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| Audio Mirror 45 thoughts? I'm another happy Audio Mirror owner and would echo all positive attributes that Rockadanny already has elaborated on. I bought mine about four years ago and had Vlad install Vcaps and balanced inputs as well as upgraded furutech IEC's. I was usin... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier I will have to put them on my short list. Are they grey plates from the 50-60s era? | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Ken,Haven't tried the Siemens E188CC's in positions 2 and 4 but currently am trying some Russian made Voskhod 6n23p grey plates from 1975. There are many variations of this tube but these are reputed to be the best. They are relatively inexpensive... | |
| Olive customer service I wholeheartedly second swamp walker's suggestion on contacting Neal Van Berg at moonlight audio. I have one of his music vault servers and while it has not been totally infallible in operation, Neal has always been right there within minutes to h... | |
| What are these vintage speakers? Altec Valencia's are a great pair of speakers even by today's standards. 15" woofer and a big sectoral horn. A two way system which was about 100 dB efficient. Huge sound with just low powered amp. It was my frost serious pair of speakers when I b... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier I can't remember what the cap upgrade cost. It was done in conjunction with other upgrades including a new wiring harness etc.Best to email Victor for a price quote. I will say it has been my experience that Joseph's labor costs are very reasonabl... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier SherodCaps you need to look at are behind the compliment of tubes on the right side in the rear of the unit. The V caps are very good. I have the TfTf's installed although if I had it to do over again I would opt for the copper V caps. Unfortunate... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sabai, I would definitely contact Victor at the email posted by Sherod. You would get a faster and more cogent reply by doing that.Sherod, Victor could give you the values of the caps in your preamp. I have 2 2.0uF V caps in my preamp and 4 .22uF... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sherod,I have a rudimentary users manual when my unit was a 2.0 but no schematic in that info. Another omission in the early manuals is the fact that the preamp inverts polarity. Make sure all who use this preamp switch positive and negative speak... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sabai, No it is internal and replaces the current internal power supply which is on the left side of the unit as you face the front. It uses one tube. It really made a very special improvement in the unit as I wrote about in a previous post. Conta... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sherod,Yes I have the new fuse as well. Nice subtle improvement for sure. I also sprung for two for my 3.1 DAC.I would contact Victor if you do have interest in the tubed power supply. He can most certainly give you quite a bit of information abou... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Sabai...does your 2.3 come with Joseph's new tubed power supply. If not it is worth contacting him about it. It made a huge improvement in my unit. Much improved staging and dimensionality. It is very organic sounding now where it had been a touch... | |
| Interest in Joule Electra VZN220 amps? Mrdean, Using the Audiogon bluebook as a guide, the VZN220 musicwoods used avg. is $17,020. Have you been in the room when these amps are running? They throw off a ton of heat and will raise the temps in your room significantly. Unless you are usi... | |
| Grounding question and static pops too Meadowman, I had the same issue with my HW 19 MKIV. Even though the box where the IC's plug into the tone arm was grounded I still got static pops. It got so bad that static built up when I was playing a record and a loud pop would come through th... | |
| Audio Supports In response to Elizabeth's thought:"Added: One feature that would allow three feet (or four) and incur a very minimal expense for maufacturers would be to have the base of units drilled and tapped for BOTH a three foot setup, ANd a four foot setup... |