jasonbourne52
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| The 300B World I say the output trannies are way more important than the output tube types. The best output trannies are still the MIJ Tango’s. Those are in my 2A3 Sanei 260A, along with a Tango choke and power tranny for the power supply. | |
| Preamp for VPI Prime 21 turntable $300-800 I have a copy of the Paragon 12 that Trevor Lees built in small quantities in Australia. Real nice tube preamp with two outboard power supplies - one per channel! | |
| Preamp for VPI Prime 21 turntable $300-800 The designer of the Precision Fidelity preamps was Bruce Moore. He also designed the Paragon 10, 12 and E preamps. Bruce went on to found MFA (Moore, Frankland , and Associates) specializing in tube gear. I think that the Moore tube gear can compe... | |
| Preamp for VPI Prime 21 turntable $300-800 Precision Fidelity C2 tube preamp. I had a C7 back in The Days of Yore - $500! The phono stage to beat then was the new PS III from Paul & Stan. The C7 sounded so much better I traded in the PS III. The C7 was a tube phono stage (cascode circu... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback Extremely limited availability of 15ips tapes. At hundreds of $$$ apiece why bother? I have three consumer- grade decks: Pioneer, Teac and a rare Sony tube deck. I collect 7 1/2 tapes from the major labels Typically $25-35 each. Variety is the spi... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? Shunyata - a "bona fide" high-end company - was attempting to prove that lower resistance was important. They proved it doesn't matter! So 'philes discard those garden hose power cords and free yourselves from delusional thinking! | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? Shunyata's device showed that a typical 14 gauge power cord's resistance is perfectly adequate for any audio component. No effect upon transients! | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? My father's table saw would sometimes trip the 15amp panel circuit breaker when cutting plywood. I doubt your pair of 600 watt amps would do that even at clipping! | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @jumia : I understand the necessity of having low resistance in a power cord for transient peaks. Shunyata designed a device to measure this using transient speed compared to power in watts. They found that transient speed became a factor (slowed ... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? I have been in this hobby since 1976. I have yet to hear a sonic difference between any power cords! I know enough about physics and engineering to question the veracity of the "golden ear" claims for the superiority of one power cord over another. | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @ghdprentice : I see on eBay a Hurricane listed at $1842.60. That's a lot of $$$ for 3 meters/9 feet of wire! Also listed is an AQ Thunder for $600. Again, a lot of moola! Do you really believe that you can hear a difference between the Hurricane ... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @ghdprentice :"It is unlikely a 14 gauge power cord is not negatively impacting the sound." That is poor grammar! Do not use a double negative in one sentence. The correct sentence is: It is likely a 14 gauge power cord is negatively impacting the... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? I am unaware of any amp requiring a 10 gauge power cord. What amp/amps do you have? Why did you install 10 gauge wire to the breaker box/AC outlet? None of your gear combined will draw that much current. Stoves, refrigerators and washing machines/... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? NO! Because even a 14 gauge power cord is rated to handle 15 amps/ 1500 watts. This is the same rating for the typical breaker box/AC outlet found in most homes. That's a lot of power! Increasing the size/diameter of a power cord is only required ... | |
| TT Arm-base Unipivot vs Gimbal-base Designs... Both gimbal and unipoint can be designed to work well. Among the arms in my collection are a Grace 707 gimbal and a Mayware Formula 4 unipivot. Both are low mass with small diameter arm tubes and no headshell. I used both on my Ariston RD11S TT. B... |