blubliss, Thanks for giving me this link. Sorry it took me so long to read it. Quote: I believe those two metal capacitors only function in the linestage. Quote: If nothings shorted and it looks like this is the pre-amp output removing it should be no different than...

I've agreed to attend a wedding on the 19th, and cannot attend. Next time.

I second furious and others on: Modest Mouse (though I think you should jump to Good News for People who Love Bad News, because it is un-Modest Mouse-like, yet Modest Mouse-ishly weird... and awesome) Pink Floyd - Meddle, Saucerful of Secrets King Crimson (I don't like King Crimson, but...

Ian, Better to measure voltage since the manufacturer may have used a larger rated cap (example: Melos is 120v in high voltage supply but uses 200 & 220v caps), in hopes you can expand your search. Paralleling many good caps of relatively low capacitance for high total capacitance has always...

bump .

JMT, Thanks for the great post. Has the Meridian been a significant upgrade? What do you think of the Sony when it feeds the Omega? Our impressions of Omega II/717 are similar. When I first listened to it, I found myself rethinking many of my component choices. It became clear I...

haps, mofo.

1. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (US) - Paint It Black 2. The Kinks - The Kinks - Revenge 3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In - Red Right Hand 4. Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy - Flim or an interesting album that takes me someplace else. Tom Waits' Alice or Blood Money, for example.

Happy Birthday!

There has been no discussion among mods about removing the members lounge. Stop b*tching.

Zanth, In terms of balance across the spectrum and attack balanced with decay, I think the Audeince Series are close to Papa Grado's sound. Detail resolution isn't what I'm thinking of here. I agree with Gopher that Dynaudio's house sound is dry, but what I think of the Audience 72 is...

Dynaudio (tonality).

In. I'll bring good toys if I can. I'll know what later.

Snake, Your stand looks great. Doug, It's okay, man. I miss your baby.

Just adding a correction. I believe the 717 has a recessed midbass compared to Doug's zzz-built KGSS. KGSS has a black background, and 717 offers a more speaker-like stage. I easily prefer either amp to AC1's Stax amp (313? I forget.) with Omega II. I have not heard a 007t.

vorlik, I'm new to this myself, and much of what I know is information grinch, tanfenton and audio&me taught me. Others here have put information in the archives and know more than I do. For 360 albums, FLAC takes 101.6 GB of my harddisk space while mp3 uses 24.0 GB. If you're low on space...

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc-support.htm http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central.htm#Lossless

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm In case you're also looking for an EAC alternative, dbPowerAmp's music converter copies CDs direct to FLAC with tags.

I don't know if it's limited, but the set, biography and pictures are awesome. There are song by song comments from Cash and Rubin. I feel like I'm holding music.

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How significant is the difference? Will you sell one? (curiosity)

Thanks. The pic was pulled from Dr. Gilmore's site in error. Doug is SIE and his amp was built by zzz. The pic will get pulled later.

Ticky, It's as it sounds. An isolation transformer isolates whatever's connected to it from whatever else is on the wiring before the tranny. It will reduce noise and give you a proper ground. Balanced balances the voltage across ground, +/- 55v, giving you 110v. Think BPT, DIY'd, with the...

Dougbrad, If that's a ground loop, HTS won't help. (isolation transformer solves ground loop)

More than likely your gear isn't going to care about 50hz/60hz, especially since you don't use a turntable. You're rectifying to DC. Your link doesn't work for me, but I'll bet that if its a 220v - 110v product it'll work. If you want to do externally in a way that might give you more...