mulveling
Responses from mulveling
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? Dang, sign me up. Ime more like 10-15%... I don't know jack about distributorships, so you're probably right on that. But the significant purchase price disparities here speak for themselves, even with Kron taking whatever cut he does. | |
| Kt120 Vs kt90 Sound characteristics Which KT90, the Electro Harmonix? In the Rogue tube amps, EH KT90 has more treble energy while being leaner through the midrange and bass compared to Tung-Sol KT120. I think almost everyone prefers the KT120, unless you have a particularly dark sy... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? The seller in question has been selling Benz cartridges (and now a few others as well) for years. I have always wondered where he gets these cartridges, as they are all apparently new? Yet, the factory(s) consistently deny any connection to him, ... | |
| Okay to use RCA adapter on a fully balanced amp? OK, so I was totally wrong to doubt the amp’s description - it is indeed truly balanced, albeit with a rather low sensitivity (5 Volts is a lot to ask)! Sorry about that. An RCA-to-XLR adaptor will be a perfect solution, so long as you have enough... | |
| Cryogenic Tubes - Time for a Change "Since tubes are composed of various materials, all of which expand and contract at different rates, one might think that cryo-treating tubes may cause micro cracks, fissures, or gaps where two or more materials meet, causing deleterious effects ... | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? Why not open back headphones like Grado’s for when you want to play it loud? If you don’t want to try that, And I also second: I find Grados to be very fatiguing and hard on my hearing at loud volumes. The dynamic drivers are right on top of yo... | |
| Cryogenic Tubes - Time for a Change Over the years, several times I’ve opted for Upscale’s cryo option at $8 a tube. I’ve also opted NOT to cryo for several sets (many of the same tubes). I’ve not noticed any difference with the cryos, other than the cool sticker on the boxes. I no ... | |
| Bob Carver tube amps Besides the extremely questionable power ratings, what I find most disingenuous about the previous Carver co. was its bold proclamations for a "lifetime warranty" and "20 year tube warranty" (or whatever it was, exactly) when the average lifespan ... | |
| Vintage worth the time to explore? If you really want warm sound at any volume, you should be looking at the 6L6 or EL34 based vintage tube gear. Heathkits, Eicos, Marantz 8, Dynacos. They obviously need to have been restored for safe use. But the good news is these point-to-point ... | |
| Okay to use RCA adapter on a fully balanced amp? Here’s the part that concerns me about this amp possibly not having a "true" differential input, despite earlier verbiage: If a balanced connection cannot be used, note that the amp cannot be driven to full power from a 2-volt single-ended outpu... | |
| Digital gain vs analog gain Every analog stage has overload conditions. So it really helps to understand the rough signal level (e.g. RMS Voltage) expected at each link in your chain, and to ensure you leave ample overload margin for the downstream component to handle that s... | |
| Anyone prefer horizontal bi-amping their monos? So it really helps to know the configuration of your amps. Are they: True monoblocks: no switch to stereo mode, and cannot be used for vertical or horizontal bi-amp until you have 4 of them. Stereo amps with a switch to PARALLEL the L/R sides ... | |
| Tube amps and a Stradivarius @donavabdear You’re right, self noise cannot be completely ignored. Some even advocate high-end isolation stands like HRS or Critical Mass for headphone amps. However, in my experience while isolation has made a big difference for my turntable &... | |
| Okay to use RCA adapter on a fully balanced amp? @blkwrxwgn Jensen makes a box that’s incredibly handy to have for these scenarios. It takes SE / RCA inputs and converts to balanced / XLR outputs via transformers (you will also need an extra IC). I have this and can confirm its transformers ar... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? It’s unlikely that user damage / misuse would be covered under any warranty. @big_greg That’s exactly what I’m saying too. Nor would I WANT it covered by warranty; it would necessarily raise the prices even more, and I guess I have a more stea... |