viridian
Responses from viridian
| Tonearm pivot lube Are you using a ball and race, cone and cup, knife edge, unipivot, hydraulic or other type of bearing? | |
| Dynaco ST-70 totally restored vs Dynaco ST-70 Kit I would agree and disagree with Amadarae. The original Stereo 70 power transformer, runs very hot and this bothers some people. On the other hand, as he points out, many of these are fourty years old and functioning perfectly. What the original de... | |
| is audiogon good for the audio industry or bad? I think that you are stealing the resources of your local dealers by auditioning products and then purchasing them on the secondary market. That is, most certainly, bad for the industry. | |
| Dynaco ST-70 totally restored vs Dynaco ST-70 Kit A dissenting opinion. I would go with Bob Latino's kit. The power transformer is beefed up over the original Dyna transformer, being a 5 amp job, the input board is the all triode Tube4Less board with individual bias for each tube (I prefer fixed ... | |
| Differences in tubes. The electrical characteristics of a KT77 are similar to an EL34/6CA7 and are somewhat different than a 6550 or KT88 even though the base pin configuration is the same. Most fixed bias amps cannot interchange the two tube types without circuitry ch... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Speakers entering a "sanctified" realm, sounds sanctimonious. | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" I would say that it is both, and this very much speaks to your point of reference. If you value very, very quiet surfaces, the MoFi or one of the Japanese pressings, is for you. Ditto dynamic range which is excellent. But some of us are not comfor... | |
| Variac Variable Transformer I always use mine, however the reason is to reform the dielectric on the power supply caps to avoid hum. | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" Tvad, yes I have been considering moving upmarket to Kenner as well, please contact me off board with your impressions. I really don't want to make the investment and reap only an incremental improvement. | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" Tvad, Bill, no intent on harshing anyone's mellow! We all know that I can't hear a damn thing anyway and my compromised hearing is exceeded only by my boorish taste. | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" Oh, and just so that you can tell your arse from your elbow:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PFArchives/discTOC.htmHappy hunting. | |
| Best "dark side of the moon" You could do a search of the forums as this has been asked many times, IMHO:1) Japanese "Pro-Use" half speed.2) Mobile Fidelity UHQR half speed3) German first pressing (almost a tie with the UHQR but with very different strengths and weaknesses).4... | |
| Tracking error distortion audibility Check your alignment; very small changes in alignment can have very large effects where sound quality is concerned. I assume that you are using Baerwald alignment by the null point that you reference. Why not try Stevenson? At any rate, I feel tha... | |
| how many hours? There are so many things that effect this that it is very hard to say, stylus cut, alignment, tracking force, cleanliness and condition of the records being played, bearing friction in the tonearm, etc. I hew very closely to the time span given in... | |
| With $20,000 in your hand, what speaker would you Why, any speaker that I could audition in Southen Italy, of course. |