vair68robert
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| Tube or solid state phono stage? As you narrow your selection down look for one with multiple loading selections , on the fly is also a nice feature . It might also be beneficial if you go with tubes , to look for one with the same type tubes in your preamp making tube rolling e... | |
| Thiel Owners @tomthiel Yes the difference was definitely an improvement , the definition improved with the speed of the 100uf vs a 400uf which makes for a smoother sound . The original 220uf and 330uf caps and the two sets of replacement electrolytics that ... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom As always your knowledge continues to educate and guide us in our appreciation for the work that Jim and the Thiel staff created . As for the higher than 100uf capacitors used on the 2.7s crossovers , I have been able to fit 4 x 100uf caps r... | |
| Thiel Owners Awhile back there was discussions about adding a resistor in series with both the tweeter and mid-range speakers on the 2.7 coax speaker . I was communicating with Rob and he suggested using a 2.5 ohm resistor and had heard that 2.7 ohm sounded... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? earlier I wrote about the most expensive " Record " that I purchased but since the MFSL Beatles box set was just mentioned I have to say I Bid $201 dollars on e-Bay for a 1979 Japanese release of the Beatles Collection never thinking I would w... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? $135 used , CLASSIC RECORDS 4 single sided 45rpm 200 gram David Crosby's " If I Could Only Remember My Name " | |
| Digital LP’s Interesting question . I have replaced a few of my John Prine albums released as early as 1991 " The Missing Years "on CD and finally in 2013 on vinyl and I feel that the vinyl sounds better , this is also true for later albums he released , " I... | |
| Please Help. J. A. Michell Gyro SE - Speed Issue Interesting "I literally turned the screw CCW at least 6-7 full turns.(what could go wrong??) The table did slow down to a snail pace faster that 33.33. I use a Cardas Frequency Sweep record that has a strobe on one side. I place the needle on on... | |
| ultrasound record cleaning machine damaged my records pfmaudio It will be interesting to hear what the dealer has to say and hopefully if it's a problem that can either be fixed or exchanged for another manufacturer . I don't own a US cleaner , but I've sent in close to 200 albums to Record Genie... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II +1 for audioguy85 's recommendation I have the Tavish Design Adagio , it uses 6 tubes for MM cartridges and adds Jensen SUT for MC cartridges ( upgrade to the 1 to 1.12 transformers ) . The great part about them besides the extensive variety... | |
| Vinyl Only @groovey I agree with you , I've gone so far as to put my JL and YO albums in storage and only listen to JL's Acoustic CD . | |
| Tube Amp recommendation for Thiel CS1.6 under $2k @5751 Great tubes ( especially RCA Blacks from the 50"s ) , I use 3 of them in my phono preamp . You're not the only person with redundancy issues , every now and then my responses are double sent , it seems to come and go . What speakers and ... | |
| Tube Amp recommendation for Thiel CS1.6 under $2k @uthlidian Go to " Thiel Owners " on this forum and ask this question . soix is correct , especially with your budget . | |
| Vinyl Only To All I'll agree that some songs ( like Angie ) are boring and or monotonous but to me they are not bad enough to get out of my chair and lift the tonearm . I also agree with that songs covered by other artists can be off putting or at least hi... | |
| Vinyl Only @dekay I've not heard of " The Last Castrato " but a few minutes ( even seconds ) of listening on Spotify makes me want to never lower a tonearm on to that recording . @czarivey If so why would you buy the albums they award ? The songs I will ... |