ericclayton
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| Modded my Jolida 302a tonight, WOW I've got a modded 502b and have tried 5751s, Mullards Russian, Phillips etc. in both ecc81 and ecc83 apps. What I finally settled on were Tungsram for both positions. Very neutral, good highs,bass came on nicely after breakin and smooooth. | |
| AMC Tube Amplifiers AMC can put sockets on the board and sockets are available in most configurations for self improvement if you can handle a soldering iron and watch power capacitors. Alot of TV repair shops can do it too | |
| Isolation for turntables A thing that works for us(Wifes idea) is to go to the local Hdwe store get some canister corks and place them under the feet. May work, may not, no great investment in time or money | |
| DTS problems I have the Yamaha RXV795a, if you hit a remote input (source) button twice in a row quickly it goes from auto decoding to dts to analog. took me a while to figure it out. You may not have the receiver where you think you do. | |
| Budget interconnects and speak wire T14 speaker cables give a wonderful sound and they're not too dear, likewise check out SWG or interlinkhouse for your connectors. Stealth ETS model (interlinkhouse)1m. connectors often go for about 40-50 dollars on ebay and theyare a bargain at that. | |
| Do Silver Cables Hurt Bass? I also have recently upgraded to silver interconnects and have found the bass to have tightened up a lot. Much better definition though, in parallel lead and bass runs on much of Jethro Tulls work the tandem melody lines are enhanced without the b... | |
| Cable recommendations I agree with Tom the STEALTH interlinkhouse are a wonderful sounding cable without selling the farm. They are REAL bright at first but calm down a lot with 10-20 hrs. of playing. Tighten up the bass and add alot of mid and high end detail |