noromance
Responses from noromance
| Should I consider a cartridge upgrade? You will notice an increase in resolution, timbre, transparency, focus, dimensionality and speed. | |
| Should I consider a cartridge upgrade? Arsh, I don't have a Herron but I have been rolling tubes for many years and have rebuilt and updated a number of amps. As you gave not mentioned my aforementioned tweaks, I am recommending you give it a shot. Buy the best tubes NOS as you can and... | |
| Should I consider a cartridge upgrade? NOS Telefunken tubes and V-Caps for your Herron preamp will yield huge results. | |
| Balanced Audio Technology Preamp - Tube compatibility question - Help Stand on a rubber mat, one hand behind your back and the other on the power switch just in case it flares up. Ok, I'm kidding, mostly. | |
| Altec 605's or ? The 605 was less efficient and apparently duller sounding Forcing Altec to reinstate the 604. | |
| Altec 605's or ? Off the top of my head I believe the 604e,f,g were the classic ones. | |
| UPGRADE TIME!! Preamp vs. Speakers??? Preamp. Sell the cables and buy the speakers on the credit card. | |
| Proportion of expenses Money where mouth is. $Turntable 3000Preamp 3000Amplifier 2200Speakers 2000Cables 200 | |
| What Cartridge please? I second WillieWonka on the Soundsmith upgrade. Don't underestimate it for the sake of change. | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? My rig is in the basement. Now she can walk all over me. Ba dumb bum, tish. | |
| If you won the power ball tomorrow night would you 3 and 5. Keep my kit. New house. Give up the damn job and all the waste of life that entails. | |
| Help with picking the right phono pre for the rest of my system please! As an aside, you should consider swapping the KT120 for KT150 tubes. | |
| How many use Vintage Hi-Fi systems? I have 2 pairs of rebuilt EICO HF35s. Awesome! | |
| Tesla Battery as a power supply? I should point out that I did not use inverters but directly applied Vdc directly to the B+ feed with the rectifier disconnected. | |
| Tesla Battery as a power supply? Not really directly related to the Tesla question, but I played around with using banks of lead acid batteries to power phono preamps. They were quiet but the life and soul disappeared compared to mains power. |