Recent content by roddy100

In my corporate days we learned the hard way to perform due diligence. The good guys on this site are courteous and transparent. They seem to get good feedback - surely because they deserve it.

So what is to be done? Do I out him? I kept his communication to me. It’s written down. No no. This guy has a website which states he is a dealer. But missing critical information. Which he adamantly denied sharing. My advice is to tread carefully when you’re planning to source from businesses...

Thanks to all I had an unsavoury experience with one of these guys- tried to bully me into a valve upgrade for R5000. And wouldn’t reveal the source nor manufacturer's name. I subsequently had contact with a previous owner of the amp. And he had also had issues with the same guy. Sadly for the...

I’m trying to find somebody to do some work on my Jolida hybrid amplifier- in Western Cape. Any suggestions welcome

Bored so I’m roaming the net. And then I found a site with lots of reviews - hardware and music. Trackingangle.com Some interesting contributors- one Mr J J French- founding member of twisted sister and audiophile. Some great music reviews to assist me to find new streaming material. Lots of...

My condolences to his family and all his friends here and elsewhere. I only knew him here. He was very kind and helpful with some of my queries. I hope he's enjoying some great music now.

So the Sovteks arrived from Tonetubes. Been in for a good few days now. To my ears the bass and mids are spot on. Tons of rhythm - keeps the toes tapping. There is a very nice smooth sound in the mids-zero harshness. Treble is down in the balance compared to before. It’s still there- just less...

New Sovtek LPS installed midday. Sounding sweet and I’m already very happy. LKJ Bass Culture sounds precise and I’m in the mood to listen for hours. Maybe some vinyl later too.

Indeed Werner- the very same amplifier. I have had the amp playing all day and the sound seems better. Maybe the Raytheon tubes needed to warm up again. The top end seems to be cleaner and more defined than when I first installed them. They were used for a few months before I bought the Gold...

So gain on 12AX7 is around 100x Gain on 5751 is around 70x. Thank you. My volume knob gets to 2.00pm on phono currently. Short of steam. Versus plenty loud at 10.00am from the Gustard DAC - specs say 3 volt max from there. I’m looking for a replacement phono pre currently. With above 40dB...

Morning I’m looking for tube recommendations. Over the weekend I detected some distortion on one channel of my Jolida hybrid amplifier. It has two 12AX7 / ECC83 tubes. I have replaced both tubes with Raytheon NOS (stamped made in Japan) that were kindly supplied by Tonetubes- who have many...

Wine making - garagiste approach. Maybe 20 cases of red per annum for consumption with friends. Running the odd road race. Buying records, CDs and books on music. Mostly used. Detective novels also consume a good chunk of time.

I rebuilt an Ariston RD40. It came without an arm so I purchased a new arm - Origin Live Onyx, from Audio Exchange. It’s adjustable iro of height so VTA can be optimised. I’m very happy with it. I needed a new fitting plate for the arm as it’s geometry was not the same as those supplied by the...

So far DAC only. CD and also my stand alone streamer. I need to connect this DAC to my router. Which I will do soon. Also then connect to the Apple lossless universe. My streamer has more options but I don’t want to sign up to more subscriptions at this time. I’m enjoying the sound so far...

I have an R26. You can adjust the voltage settings- yes there are two of them and you need to set them to the highest voltage. Not sure if it’s 220 or 230. You will be fine with an R26.