi-voltage output design, but only using one voltage. That wasted money could have gone into fortifying the design for your s... | |
| best mm/mc preamp under $200 and best mc cartridge under $500 for an SME 3009 S2 arm ? I’ll second the Audio-Technica VM540ML, in fact I own two of them and love them. The 740ML is basically the same thing with an alloy body, which in my opinion is a negative when it comes to electrically isolating the cartridge wiring (often bonded... | |
| Simple and Effective Upgrade for Wall Wart Power Supplies I built linear power supplies from premium components for my phono stages that came with wall warts. Massive improvement in SQ and it cost less than buying something of questionable quality through fleabay and still needing to put it in a decent e... | |
| It's back! I’ll be happier if they bring out a SL-1700mk3. Some of us can’t live without full auto-return. | |
| Akai 747 w/DBX question I hope you weren’t using a bulk tape eraser. Those are way too powerful to demagnetize a tape deck, and have pretty short duty cycles | |
| Cartridge Upgrade ...AT ART-9? I should add that I own three Technics linear tracking turntables, the SL-DL5 which is direct drive but not quartz locked, and two SL-QL5 turntables, which as the name implies are quartz locked. They use the p-mount system, which is pre-calibrated... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade ...AT ART-9? The SL-15 uses a p-mount cartridge, of which your choices are severely limited to conical and bonded elliptical moving magnet designs. Keep that SL-15 as it is very historically significant and buy a conventional arm vintage or new direct drive tu... | |
| Brilliant Pebbles, a new tweak, cheaper than high end cables. And the guy in the giant banana costume marches in and the crowd goes wild! | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? @uberThese are very good comments but I am still left wondering what was wrong with the general consumer models like the Revox, B&O, Technics etc that caused their lack of acceptance.There was absolutely nothing wrong with the Technics linear ... | |
| Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened? @ct0517 I have heard it said many times in the past, that it was the DJ’s in clubs that saved "turntables" when CD took over. They used sl1200’s and the like. Very durable built like tanks. Came in a bomb proof silver case. There is no way an SL10... | |
| AT-VM95ML or similar?! The VM540ML is vastly superior to the VM95ML. I own two VM540MLs and love them. Probably one of the best values on the market today for a mid-range MM cartridge. |