Recent content by Michaeld

How would you go about determining if the power is good? What is a DC blocker, cost?

Could you elaborate, why would a desktop be better

Also clean the guides / rails of the tray, they tend to build up dirt. Use an ear bud and IP alcohol

I have a full Linn system except for CD player and DAC. LP12 with Itokk and Troika, LK100 pre, Aktiv X over, 3 LK280 pwr amps into Isobariks. The setup is  very musical, I find myself immersed in the music rather than analysing the system. I have owned it from new, late 80's, and would not...

Danny Carey of Tool has to be one of the finest drummers. Listen to Lateralus

Plastic outer sleeve and Nagaoka Anti-Static Inner LP Sleeves

I had a similar problem and found that tightening the bolt & nut, which run through the middle of the toroidal transformer, fixed the problem

Wax could cause the belt to slip. Removing the clear lacquer will speed up oxidation.

Have had my Briks from new 1989, with Aktiv X-over & tri LK280's - still love the sound

I agree with WD on this one. I placed an order 2 weeks ago for HD 650 headphones at an advertised price of R7100. The same day the price on their site went up to R9159. I was then sent a mail to say that the local supplier was out of stock. I called Sennheiser SA and was told they had plenty of...

Anyone able to answer my second question. "My second question is what would you recommend as a replacement / upgrade from the standard Tung Sol tubes and where is the best place to source them"

My Jolida Glass Fx Tube DAC has 2 x 12AX7 valves. I see that the one valve "glows" quite a lot brighter than the other. Does this mean that one of them is on its way out? My second question is what would you recommend as a replacement / upgrade from the standard Tung Sol tubes and where is the...

Anyone used this or similar CD. Some of the claimed benefits seem hard to believe. "Included are tracks dealing with Balance, Wiring and Polarity, Speaker Placement, Sound staging, Imaging and Depth, Absolute Phase, Component Demagnetization and Burn-In" Is this just more audiophoolery?

Assuming you have a turntable and computer its not difficult. Download Audacity, freeware. I used it for the first time last week and after playing around with the settings I now have some great 24/96 Flac copies of a few albums. I don't think I'll ever bother to do my whole collection as the...

I'm currently connecting my laptop to my newly acquired Jolida DAC (thanks Alan) with an old printer USB cable. So far the SQ is very good but I want to ensure that there is no weak link in the chain and have I've been looking into better cable options at a reasonable price. Has anyone tried...