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| Recommendations for custom amp stands? Massifaudiodesign.com Trevor at Massif is a craftsman who makes audio racks and amp stands out of solid wood. I have been through a lot of amp stands over the years and my Massif stands are far and away the best. Mine consist of a solid maple p... | |
| Your oldest gear? The woofers in my custom horn speakers are my oldest component. They were made in 1946. My oldest factory assembled piece would be my Wharfedale W60 speakers which were made in 1960. | |
| Compared Tone Poet to Mosaic $3000! Yipes! Someone really wanted that record. I usually prefer original pressings but not at that price. | |
| Interconnect suggestions for Audio Research Ref 5SE? You need to leave Cardas Clear cables in place for a couple days to hear their full potential. It’s not a matter of electrical break in; instead the upper tier Cardas cables have a number of hollow tubes inside and moving the cables causes a buil... | |
| Kondo AN silver tonearm wire @lewm Just as different copper wires sound different, so do different silver wires. With that important caveat, many types of silver wire sound cool and reserved, with a recessed midrange, lean bass and slightly elevated top end. I don’t like th... | |
| Kondo AN silver tonearm wire Richard Mak refurbished my FR-64S earlier this year, and I followed his advice to use his proprietary silver wiring inside the arm. The refurbished arm is a real keeper and my only reservation about it is that I should have opted for a continuous... | |
| AirTight ATM-300 - new Coupling Caps @rubjel It’s been 5 or 6 years since I last compared Duelund CAST to Copper V-Caps, too long for me to recall details accurately. But I was definitely disappointed by the Duelunds, in both electronics and speaker crossovers. However, people have... | |
| AirTight ATM-300 - new Coupling Caps @rubjel The Copper V-Cap (CuTF model) is an excellent coupling cap in tube electronics, and this applies to any coupling application—-input, interstage and output. I haven’t used it in a bypass position or in a power supply application so I limit... | |
| AirTight ATM-300 - new Coupling Caps @rauliruegas You are entitled to your own opinion. By the way, the Wima caps in the solid state gear you referred to are not signal coupling caps. | |
| AirTight ATM-300 - new Coupling Caps @rubjel I am not aware of anyone claiming copper V-Caps sound thin. That might possibly apply to the original TFTF series but not the CuTF V-Caps. The Copper V-Caps are warm and rich in the bass and have body for sure. I have compared CuTF ca... | |
| Mutech Hayate cartridge preliminary impressions Yes, very helpful. Thank you. | |
| Mutech Hayate cartridge preliminary impressions Mark, I am curious what changes you observed as the Hayate broke in. I received my Hayate from Thom yesterday and it now has a grand total of 2 hours. So far I think it sounds very nice but I am curious what types of changes to expect over the n... | |
| Yet another transimpedance question @oceanica Have you tried the cartridges with a suitable SUT as well as the Picolo? So far I have always preferred the sound of a LOMC with a good SUT rather than straight into a high-gain phono preamp, whether tube or solid state. I have never ... | |
| oldest tube(s) in your system My oldest tube is a Cunningham globe 46. It has two test stickers indicating that it was tested and found ok in 1936 and 1938. Clearly it was made no later than 1936. The tube works just fine. Back when I used my 46 amps as daily drivers, I tr... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? I have a great SE 46 amp and several great PP amps. I prefer each of the PP over the SE. |