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| Vintage tube sound from a modern amp If one seeks a warmer, more romantic (colored) presentation from the typical tube amp, whether newer or older: try NOS tubes manufactured in Britain (ie: Mullard, Brimar, Genelex) especially in the amp's early stages. For a sound somewh... | |
| Source for resistors for an acoustech/sutherland phono preamp Plus a BIG ONE for ordering from Michael Percy AND, "high quality"! For a pittance: he was matching components to within 1% tolerance for me. Began our transactions 20+ years ago and never a moment's disappointment. ... | |
| To all our Veterans here, Thank You! And: yesterday was the USMC's 247th birthday, as well. SEMPER FI | |
| Stored, used, crossover capacitor burn in / reforming time @jim94025 - Please: report back with your impressions, whatever they may be. | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @charles1dad - When @roxy54 mentioned Audio Note, it rang a bell in my empty head and I did a little search. Mr Qvortrup also started using Black Gates back in the 80's Beside that tidbit: the following is an interesting article:... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? @charles1dad - What makes the Blackgate capacitors special ? I can state, as a certainty, when they were used to upgrade existing electrolytics: the component's performance was enhanced. In my experience: very few ever disputed that. ... | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? btw: It's been a few years (at least eight) since those Duelunds were replaced. Still: wonderful reproduction/no need for Pampers. | |
| Boutique caps in oil... reliable? Back when they were a couple hundred bucks each; I replaced the four coupling caps, in my tubed monoblocks, with Duelund's .22uF 630V, CAST PIO, pure Cu foil's. Within six months I noticed a tiny puddle under one of the amps and calle... | |
| Cable burn in Anyone needing a rationale for experimenting with new cables in their system and/or feeling dissuaded by the Church of Denyin'tology's antiquated electrical doctrines: take heart! Many new electrical facts have been established in the ... | |
| tube burn mcintosh pre-ampIs Here are just a few sentences (verbatim), from a letter that Brent Jesse includes, when you receive tubes purchased from him: "New tubes need a break-in period before they can exhibit their true sonic character when used in audio circui... | |
| Clearaudio Concept and Audio Technica AT6006R tonearm lifter??? My first Safety Raiser cost me $19.95 and treated my Unitrac arm very gently, for 30 years. Ten years ago it got a bit too energetic, so: found a NOS/NIB replacement and paid $129.00 (gladly). The box still had the $19.95 tag on it.... | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them The Very Thing That Makes You Rich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTJ3RQSa1PU Cheaper To Keep Her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDc-euX7ws Tied To The Whipping Post https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUvxRjYqjEQ Freebird https://www.youtub... | |
| How do you break in a preamp @audphile1 - +1 | |
| How do you break in a preamp @audphile1 - I'll bet stanwine's pre is broken in by now. Just a guess! 😉 | |
| Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording @bdp24 - During the playback of a track (whether in recording or mixing), the engineer will run his tape, A/B-ing the sound with that of a current best-selling song. He then manipulates the sound of his recording with a number of pieces of o... |