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| Silicon vs Herbies tube dampers on Cary 300B amp I've compared Herbie's and silicone o-rings on EL84s and both octal and 9-pin small signal tubes, and heard no difference whatsoever. Where there was an improvement (which wasn't always) the improvement was the same with either, and where there wa... | |
| Orig. Well Tempered Record Player - 2 Questions? I owned the Well Tempered Record Player, and it's certainly easy to get it wrong if you've never seen one properly set up.1) If the suspension lines are touching the armtube, I'm guessing you have the paddle turned on it's axis. The holes in the p... | |
| Would like some opinions on tube rolling I owned a Wright WLA12A which used the 6X5 rectifier. I used both RCA and GE, and I didn't notice much sonic difference between them. However, there was a huge difference in the noise, with both RCAs and one of the GEs generating significantly mor... | |
| Herbie's vs. Hal-O's, Tube Dampers whats good? I've used both Herbie's and the orange silicone o-rings; both were an improvement over no dampers, but I could tell no difference between the two. Of course, that could mean my system isn't resolving enough, or that none of my tubes were microphon... | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. Justlisten,Cabaret Voltaire is also a favorite of mine; they do a great job even on the ballads.By the way, if any of you are looking for a great 80's synth pop radio station, Soma FM has recently put up a stream called Underground 80s:http://soma... | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. Propaganda - Secret WishVisage - s/tI love 80's synth/Euro pop!David | |
| LSA 1 Monitors in a small room?? Even though my VR-1s sounded completely different than the LSA 1s (nods toward Larry and smiles) the best amps I used with them were the Monarchy SM-70 Pro monoblocks. Smooth as silk, just a tad on the warm side, and plenty of power; I imagine the... | |
| Gainclone vs. Pure Class-A I've owned Monarchy SM-70 Pro monoblocks, a Rawson First Watt F4 clone, and now an Audiosector Patek. All are great in different ways. The Monarchys were the most tube-like, ran very hot, and were too noisy into my Zu Druids. The Rawson ran *extre... | |
| LSA 1 Monitors in a small room?? Larry,I apologize, I wasn't specific enough in my reply; I never meant to infer the VR-1s sounded anything like the LSAs. I was only commenting on the port design being similar to the VR-1s and making it suitable for near wall placement, which app... | |
| LSA 1 Monitors in a small room?? I owned the Von Schweikert VR-1s, which are very similar to the LSA 1s, and they were terrific in a small (10x12) room. The little tuned port they have is different than most ports, and can be very close to the wall and still function properly. I ... | |
| The Well Tempered Record Player and Denon DL103 Johnnyb53,I used a pretty big blob! :-)Seriously, I added up to 10 grams in 1 gram increments before I gave up; this was in the days before the aluminum and wood bodies that add so much mass, so it was mostly uncharted waters. I'm not sure that ad... | |
| The Well Tempered Record Player and Denon DL103 Johnnyb53 brings up a viable alternative, but I'll say that I tried adding mass at the headshell via Blu-tak and that still, IMO, didn't make the DL103 work on the WTRP arm. It's possible the aluminum body does things other than add mass; I haven'... | |
| The Well Tempered Record Player and Denon DL103 I owned both and could never get the combination to sound right. I tried many different levels of damping fluid, alternate cartridge mountings, even an arm wrap. IMHO, the WTRP arm has too low effective mass to deal with a low compliance cartridge... | |
| Pass Aleph 3 into 16 ohms Paul,Have you tried writing to Nelson Pass over at diyaudio? He answered a couple First Watt F4 questions for me. He seems to still be pretty involved.David | |
| VS VR2's and new amps I owned the VR-1s, which have the same drivers as the VR-2s, and loved them with the Monarchy SM-70 Pro monoblocks. Plenty of power and Class A goodness. I got amazing bass for monitors; you should do even better with the floorstanders.David |