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| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" RlwainwrightThat may be so, Albert, but the fact is that the VAST majority of CD players pull the disc inside the machine's case. So, please explain to me just how "stray" light is getting inside the player?Obviously CD's pulled inside or otherwis... | |
| distance from amplifier to preamplifier question? I agree with Mike Lavigne, magnetic interference from the power supply of the amp can harm the preamps performance. That's why Lamm asks for separation between the two.On the Treo 650, I have that same phone and the interference is caused by it op... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" Missti, ask Krell about how I discovered that overhead halogen lights, shining through the Plexiglas lid of their MD10 CD transport effected the bit stream to the D to A converter. Stray light, bounced light and vibration are all real. The CD play... | |
| Purist or Kubala-which to buy for entire system As far as I know, all Purist cables marked Dominus or Dominus Ferox (and no other designation) are USA cables. ALL Purist Aqueous Anniversary and ALL Purist Anniversary cables are identical, regardless of where in the world they are sold. There ha... | |
| Listening in Depth - A Sampler of CBS Stereophonic I don't know if the following qualify as unique, but a couple of very much overlooked labels with great sound are the Artist House LP's and the pressings from A&M records Horizon's division, representing abstract Jazz (post bop?) artists of t... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308 Part II I use the ECC88, the 6DJ8 variety with common steel pins (not gold) pins. The E88CC is a true 6922 and I frequently find these gold pin versions (although classier looking) to be harder sounding, grainer and slightly more compressed. Here is a lin... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308 Part II Tvad, this site has accurate descriptions and good images of most of the audio tubes we're discussing. Karsten is one of my suppliers and is located in Germany.http://www.tube-classics.de/TC/Tubes/AudioTubes.htm | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308 Part II Jafox, regarding:As for the 6922/6DJ8/7308, as much as I like the Mullard 6922 gold pin, the Telefunken 6DJ8 has been phenomenal in every component I have tried. Tonal coherency is more refined over the somewhat edgy Mullard in the treble, and the... | |
| How to hang rugs. Justin, I attached with only one piece of tack strip. It sits behind the rug with the spikes penetrating the hand tied knots on the back of the rug. The tacks are shallow enough that they don't pass completely through the rug face.I did add two ti... | |
| How to hang rugs. If you view my system thread you will notice there's a brick fireplace between my speakers. That image was made during the short period of time my rug was not hanging in front of that brick.I hung a silk rug with a 2X2 piece of lumber cut 1/4 inch... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, CCa, etc In the meantime Albert, please feel free to basterdize this thread to your hearts content. The rest of us will be somewhere else. I guess spending an hour on the phone with me discussing audio at 3:00 in the morning was not so much personal genero... | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, CCa, etc Hey Ralph! I need to call you.Hope your going to attend Rocky Mountain again this year, you can spin some more new music. I bought that Shins "Chutes Too Narrow," LP and still trying to get into the new Bjork. | |
| Tube Characterization: 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, CCa, etc What you wish could be stated with absolute certainty is not possible, in my opinion. There is too much variation in sound, even when the exact SAME tube is auditioned in two or more pieces of equipment.Depending on design, a 6922 type tube might ... | |
| VTL MB-450 "Generations" Zaikes, good additional information. I'm pretty sure the cap upgrade path removes the MIT's and replaces them with Infinicap. Between the guys in my group and those I trade data with we have upgraded eight VTL amps and this is one of the more impo... | |
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