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skushino wrote:"...Today I replaced the problematic pair of Chinese 7 pin sockets on one of my ML2s... I believe these were the cause of burning through a couple V2s, and the wildly dynamic plate voltage readings..."I too have fluctuating V2 plate cu...
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Be, that's pretty emperical, all right.Regarding the 5" versus 9" listening comparison, I wonder if the (inevitable-for-the-genre?) response peaks simply struck more of an aural contrast with the bigger driver and it's "1-note bass", creating a great...
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This is in interesting Bruckner. Asahina plays this 9 in 2000 like someone would play Brahms. While I was listening it I did not think about the music but about audio. This Tokyo orchestra realty does not have “it”, even though I do like what A...
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A typical switching supply does not evenly load the input (sinewave) power source and can create some dirt on the AC line (Paul's "backwash" statement??). Depending on many variables, the amount of contamination the switching supply could contribute...
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Thanks, Gordon
I have absolutely no desire to undertake any DIY efforts for MiniMe amp. The amp that I want will be boxed, with bells and whistles, binding posts and matters. There were plenty of top of the line Yamahas, Sonys and Sansuis were...
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Paul,
Ok, I would agree with this. The power handling is the factor that I forgot to mention. The Japanese home drivers are rated for a few watts vs. the pro driver are rated for hundreds watts. BTW, some of older pro drivers (like my Vitavox) wer...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Unfortunately there was no further explanation, analyses, or a desire to look deeper (as usually on internet audio). [/quote]Glad you enjoyed the "Philosophy" section by Imai-san... some of his old writings deeply influe...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Twogoodears, occasionally posting at this site also have mentioned it in his blog: http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/04/wjaas-cartridges-survey-part-4-mr-ks.htmlbut I do not know what the Twogoodears reference points ...
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That just about sums it up, all right. You'd think it would be obvious that cartridges are not a viable subject for DIY/boutique building and/or modding; but, apparently, they are yet approached in this way by a small "underground" army of hopefuls,...
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PP2000 currently has glitch. However in comparison to the sound my system produced before PP2000 in system, I can never go back to wall power. Even prior to APS I had system plugged into Richard Gray units. The gray crackling artifacts have been r...
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In our experiments, the more power we threw at the A7s, the better they worked. I heard some of the original "theater" version Altecs playing with their original "dedicated" Altec amps, and these sounded considerably better; but I never got ahol...
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It is 4” exit and reportedly goes down to 27Hz. I do not know what a lot about this diver but it might be a good driver for 40Hz horn. 4” into 40hz? God, it has to be at least 16 feet long horn! I would take my head off to somebody who goes for it. A...
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Mr. Witmer seems like a very thoughtful and well-spoken person who is taken with the aesthetics/approach of various Japanese sound Senseis, most of whom are in turn rooted in "historical" American and/or English audio sensibilities. I'm afraid ...
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There is a picture of a bbq thingy -- at first sight I was confused thinking it was downward & upward facing horns...:)[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
The Japanese Christopher Witmer posted at the Sewers some finny pictures of another Klangfilm “in...
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Well written article, I think, and he is good enough to share right away that he is a "vintage" guy, and an AN guy, which helps me contextualize his observations, even though he does not reveal the nature of the $$$$$$ "ultimate horn speakers" (...
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I am not a big supporter of Sakuma’s cult but it is a nice video for those who are, and who do not know what stays behind it…. (in Japanese)
Some further reading for those who are interested… http://www10.big.or.jp/~dh/ Rgs, Romy the Cat ...
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Lovro von Matacic was one of the great conductors who preserved the authentic late-Romantic tradition into the late-Romantic age.
He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir, then studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik. There he studied piano, org...
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The Czech Republic-based Emission Labs Company introduced their new replica of famed AD-1 Triodehttp://www.emissionlabs.com/html/club/labreport.htm
It looks like Yamamoto, Japanese amplifier manufactures has made an amp with this tube: A-06Shttp://w...
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Coops, do you have any personal observations or ideas about the ultimate TT, or are you already invested and just checking my credentials? I would like to know your thoughts, too, based on your own personal listening habits, preferences an...
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Well, I just placed an order on the 505TT and S150 horn last week... I came across this site after placing my order and now I'm worried about the mismatch of driver/horn. It seems like I'll have to either change the horn or the back chamber. Romy, is...
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[quote user="MINGSU"] I finally received the GOTO SG38WNS 15" woofer and GOTO SG188S tweeter this week. My next step is to build a dual driver bass cabinet to cover 70Hz down. [/quote] Ming, I know nothing about the Goto woofer. Would you care to sha...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [/quote]I really do not know what is going on and how to explain the phenomena; I just dump it to you “as is”. Because of multiple reasons I decided to drain the Milq’s power supply when the amp shits down. I have a...
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The cone soaking is a whole another subject all together. It is possible to make amassing changes with drivers, from taking the sound out off roof to complete killing sound. I know that effect Glycerin has to paper cone. There are hundreds of other c...
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I picked up the DVD along with his Tokyo Live CDs when I was in Japan last month. I was most impressed by the scene of him listening to a playback at a recording studio. The agonized expression on his face is almost disturbing. ...
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Then here is a new bright Brucknererian star that discovered recently: Lovro von Matacic. Did you even heard Bruckner colorful, not with zillions grades of gray and with fluctuation pressure but in full color, real color? Try the Lovro von Matacic, a...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
marketing the cartridge under some flashy name like “Moses’ Circumcision” or something like this…. [/quote]Romy - Where do you come up with this stuff? It must have something to do with speaking english as a seco...
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I do not know any Mravinsky’s mono sets. I have individual mono records of him doing 4, 5 and 6 symphonies. He did the Pathétique in 1949 and 1956, both were certainly mono. The performance from 1956 I consider the ultimate Pathétique. The “qui...
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| agree with your feline wariness with regard to torch bearing disciples of any given faith, be they believers in Altec, Audio Note or even Vitavox. In the case of Audio Note the fervour has often been exacerbated by the activities, pricing and ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Some of it, (the current speakers and some of the amplifiers) are in my view, not outstanding. Other items, (the big preamp, phono stage, cartridge, MC transformer, silver cables and largest power amps are exceptionally goo...
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As anyone else I have developed my own ways to buy music. Beside any of my current interests, I, for instance, have some conductors who’s recording I buy no mater what: Scherchen, Golovanov, Barbirolli, Bohm.... Among pianists it would be probably th...
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