rodman99999
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| Synergy Mapman's definition of the term is the accurate one. Many use the term in a semantically incorrect way. There's really no way to predict or quantify if the sound/presentation of one's audio system will be, "greater" than the sum of it's parts/effe... | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? Your speaker system has the efficiency to work well with tubed amps. There is much musical enjoyment to be gained by making the switch to tubes, IF you don't mind the minor added maintenance(personal viewpoint) that tubes require. I'd strongly rec... | |
| NOS 12AU7s with Ayon amps It depends. If you like a warmer, sweeter sound; go with something from Britain(Mullard/Brimar). If more detail and transparency is your cup of tea; something from Germany(Telefunken/Siemens). Amperex offerings will get you somewhere between those... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Tvad- Further; making that statement would seem to imply that the individual had listened to, "most tube based components" that have been manufactured. A premise that I highly doubt! | |
| one large cap, or a few added up? You might want to be a bit more civilized. Try this:(http://phonoclone.com/diy_rack.html) Read the last line, as you will be dealing with non-polarized caps(forgive his spelling). | |
| one large cap, or a few added up? An excellent source for high quality caps, and Michael will also match your caps to within 1%: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) I've used DynamiCaps in Maggies with great results. auriCAPs are also an excellent cap: (http://www.partsconnexi... | |
| centering the human voice That can be a big problem. System balance should be checked with a mono signal. You might also find these test CDs of great value: (http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?r=1&EAN=90368003720&ourl=Chesky%2DRecords%2DJazz%2DSampl... | |
| centering the human voice You ARE trying to center the voice, while the system in "MONO" mode, right? | |
| Looking For A Remote Controlled Phase Inverter You'd lose more resolution by inserting contacts and another pair of interconnects, than you are listening to the percentage of recordings you own that were recorded out of phase. My BAT VK-D5 has a phase inversion feature. There are only a few di... | |
| Variac differences and use You're right, and I've always considered the caps that were manufactured long enough ago to present a problem, inferior to current ones(whatever the year I was working on unit). I always replaced/upgraded the capacitance when doing a PS, or recomm... | |
| Need info on Beveridge RM-2 power supply please Rodger Modjeski designed the amplifier (RM-1) for the original Beveridge speakers:(Roger@ramlabs-musicreference.com) Rick Beveridge , the son of Harold Beveridge, has started Beveridge back up: (rbev@bevaudio.com) One of them could surely offer so... | |
| Variac differences and use I guess I've been extremely lucky all these years. The First Tube amp I built was a Dynakit ST-70. Their instructions(upon assembly completion)were to first test the voltages out of the power transformer, then insert the rectifier and test the vol... | |
| Anybody ever heard of EVI 6922 tubes? Perhaps you're thinking of these: (http://www.gcaudio.com/cgi-bin/store/showProduct.cgi?id=502), which are the best current production 6922s. | |
| Synergistic Research active shielding question Gfroman- You might try contacting this seller: (http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?powrcabl&1250953807&/Synergistic-Research-X2-Series), And see if he's still got one of the used MPCs that he mentioned. I've seen the MPCs on eBay, quit... | |
| Synergistic Research active shielding question You can also dab some nail polish or enamel paint on the LED, to block the light. |