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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s
Post Subject: If OnlyPosted by Paul S on: 11/2/2009
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If Lamm had actually used the larger 950s in my unit I would probably be less curious about it, but for mine he used 10uF 935 couplers with small 950s for bypass (... I assume they are bypass caps...). Hard to imagine 10 uF couplers would not have a substantial effect on the sound. And, like I said, I am curious.
As far as the 9-pin sockets, I keep getting noise from the 12AX7/sockets, and this noise gets resolved when I clean the connectors.
As far as sockets in general are concerned, I don't like even the idea of steel contact points. I am more interested in copper contacts than the Teflon. I absolutely do not regard Teflon as a silver bullet, and it is not the Teflon I am shopping for. But, try to find gold-sputtered copper pin holders that are not part of a boutique "Teflon" tube socket...
As far as addressing the ML2 weaknesses, I would be very pleased and also quite surprised if any cap swap made the ML2's "self-limiting" go away. This I would have to rate as a considerable bonus.
At this point, a cap swap would be more of an exploratory move, just because i had the case opened and the boards out, to see how the sound is changed.
Best regards,
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