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| You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island... My Martin HD-28One of my TelecastersOne guitar amplifier (likely a modified Princeton Reverb)A large box of stringsA source of AC power ;-)Thom @ Galibier Design | |
| remove tubes before moving cross town? What are we talking about here, 10 minutes tops to remove and replace the tubes? That's the funny part about this and many other threads. Sometimes the quest for knowledge takes more time than playing it safely does (i.e. removing the tubes). ... | |
| remove tubes before moving cross town? In case someone generalizes these answers, I might add that I would never transport an amp with a directly heated triode installed (45, 300b,etc.). I would definitely remove these tubes from an amp.Tubes like those found in more "main stream" gear... | |
| Stylus cleaner To the OP,I thought this conversation was laid to bed years ago when Doug Deacon popularized use of the Magic Eraser.No doubt there are fluids which (over time) will leave your stylus looking like new (clear/white). I confess to having only used L... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. I wrote:Another consideration regarding directionality. A fuse which is properly specified for the circuit is half way toward melting.To which geofkait asked: How so, Thom? If that’s actually true, what is the relationship of being "half way to... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Another consideration regarding directionality. A fuse which is properly specified for the circuit is half way toward melting.Just sayin' ...Cheers,Thom @ Galibier Design | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Geoff,We’re in agreement that a shielded interconnect presents two variables which are potentially at odds with each other - the recommended directionality based on the which end the shield is grounded to vs. the grain orientation of the wire.In b... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Hi gdnrbob, IF fuses are directional, AND manufacturers know this, Then, Why can't they tell us which way to orient the fuse for most musical reproduction? As I said earlier, Pat as SMc, said to try them one way and reverse them later and see w... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. Once again, Geoff,Your excluding shielded designs from the discussion is a bit of a strawman, since the vast majority of cables are shielded and therefore have directionality "mandated" by the shield connection, which I’d hazard a guess has a rand... | |
| Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses. I'll let you all debate fuses and directionality to your heart's content. How you spend your time on this big rock we call Earth is none of my business.Geoff - your comment: By the same token, reversing interconnects that were inserted randomly... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS Geoffkait: I've never been able to navigate HiFiTuning's website, even using Google Translate on Chrome. Perhaps you could post a direct link?Ralph: With respect to power cords, I suspect that a lot more is going on than resistance/voltage drop... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS Thanks David,As an audiophile, I'm interested in the fuses. In retrospect, I could have made this a bit more clear. The fuse argument is much like the power cord argument. People contend that inexpensive wire is in your walls, so why would the ... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS I wasn't implying that an audiophile fuse was an attempt to fix an architectural design problem and I tried to make that clear in the last paragraph of my previous post: All too frequently however, people try to solve architectural (design) probl... | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS Whatever you do, don't do this:https://www.flickr.com/photos/dvanzuijlekom/10474490106 Cheers,Thom @ Galibier Design | |
| QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS Kudos to them for choosing ceramic. I certainly encourage consumers to use what makes them happy. I hope I made it clear - that my comments were the perspective as a manufacturer and nothing more. I have a secondary reason for not specifying audio... |