rodman99999
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| Are contact treatments worth the money? I have to agree with the dangers of applying "oily" or grease containing substances(ie: the electrical grease mentioned) to electronic gear. The heat generated by the piece(particularly tubed gear) WILL cause migration. SST is not oily or greasy, ... | |
| Directional cable question Given your tastes in sound, Mr T, It's no surprise that a reversed digital cable would suit you: (http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1144708556) Of course: There are many others out there that are seeking something other than what w... | |
| Dynaco ST-70 totally restored vs Dynaco ST-70 Kit The Primaluna is made in china(cap omitted intentionally). That should answer your question. | |
| "tube watts" versus "solid state watts" Beyond the fact that tube amps clip softer than solid state: There's the fact that their distortion when driven hard is composed more of even order harmonics, than SS's predominiately odd order(much more disturbing to our senses). Then there's the... | |
| How to lower noise floor through mods? The "filter caps" are in the power supply. If you can still find Black Gate/Rubycon caps in the exact value that you've got in your pre now: They'd be a much higher performance replacement than the originals. I absolutely agree with Atmasphere- If... | |
| How to lower noise floor through mods? Replace the rectifier(s)(whether a bridge or individual diodes) with soft recovery IXYS FREDs or CREE SiC Schottkys:(http://www.partsconnexion.com/catalog/semiconductors.html), and rewire internals with a good cable, like Kimber KCAG, going to a s... | |
| Tubes: Which is best? An excellent place to purchase output tubes, should you decide to go with the Gold Lions: (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/product.asp?itemid=70&catid=85) You do not HAVE to replace all the tubes at once, but if one needs replacement(and it's audi... | |
| What kind of power wakes up electrostatic speakers Whatta ya bet: Steakster's found an amp by now? | |
| Rolled some 12ax7's recently... Which Tele's did you try Mr B? | |
| Where can I get my Tri-Planar burn in cable cooker The greatest part of cable burn-in relates to dielectric absorption, which will stabilize after so many hours of voltage passing through the conductor. The dielectric will give up this charge over an extended idle time, and the process must be rep... | |
| New Kimber 8TC vs Old 4TC Teflon takes 200+ hours to stabilize as a rule. Place the speakers close together, face to face, and reverse the polarity on one of them. Play music(like from an FM tuner), set on mono, with heavy bass content. That will lower the output volume an... | |
| where to get shorting plugs? (http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=oem&content_id=7&pagestring=RFI/EMI+Protection+Caps) read the following and pay attention to what is said about shorting outputs:(http://www.siteswithstyle.com/VoltSecond/Shorting_plug_rca/shorting_p... | |
| Balanced vs Single ended? If both pieces were not designed with fully balanced circuitry: It's a waste of time, and you quite possibly will be subjecting your signal to extra, signal-degrading comversions/componentry(ie: differential amplifiers, phase splitters. If your in... | |
| Are contact treatments worth the money? I'm a skeptic by nature and as a result of being screwed over the years, by hyped products outside of the audio arena. However- When an audio product is offered with a money back, satisfaction guarantee(ala SST), highly touted by so many reviewers... | |
| Entry Level Cables I've seen a lot of 8TC, in 7 to 10ft pairs, sell for under $200. IE: (http://cgi.ebay.com/KIMBER-CABLE-8TC-Speaker-Cables-Terminated-7-6-ft-pair_W0QQitemZ300296392435QQihZ020QQcategoryZ14966QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Many on AudiogoN a... |