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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Topology and 2A3? by drdna on 2008-12-26 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is obvious that 6SN7-2A3 and 6E6P direct have very different character. The 2A3 it feels like heavy-sunk time of tube and it constantly run a fully submerged. It has seriousness but it does not look at this point that i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #208: Midrange problem? by drdna on 2008-12-26 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I asked many times of my desire to have the final sparkle in the mid of this PP2000 softness is some kind of audiophile itch. I do not think so and I feel that the performance of my MF channel in context of the “different” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Merry Christmas!! by drdna on 2008-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice Tweeter and Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Hello Paul, When I need to repair an old speaker, I always try Orange County Speakers (http://www.speakerrepair.com/) or Simply Speakers (http://www.simplyspeakers.com). They are very good at sourcing old speaker parts and repairing tweeters, etc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Abandoning Milq? by drdna on 2008-12-24 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In meanwhile, if anyone has any proposal what tube to try in the Sun Audio audio kit’s output stage then let me know.[/quote]You want a suggestion for a good 2A3? Get Ricardo Kron's (KR Audio Enterprises) KR 2A3. Very rug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #203: More on softness by drdna on 2008-12-24 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In the end I feel that the PP2000’s softness/politeness is not a liability but opportunity. I certainly not willing to go back to the softness/politeness lacking type of sound and I would like to make my playback to be able...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #196: How can I resist? by drdna on 2008-12-23 
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I have never liked power conditioners. They change the sound, but not necessarily for the better, much like playing around with the tint and contrast knobs on the TV. So I was intrigued after hearing the glowing praise by Romy, who never gives out...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #191: Softness by drdna on 2008-12-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Today spending many hours with my new regenerator and listening music I could not hold myself laughing as many times I caught myself acknowledging that this or that aspect of sound was exactly how I always insisted it shell...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Component Feedback! by drdna on 2008-12-16 
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I am happy to have this here. I hope our members will take advantage of this and fill it up with information. I certainly will note any surprising observations I have with EAR 834 if I modify it. It seems more like a general catalog of elements,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: History of phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10? I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard. Is this another case where it's full of old caps? I would not be at all surprised if futzing with those caps might yield as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Tubes in the 834p circuit by drdna on 2008-12-14 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I usually hesitant to give any recommendations for “improvement” if a request does not contain any defined and specific complain about the current results.[/quote]Naturally, this makes sense. My question was actually specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: OK Tubes? by drdna on 2008-12-14 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Even in stock version (but with OK tubes) I found it demonstrate some interesting qualities.[/quote] So you do not recommend the stock tubes? Is it a specific change you recommend? [quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not kn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Current phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-13 
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This is always good advice, to get to know the character of the phono stage. Because my favorite cartridges are not low voltage (I use Decca London Jubilee and Reference) I have never had a need for the ET SU-1 step up unit. In fact, I had this in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: EAR 834P without ET step up? by drdna on 2008-12-13 
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I recently could not pass up a good deal on a EAR 834P MM, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to my current phono stage. It is funny since I had planned to listen to EAR phono stage in my system about 10-15 years ago when I lived in Santa M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Need for a systematic approach by drdna on 2008-12-12 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]did anybody pay attention that all coupling transformers-loaded amplifiers (among those that I heard) sound in a similar way as the amps with high voltage output tube that run over 1KV on plate. Did you ever think why?[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Interesting transformers by drdna on 2008-12-12 
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[quote user="mmhifi"]I finished Joseph Flavius and don't want another Jews war here - so please - tone down my friend[/quote] Yes, be careful, Romy, or you may have to ban yourself. :D [quote user="Romy the Cat"]Anyone who has very rudimental under...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Index of Components by drdna on 2008-12-09 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, as a purely practical observation, I just re-read your examples of the format you suggest, and I have to say I would need a good deal more information than that before I could figure out enough of what was going on with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: No input? by drdna on 2008-12-09 
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Well, it seems no matter how hard I try, I am never able to get anyone to think outside the box here. Sort of frustrating.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]For instance the gold plated metal film Holco resistors a few year back were very good and then the q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration by drdna on 2008-12-08 
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[quote user="serenechaos"]I don't think the above file system would be adequate. I have built a few amps, have notes, and many pages of such information from a friend who's built many hundreds, over many years, and will tell you off the top o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Headphones by drdna on 2008-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stravinsky and Headphones. in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
I am inclined to think it has more to do with the dynamic impact of sound through space and pressing against your body, instead of just your ears. I have always felt Stravinsky to be a very physical experience. And I do like the mono recordings...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: State of the live broadcast by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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I began to research live broadcasts in my area, and I found there is one station that broadcasts live every Saturday morning some local folk music, readings, sort of variety show, from a local club I have actually been to in Berkeley. I had no idea. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Live radio, we need more of it. by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]here is the LIVE recording from today via TU-X1. Purely abstractly, what– what specific character of sound you would like to modify of improved?[/quote]Of course it is NOT being compared to playing directly through the TU-X...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The idea is to use differential anecdotes to generate a theory by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Well, I thought there was a lot of this going on all along, but that we just haven't come up with much that is "universal" [/quote]Yes, my thought is that there is NOTHING universal, but that these choices must be observed in CON...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: No, that is exactly what I am saying! by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="drdna"]I would like to start a compendium of anecdotal observations of the idiosyncratic nature of COMPONENT PLACEMENTS in the circuit. [/quote]Surely all passive components in the circuit have influence, but I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Voicing by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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[quote user="thorsten"]Designers like Kondo San spend many hundred hours "voicing" their Amplifiers, allowing a blending of a variety of colorations together in such a way that the overall sonic impact is quite small. For many others (amateur or prof...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Signal variation, noise, and effects on circuit topology by drdna on 2008-12-07 
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After seeing the variation in the sound of the TU-X1 to the quality of electricity, and thinking about recent discussions about the Direct Heated Triode, I would like to start a compendium of anecdotal observations of the idiosyncratic nature of comp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Modifications of TU-X1 by drdna on 2008-12-06 
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I sent Mr Chow an e-mail, but have received no reply yet. However, the interesting thing is that tonight the music on the local classical channel was fantastic. Maybe the electricity was particularly good today? I think I am still very much in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: TU-X1 modifications by drdna on 2008-12-05 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]My attitude with my main TU-X1 is “do not harm” as I pretty much have no complains of frustration to it’s sound and I would be pity to loose what I have now from this tuner. I have some people told me about specific mods bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #177: Free DVD by drdna on 2008-12-04 
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Free = yay! I hope they explain the randomness and how it can be incorporated into power conditioners. Adrian...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: What is randomness? by drdna on 2008-12-04 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [quote user="Paul S"] This may also be a factor in the "randomness" capability, which is really only freedom of movement, and not "randomness", per se.[/quote] OK, is it “randomness” of “freedom of movement”, the questi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The where and why of design choices by drdna on 2008-12-03 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I see more interest not in the wondering of why we make choices but rather in the questing what choices might be made in order to accomplish this or that effect. [/quote]It is true that conjecture can be a false path withou...
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