johnss
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| Speaker upgrade +1 for @audioman58 comments. But would expand that to almost all speaker use cheap crossover parts. Unless the OP is an equipment junky and likes change for change, they may want to consider upgrading the crossover parts first in their current spe... | |
| Parasound HCA-1000A Modifications The pots are not the weak point, run the pots wide open and they are mostly out of the circuit. One of the weak points are all of the cheap film caps used through out the amp. The other is the off brand lytics that were used. These amps are old en... | |
| Parasound HCA-1000A Modifications @south43 , was not an amp I did. I did not use solen caps. Have to be careful with the solens, they can end up sounding lean and thin in the midrange. | |
| Best 12AU7 Type Tubes for a Preamp the PSVANE ART-S series are pretty tough to beat sonically. If you are looking for more midrange warmth, the RCA black plates are a great choice. | |
| Looking for a reel to reel deck that plays NAB and IEC EQ tascam 42 and 52, Otari MTR-10, MTR-12 Studer 807 | |
| MoFi controversy they could convert back to analogue to edit and eq the file, then when done convert back to DSD. A lot of steps of A to D, D to A to edit then back to A to D. Then D to A again when you cut the lacquer. Each step misses a little bit of info each t... | |
| MoFi controversy agree with @daveyf , digital is easy to edit, but does not have the SQ that all analogue does. DSD must go through several D to D conversions if any editing is done. Don't forget you cannot edit a file in the DSD domain. File has to be converted t... | |
| Phono Preamplifier Redux .. Damn This is Getting Expensive Yes, the series II of the 6.5 is not cheap. But you can pick up a series I for 3-4K. I have both, the series II is better, but the series I is no slouch. | |
| Phono Preamplifier Redux .. Damn This is Getting Expensive @vonhelmholtz that holo audio dac has upped the ante on the analog side of your rig. would agree with your idea to send back the Sutherland. You may want to look for a used VTL TP 6.5. Its the best phono stage I have heard until you get into the B... | |
| Snell type A and Snell type A series III would keep the AIIIs and sell the A's. I used to have two pairs of AIIIi's. really great speaker. But all the Snells needed a ton of power to sound their best. All of them should have the woofer foams looked at. They are all old enough, the foam s... | |
| Help in deciding which tube preamp to replace my old SFL-2 @awise1961 , I used to have a similar system to yours. my vote would be for the 7.5 III or the 6.5 series II. I have 3 of the VTL pres. They are really good. A couple of years ago I went through an eval process, on both preamps and phono stages.... | |
| VTL information @livingwellinco , I have not had this particular model, but have owned a number of the VTL amps. The main power supply filter caps over the years get cooked by the heat from the tubes and transformers. Even if the caps test good, would still sug... | |
| Killer vintage 70's, 80's reel to reel to add to my setup. before you buy any deck, better decide what tape format you are planning on playing. the Technics 1500 and Otari MX 5050 can cover quite a few. | |
| What should I be looking for when buying my 1st Reel To Reel ? @rbtstock before you buy anything you need to figure out what type of tapes you are going to play back. 1/4 track commercially released tapes, 1/2 track tapes, what speed (3 3/4 , 7 1/2, 15. 30), Etc. There are a few decks that will take care o... | |
| Upgrade path question with $2k to spend first thing I would do is upgrade the phono stage. |