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Most Show videos are made with no preparation, maybe only some quick light fix, like please turn those on or off.I think the second type videos as Romy defined them are pretty useful, just a nice Showcasing of the gear to see what is out there, how ...
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For many years I have habitually "rocked" tubes gently in their sockets (when the equipment is off!) in order to "better establish the electrical connection". I suppose I have done this hundreds of times with no problems, apart from three fairly rec...
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I figured you had a good reason for going with 88.2. I have already re-assembled everything for playback. Tomorrow I will put it back for recording and do a 24/88 recording the same way I did the previous one. It will be interesting for me anyway ...
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Well, Romy, it took me a while but I finally got the cobwebs cleared out of the phono stage, and the Shostakovich 10th was totally engaging as music (via the TAP). The recording is the (late 60s) Melodiya (stereo) with Yevgeny Svetlanov/USSR Syp...
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Yes, well...VERY hot today and power was changing from good to stinking bad and back over a span of minutes, sound pumping away like a ghoulish accordian.I used the opportunity to re-set my arm damping for the 16 Ohm taps on the ML2s, assuming I coul...
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I should have said earlier that I have noticed the same thing, although I don't think I'm talking any 9 dB, here.For me, bad electricity not only makes for crappy, non-musical MF sounds but it also makes actual "sounds" come from the normally-"s...
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Dear Romy, advice that I received from Lavry regarding heavy use (6 hours each day) of the DA924 was as follows: "If you really use it that much I would leave it ON but power cycle it one a week. If you don't plan on using if for about 3 days then yo...
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[quote user="PurePower"]The obvious corollary of this statement is that if he can hear sonic effects in his music system that are directly correlated to appliance turn on, then his PurePower unit is almost certainly not operating normally.[/quote] We...
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Romy - The sails may or may not fit the aesthetics of your room but it will be tough to get the fans to work effectively with them installed. I thought that a sail furling system might be an interesting option. There are different types but in a nut...
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Amir, I agree with you wholeheartedly, on a philosophical level, and this in turn underpins my overview of life, art, etc.But, in practical terms, the fractioning off of any "event" is certain, once we try to "reconstruct" that event.Basically, any a...
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This is a very interesting thread.Many times, while driving around I listen to classical or jazz fm stations. Occasionally, I stumble upon some performance so beautiful that it pulls me in and I find myself completely paralyzed and unable ...
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Paul,I know the capacitance -- this is an analog of impedance of ordinary speakers.I also compare to known serious designs, like mentioned Blue Hawaii.The multiple taps on PS iron is to accomodate different output tubes. The "bypassed transformers" a...
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Paul, Please be careful here because good ol' USA is quite different when using residential pole mounted feeder transformers.What you may have is a neutral wire coming off of the 0 volts tap of the 120-0-120 secondary. This center tap is connected ...
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I was using a DeWalt charger that would take the batteries to 14.something which of course fell quickly when the amps were turned on. That one was a 30 amps charger the one I am using now is rated at 55 amps and goes through three modes of charging ...
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I have no problem with updated and/or altered settings for classic operas. I saw/heard an excellent "updated" Cosi Fan Tutti a little while back that held my interest throughout, in terms of the music and singing, anyway, and the story certainl...
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How about the 4" Fostex FE108E? http://www.madisound.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=131&sort=3a&page=1 It's only too big by 0.080", and if that bothers you, it would be easy to chuck by the magnet, & turn that off ...
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Jarek,I would start at the beginning. Turn off and unplug the TT motor, remove the phono cable from the phonostage and use shorting plugs to short the inputs. This takes the TT/cart/arm/cable is out of the equation. Do you still have the humm? If...
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Got the "proper" batteries installed.Left them on the charger about an hour - voltage read 13.3 out of the box and never changed with an hour of charging.This morning after an evening of charging they read 13.4. The AGM wouild read 13.5 fully charge...
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Bravo for the progress,Romy quotes in blue :"...My concern is that with introduction of that super-lucrative and “palatable cleanness” the new MF channels lost some bubbleness on sound..."Upon reading this, I of course immediately want...
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Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, not much power and...
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[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...
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Yes it would be good if our terms weren't colored by specific circumstances. Physics had to move beyond weight and define it as mass. But if we step back for a moment, we have to acknowledge that much in audio is based on fooling the ears rather than...
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Last and this weeks I played mostly LP records. I have only one arm and one needle setup after my move to new room – I did not decide that what final configuration I will have for my analog. Today, while I am in Brahms wave I played the entire box of...
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I just love the way this Carfrae looks!I have been tempted to make something similar, but turn it into a front loaded horn (of course), say turn the driver around and add a back chamber on the back of it. Make a nice volume tuning device. And then...
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After living for a few years with Edgar 80Hz straight horns, I've had many urges to find a better sounding solution. I have a reason. Every time I turn them off and continue listening without them I notice that something good happens to the sound. It...
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The speakers i've got are JBL studio monitors using a 2420 (118dbwm 16O) on top and a 2231 (93dbwm, 8O) on the bottom, which already accomodate bi amping, though like i mentioned a midrange driver would probably be a good idea and so a six way amp wo...
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I am not planning to grow my “sale” page and upload in there more items. I would like to get rid of my audio possessions at more anonymous environment, like eBay or something like this. If the items are listed at my site then people mask questions ab...
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Amy the Kitten is amazing. Next week, on Feb 12 we have our anniversary. Amy informed me that I need to have the rest of the week after 12 off and that she booked a secret anniversary trip for us. I was guessing what it might be and a Vermont sky res...
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**I think the Insteon $70 controller + optional software will allow you to turn on and off a 120VAC line via internet. The second link has a video and instructions for using the Insteon for a lighting application, and also some software comments Inte...
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Haralanov, I guess you mean to say disconnect the tweeter on one side of your playback? not the whole left side of the playback...When you use compression drivers it is very important to design the horn taking care of the high frequency response. ...
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