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| warming up the system A lot of variation here. My experience with a variety of tube amps, is about 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. Break in is another animal altogether, 100 hours minimum, as Markwtkiss suggests, this can run up to 500 hours plus. | |
| Is your image centred? I also mostly hear the off center effects with 70's and 80's lp's (mostly rock), although some lp's from all era's have this anomaly. I also hear variations within the soundstage. The most hard panned information can sound like it is coming right ... | |
| Is your image centred? You say cd's are no problem, ie. it is something in your phono stage, turntable or cartridge. Cartridge allignment, especially azimuth has a lot to do with channel equalization. Otherwise I would say you are properly hearing what is on some record... | |
| Mint Tractor Just finished alligning my cartridge with the tractor. Everything went pretty well, about 1 1/2 hours to do the job correctly. First of all, I found proper lighting to be critical! The first time around setting overhang I thought I had it just rig... | |
| Article in WSJ about compressed dynamic range The most compelling reason I shy away from some contemporary audio formats and music genres. | |
| Electrical supply home wiring project As Stehno mentions, cryo'd Romex is a nice upgrade. | |
| Cable question I had Synergistic active shields in two systems over perhaps a couple years, always preferred them on. I never heard any damping, veiling, quite the contrary, always lowered the noise floor and opened things up. I always plugged mine into power co... | |
| Power cords and soundstage It sounds like that power cord is moving you in the right direction, stronger focus and less flabby bass are good. You could really open up your soundstaging with some room treatments, diffusion at 1st reflection point on ceiling, and perhaps some... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps An interesting video giving possible explanation for sonic differences in capacitors. http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=6667 | |
| VH Audio Vcaps For those curious about sonic merits of various caps there is a very informative discussion at [url]http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=54218.0[/url] | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Magfan, I'm not using a shotgun approach, I am only changing one thing at a time. This is the very reason I still have the remaining stock caps, original cartridge, cartridge alignment. I started with what I thought the weakest link, the .47uf cou... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Reb 1208, wow, I don't hear those failings. Still, until I do a direct comparison (swap out) I won't really know. I'm considering the RTX as a replacement for the PPFMX currently in my Joule pre.Vett93, the caps have over 100 hours on them in the ... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps My Art Audio Carissa Sig. uses the Cardas Golden Ratio coupling caps. Reportedly, these have a wonderful midrange, rolled on top. When I first got this amp I did notice a bit of roll-off, with time and insertion of silver cables in various locatio... | |
| Almost there but not quite.... If you're looking to add a warm power cord, you might want to audition a VH Audio AirSine. Air and spaciousness are supreme. Get it with the Wattgate gold plated terminations for maximum warmth. You could also try the Porter Ports AC outlets, agai... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Mingles, I've evaluated in various components, the Auricaps, Hovland MusiCaps, Multicap PPMFX, Black Gate Rubycon, and various other cheaper caps. Will soon be evaluating Mundorf Silver/Oils in my DAC.At this point the V-cap is noticeably superior... |