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Tube dampeners on ARC gear ... FREE TWEAK

Here's a cheap (free) tweak for owners of ARC gear using the black tube dampeners. If you move both dampeners as far up toward the top of the tube as possible without having the top one fall off, taking care that both dampeners are solidly touching each other, you will get better dynamics, bass, mids, highs and a lower noise floor. Try it ... you'll like it.
oregonpapa
a25105
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Frank,

Please keep up the good work.  A lot of people like me really appreciate the tweaks that you shared here.  I am looking forward to you upcoming posts.

BTW, how much better is the Herbie compare to the ARC rings?

Allan
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oregonpapa OP
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Allan ...

How much better? As I convert over to the Herbie's dampeners, I would be more than happy to send you the ARC dampening rings for free. *lol*

And by the way, I'm converting over with one component at a time just as I did with the SR Black fuses. Maybe one per month. Its like spreading out the "fixes" over time. 

Gotta say, I was listening again this morning, this time to a Harmonia Mundi compilation of various cuts from a variety of their albums. This is another CD that I've heard a hundred times at least. Its one of my reference recordings that I go to each time I make an improvement to the system.  This morning, it was like starting anew, like I've never heard it before. 

The musicians on the Harmonia Mundi recordings use a lot of ancient original instruments, playing music from the 1500's and 1600's. A lot of what they do is recorded in old stone churches in Europe. Man 'O Man ... its really something when you can sense the stone and the age of the venue. And those instruments take on a whole different meaning as well. With the tweaks I've introduced to the system over the past year, you can really catch the differences between ancient instruments and modern ones. The Herbie tube dampeners has brought that out even more. 

Totally enjoyable. 

Frank 
a25105
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Frank,

OMG, WTH, Man O Man, I should've waited a little longer before I pulled the trigger on getting the ARC rings.  I think I will need to send my ARC rings to someone like Mapman very soon:)  Thx again and take care.


Allan
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oregonpapa OP
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^^^  

Don't bother sending them to Mapman. He won't hear the difference.  :-)
 
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bdp24
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Oh man Frank, Harmonia Mundi is SUCH a great label! Repertoire right up my alley, performed so well and in those ancient rooms, and in great recorded sound. You’re right, you can really hear the room the recording was made in, something I absolutely love. To hear those "period" instruments (both antiques and modern reproductions) in those rooms, the type the music was written to be heard in, performed in period "correct" style (without the Romantic era vibrato that was not employed in the Baroque era), really adds to the full appreciation of the music and it’s performance. What more could one ask for!

In the 90’s the U.S. headquarters of HM in Westwood/West L.A. had parking lot sales every few months, offering discontinued LP’s and CD’s for $5 apiece. I was there every time. The cream of my music library!

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