rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Most musical player or DAC? I'd add a used Audio Logic 34 or 2400 DAC to the possible units you might want to consider. The older Audio Logics used an all tube output stage, and were excellent for tube rolling, and if you can find one they probably aren't that expensive in t... | |
| upgrading JADIS JA-200, JPS2 and JPS3 The problem with upgrading components in a Jadis piece of equipment is that the company really designed a lot of its models around the component parts they use in them, particularly the older units. When you start to modify it, you can put in capa... | |
| Day Sequerra CRT Dott c, are you saying that Day won't sell a new scope other than in connection with an upgrade? Because I did get a new scope from them, though it was part of the upgrade package. | |
| Chuck Mangione's band mates die in plane crash.. Gerry Niewood, one of the musicians in the band who died in the crash, is the husband of one of the women (Gurley Niewood) I sing with in my church choir. He was a really nice person and a fine musician. My heart goes out to his wife and children. | |
| Background noise I'll add that the Shindo units I have heard are astonishingly quiet, so that would also make me lean towards a noisy tube as the culprit. | |
| Background noise Sounds like it could be tube rush from the tube(s) in the phono stage. If you have enough gain from your cartridge/phono stage combination, it may not be noticeable in ordinary listening. Could also be a noisy tube, though, in which case you'll pr... | |
| after Valhalla, i changed to First NBS Omega, then Kubala Sosna Emotion. All fine cables, including the Valhalla, just different tonal balances. Any of them could be satisfying, depending on the system and your listening biases--the Kubala-Sosna ultimately was the one that wo... | |
| Record Clamp for Well Tempered Turntable I tried a felt mat when I had a WTT years ago, but I didn't like it. Seemed to take a little life away from the sound. | |
| Record Clamp for Well Tempered Turntable I agree with Schipo, their best clamp would be the right choice. You might not even be able to use the others anyway, as isn't the WTT spindle threaded for the clamp? | |
| Guitar's...what do the audionuts play? I used a friend's SG Standard for a while back in high school (Eric Clapton had used one with Cream, so it was a hot guitar for a while), I thought it was pretty nice. Of course, at the time I was using a Harmony solid body guitar which wasn't all... | |
| tuner to tube preamp Have you tried another input on your preamp? | |
| Guitar's...what do the audionuts play? I actually live about 10 miles from Hoboken, NJ, where my Guild was made. While I preferred the sound of a Martin 6-string to a Guild, I felt the opposite at the time about their 12-string guitars. | |
| Guitar's...what do the audionuts play? I play a 1968 Guild F-212 12-string guitar. I learned guitar on a beautiful rosewood Martin which was, unfortunately for me, borrowed. Wish I still had that one as well. | |
| Need help with Jadis JA200 You should check to see just how old your Jadis amps are and whether the transformers in them are the originals (optimized for the KT88/6550 or EL34 types) or the newer ones, which may have been optimized for the KT90s. While all of these types ma... | |
| My new CDP does SACD too.... T-bone, that Bis recording you mentioned is a terrific one. As a rule, the SACDs on that label are very good, as are most of the Telarcs. I forgot to mention the Ondine label, which does recordings of both the Philadelphia (live concert recordings... |