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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #462: OK, Tell About the SOTA Unit by Paul S on 2010-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Voltage sag at the ConEd level is the-same-only-different from porta power sag.  If nothing else, at some point, many of us will have a huge "oversupply" feeding the tranny that feeds the nearby drop that feeds our house.  No porta unit puts out anyt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Wilson's SOTA by Paul S on 2015-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
I don't remember and am too lazy to check the sizes of the drivers for this system, but I do "remember" this as a speaker that Wilson has never outdone since. I suppose it still comes with tech help in setting it up, which would be the ballgame for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "SOTA Technology" Speakers from Polymer Audio Research by Paul S on 2015-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "SOTA Technology" Speakers from Polymer Audio Rese... in Audio News  2 Replies 
Here are some folks who think ultra-stiff cones and cutting-edge technology are the way to go: http://polymeraudio.com/about/ I did not read all their explanations. I have never heard these speakers. Perhaps they will be at this year's THE Show, at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: USA SOTA FUBAR by Paul S on 2018-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Josh, I admit I pretty much ass-u-me things sound bad until proven otherwise, because that's how it's gone for the 55 years or so I've been at this.  Still, these are just the sorts of speakers I'd go out of my way to hear, given 1/2 a chance.  Ironi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: SOTA by Amir on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]people who are not exposed to a  possibilities of certain (SOTA) sound reproduction level  have NO IDEA what's actually achievable.  [/quote] Wojtek I 100% believe in you but only in right speaker placemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Relays, and SOTA in General by Paul S on 2013-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
Decoud, I think the "idea" they are miming is to have the controls isolated, "out of the signal path", via "relays".  This is not new, of course, but it is "modern" and "high-tech", and it also creates a way for the "digital interface" (tres chic...)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New Motor for an Old Sota Star by Paul S on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Motor for an Old Sota Star in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
Well, I finally got around to replacing the original motor on my old Sota Star TT, after 27 years of service. Sota is still in business, and they still service anything they ever built. Although it takes them a while to fill an order like mine, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: The catch is by Wojtek on 2019-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
people who are not exposed to a  possibilities of certain (SOTA) sound reproduction level  have NO IDEA what's actually achievable. To have a luxury of choosing five SOTA Trumpets from the masters is very nice indeed but assume that you're only able ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Canned meat by Wojtek on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"] Wojtek wrote:people who are not exposed to a  possibilities of certain (SOTA) sound reproduction level  have NO IDEA what's actually achievable. To have a luxury of choosing five SOTA Trumpets from the masters is very nice indeed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Yes and no... by rowuk on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]people who are not exposed to a  possibilities of certain (SOTA) sound reproduction level  have NO IDEA what's actually achievable. To have a luxury of choosing five SOTA Trumpets from the masters is very nice indeed but assume t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Guy Hammel Would Laugh! by Paul S on 2018-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Not that I have a lot of patience for audio, but I finally ran out my allotment for the effing shielded phono cables when the clock sounded 12 before I figured out a quiet grounding scheme.  On the up side, I cleaned and re-greased all the contacts f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New Motor for an Old Sota Star by Paul S on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Motor for an Old Sota Star in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
Well, I finally got around to replacing the original motor on my old Sota Star TT, after 27 years of service. Sota is still in business, and they still service anything they ever built. Although it takes them a while to fill an order like mine, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Also, the TTs by Paul S on 2010-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To move audio equipment in another home. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
The one thing I forgot for 1 minute was my TT, and I forgot to set the "transit' screws that take the weight of the platter off the (saphire) thrust bearing while moving the TT.  Oops!  I used the subsequent trip back to Sota to up-date the platter a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #461: Power Factor by clarkjohnsen on 2010-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Something I think you guys are leaving out is power factor. This electricity stuff is not linear; voltage peaks do not necessarily track current. This is a problem with Edison supply, and perhaps a greater one with local generation. There are devices...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Setting Up and Maintaining Set-up by Paul S on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
It seems like most audio "auditioning" is of the hopeful sort, where we can in the best cases "hear something" that attracts us, and we can perhaps use experience to try to "intuit" whether we might be able to "extract" and use the particular compone...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Not that heavy by Paul S on 2008-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Mats, I am not so sure about where this may be headed, because the last thing I want to do is start an AA style pissing contest or suggest that any given product or design is the one to have, mainly because I just don't believe that any product ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Assumptions... by dkarmeli on 2014-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]David, of course the item under discussion would not exist at all unless someone "saw" it before he or she built it... Setting that aside for now, Lord knows I try to Keep It Real when sharing thoughts about hi-fi. With this go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Laundry List by Paul S on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Of course, at some point I "reasoned" that the laundry detergents, dish soaps, etc., contain the SOTA enzymes, surfactants, wetting agents, detergents, etc., and I've tried a number of them, including several "detergents" made for dishwashers. And th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Strobe the Belt? by Paul S on 2012-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Turntable speed analysis. in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
Some time ago I got uptight about the idea of long TT belts, and this is because I put a strobe on one, a long time ago, after I thought I "saw" it fluttering, out of the corner of my eye.   Anyway, it did flutter, and a longer one we messed with had...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Salad bowls by Wellington on 2015-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Interesting, but I have to say that does sound a bit problematic in several ways. For one, I’m guessing you meant to say “one mm”, or even “one quarter of an inch”, but not “one inch”. One inch is quite a soup bowl! For another, anti-skating f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Collectors Item by Paul S on 2009-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
Do I recall that the REL had a fairly "unusual" tuning section - among its many features that were (and still are) novel for a "civilian" tuner - , and that many of those old parts were not only top, SOTA mil-spec back then but most of them were also...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: REL Precedent on the Moon!!! by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Do I recall that the REL had a fairly "unusual" tuning section - among its many features that were (and still are) novel for a "civilian" tuner - , and that many of those old parts were not only top, SOTA mil-spec back then but m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Errr... doesn't Contimuum do this? by Paul S on 2008-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Re, bearing/ground path versus platter mass:  The usual option is to use somewhat less than 150 lb platter ;>), which is the compromise I opted for, for lots of swell reasons, one of which is because a lighter platter still allows f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Well, lookie here... by Paul S on 2008-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
I really don't get out much any more, just happened to run across this while looking for high-powered SETs:http://www.avguide.com/news/2008/01/23/ces-2008-dick-olsher-investigates-tube-gear-at-ces/4/Look at text down below the Classic Audio speaker p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Listening to/for What? by Paul S on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Perhaps some people thought I was kidding when I suggested using a mid-fi system to audition for SOTA phono cartridges...  It took me almost 10 years to find a replacement for my old Sony CD player because, despite the fact that several I heard w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #462: OK, Tell About the SOTA Unit by Paul S on 2010-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Voltage sag at the ConEd level is the-same-only-different from porta power sag.  If nothing else, at some point, many of us will have a huge "oversupply" feeding the tranny that feeds the nearby drop that feeds our house.  No porta unit puts out anyt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: I don't know about the "cord"... by Paul S on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
but you have just +/- described an approach to cooty fighting that is already pretty popular with the tech-ies out there.  This general idea is the basis for some very sophistocated attempts to quiet lines used for lab equipment, including ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The End Is Near by Paul S on 2010-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
The "reason" for the copper foil and Teflon film caps is to offer for sale the penultimate fantasy cap, with silver foil and Teflon film being the "ultimate" intellectual destination at this point and the obvious next move "up", if this copper batch ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Margin by Paul S on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Engström & Engström Lars.... in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Could anyone here get through the whole spiel?  I found it rough going at first and then impossible once I saw the pictures of the product.  The immediate sense I could not escape is that it is (at this point, anyway) more about a "total marketing pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What a delicious conundrum! by Paul S on 2007-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
As a builder I can pre-warn you that this could be a fairly complex and very expensive proposition if done in cast concrete.  For that matter excavation, per se, is expensive, and municipalities differ about what you can...
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