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| Recommendations for CD Player/DAC Combo I got my CD player Cary CD-303 years ago and about in year 2011 I got its DAC section faulty and not working. So purchased Bryston BDA-1 DAC to work with my Cary 303. Eve since I have been using my CD player Cary 303 as a transport and Bryston BD... | |
| Tube amps and heat If I may add: the fan runs at 12 v and quite at 30 dB under standby mode of amp and at reduced volts under "operate" mode of amp to run at 24-26 dB. So I guess adding two fans would still be ok on noise level, but will have to find out. Any sugge... | |
| Tube amps and heat I live in western India where summer temperature ( Highs ) is 40-46 degree Celsius (104 - 115 degree F ) everyday during day time , my tube amp is AES SuperAmp Signature 35 wpc with 4xKT88 , 2x E88CC and 2x6BQ5 . I have A.C. fitted in the listeni... | |
| Speaker cables if your amp isn't between your speakers grannyring,I saw on PCX , they have Duelund hook up wires of "silver foil & silk / oil "(version 1,2 and 3 ) also . Do you think they will be worth to go for compared to " copper &cotton / oil " , assuming additional cost is within budget... | |
| Planar speaker placement So much so good for the speaker industry !! Now audiophiles may buy an extra pair of speakers for placing next to the working speakers ! | |
| Preamps-Tube I have mostly used tube PreAmps with my tube Amp and am very happy with tube PreAmps. Currently I have Reimyo CAT 777 as Pre on my system. Its tube complement includes two 12AU7s for amplification, two 12BH7As as tube buffers, and two 6X4WAs as t... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? Reg replacing the faulty capacitor in power supply side of Dual 1228:I have not opened the TT yet as I am traveling . But from search it appears that it is a capacitor of value 0.068 uf / 250 v . In this value there is hardly any availability, or... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? Thanks Norman,I will sure try to replace that capacitor ASAP. I will be very happy if this solves the problem .In the mean time , I am turning the volume down at the start of the play. I have the service manual of 1228 , but could not find solutio... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? Norman," Enjoy your Dual, when you can, and only if you feel the need too, upgrade. But make sure the upgrade is an actual upgrade in sound, not just in cost."Yes, I am really enjoying my Dual as of now and find it more and more musical and wis... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? playpen, I have just done very similar cleaning only last night on my Dual . I took out the headshell , disconnected the 4 delicate wire leads from cartridge pins , Deoxit with N5 type first then with 100 % solution to clean all 4 pins of cart, an... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? Norman, the link on Linn LP12 given by you makes really some hard but very interesting reading for new anolog enthusiast like me . Also it is kind of eye opener demanding more neutral and realistic self assessment, of any audio gear for that matte... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? normansizemore,I noted with interest your remark that :"When I shut off my Dual, the platter will spin on its own for a good two or three minutes. That is excellent engineering."That prompted me to clock my own Dual 1228 platter , it recorded 1 m... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? I remember that my Dual 1228 when purchased from a dealer , it came with the cartridge M95 ED already fitted on it . I have never removed or loosened the mounting screws or tried to remove cart from shell. So chances are it is fixed properly. So ... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? Thanks Norman,JICO SAS stylus was very expensive for me, so I settled for JICO N95HE.Thanks for suggesting about spare "headshells" for Dual , I will search for them on eBay . Sounds worth having them.Where to get Dual Alignment Gauge , what pric... | |
| Vintage Dual 1228 Turntable : worth to upgrade cartridge ? I just ordered a JICO Stylus SHURE N95HE ( Hyper Elliptical ) which will fit onto my current cartridge M95ED , I hope it should give sound improvement. It should arrive within a week. I will order a new Cart Shure M97 or AT soon. Thanks to you... |