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    Upgraded my source componets

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    hi,

    It'll probably be in the living room with the Forte speakers and the Cary SLI-80 as this is the system that gets the most use. I'll try it first with the Cornwalls and Wright mono 3.5s just to get an idea of how "bad" the old Kyocera player is.

    The B&W speakers and the Soundcraftsman amp & pre is an anaolg being used with a Music Hall MMF-5.

    Which one of your 3 systems is it going in?

    BTW, I was also looking at the Planet 2000 player myself, but decided to go ahead and get started on my custom center channel project instead. Oh well... Maybe one of these days.

    Upgraded my source componets

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    Thanks for all of your recomemndations. They were helpful.

    After

    some thought, I ordered an Rega Apollo CD player from Uptown Audio in Ronaoke VA. Very

    nice folks on the phone line. They have a lot of high end gear and

    specialize in analog. They have 6 complete analog displays in their

    show room. The owner said the Rega is the most analog sounding CD

    player he has ever heard including players up to several times its

    price.

    I ordered one. I will update you all as to how it sounds.

    good listening all,

    I listened to some Thiel 2.4s

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Larry, you must, absolutely must upgrade your sources. A $129.99 unit from BestBuy will sound better then either of those old units. Don't forget a decent pair of interconnects.

    The Cornwalls ( with BEC crossovers ) sound about as good as the Thiels with the old Kyocera, except for the bass. The mids and highs are glorious with tremendous presence and soundstaging.

    That being said I am looking for a new source and at present am considering a Rega Apollo, Music Hall 2.52 with the Underwood mods, an Ah Njoe Tjoeb 4000 with the upsampler and a Jolida JD 1000.

    Anyone have any experience with these players ?

    Thanks,

    Larry

    I listened to some Thiel 2.4s

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    LOL, Mr Wright did just fine by my amps.

    The only thing I'd like to do is tighten up the bass a bit. I know a ss amp would help. But I want to stay with the SET amps. Would putting some fiberglass or other material in the enclosures help this. Any suggestions appreciated

    You DO know that if you send those amps back to Mr. Wright, for a mere $250, he will update them to current standards.....

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    I listened to some Thiel 2.4s

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    The only thing I'd like to do is tighten up the bass a bit. I know a ss amp would help. But I want to stay with the SET amps.

    SET and tight bass are mutually exclusive. You choose one, you can't have the other.

    Yes I know, just hoping for the impossible. I do remember way back when my dad and I built a pair of Karlson enclosures with Electrovoice 12TRX speakers and we did stuff the box with some kind of padding or fiberglass.

    I listened to some Thiel 2.4s

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    driven by a pair of 500 watt ss monoblocks and some megabuck cd player playing some of my CDs at a high end dealer in Philadelphia. The Thiels have a 8" woofer, a 7x11" passive radiator a 3.5" mid which has a coaxial 1" tweeter and are phased aligned with a 6db per octive crossover to the mid/tweeter which has a mechanical crossover. 87 db sensitivity and retail for about 4400 dollars.

    see here:

    http://thielaudio.com/THIEL_Site05/Pages/models/Current_Models/CS2_4/cs2_4nws.html

    So how did that compare to my Cary SLI-80 and Forte Is with a 12 year old Sony CD player? Clearly better with a more defined, detailed high end, tighter but now lower bass and mids about the same but with better imaging.

    So now I'm thinking I sould go ss and Thiels. I go downstairs and fire up the 1979 Cornwalls with Wright Mono3.5 with a 20 y/o Kyocera CD player and except for some indistinct bass ( which may be related to the flea power of the 2a3's) they sounded as good and as real as the Thiels, a bit different in balance but overall as good. Now I'm scratching my head and putting my wallet back in my pocket. How can speakers so different and so far apart in age sound so much alike ? Don't know but kudos to PWk for getting it right the first time.

    The only thing I'd like to do is tighten up the bass a bit. I know a ss amp would help. But I want to stay with the SET amps. Would putting some fiberglass or other material in the enclosures help this. Any suggestions appreciated.

    good listening

    Larry

    Good or bad idea for my dad?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    It's a great gift and do it. What's so great about it ? It's the thought and effort you have put into creating a unique gift that only you can give him. No matter how it sounds, he will love reciecving it and you will love giving it. Memories that will last for the rest of your lives will be created.

    march on and let us know how it all works out

    Larry

    I don't have a LP cleaning machine what's the next best way clean my LP's ?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    hi,

    Thank you for the replies. I'll try some or all of these and see what works for me.

    A story about cleaning things. My other hobby is astronomy and I

    have some expensive scopes. The optics get dirty and you have to clean

    them occasionally without scratching the 2 or 3 micron thick silver

    coating on the mirror.

    I tried all the suggested remedies such as 2 or 3 drops of ivory

    soap in a gallon of distilled water and passing soaked cotton sawb over

    the mirror from center to outer edge just once and repeating with a

    clean swab until the whole mirror is cleaned. This takes about

    100 to 200 swabs.

    Well, I figured there must be a better way. So I got a five

    gallon container put a lot of drops of Ivory soap in it and after

    blowing off the dust from the mirror I dumped the the solution on the

    mirror. Gravity drained it and then held the mirror and climbed into a

    hot shower to rinse it off. Rinsed it again with distilled water

    and, Presto a prisitne mirror without any scratches.

    I posted this on an astronomy web site and the only suggestion I

    got was the next time I should climb into a hot tub with the mirror as

    it might be more romantic. Well, so much with sharing ideas

    out of the box with the public.

    Thank you for your serious suggestions.

    Larry

    Power Watts

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Hi.

    I'm using Wright Mono 3.5 set amps ( 3.5 watts a channel )

    with my Cornwalls in a 26 x 14 foot room. There's plenty of

    volume and enough bass to satisfy me with jazz and acoustic

    vocals. I have Forte's with 80 tube watts as a 2ed system and the

    little Wrights sound better to me. Coltrane, Evans, Davis, Monk

    or whoever they all sound great.

    Larry

    KT88 Goldlions versus 6550 TungSols

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    hi,

    I read on other forums that the price of the Gold Lions is too high for

    the performance given. I have the Tung Sol solid gray plates which are

    highly regarded and imho a great tube. The best prices I've

    seen are about 600.00 a quad.

    Amazingly, the JJ Telsa KT88's to my ears are just as good and far less money. A great tube and a great bargin.

    Larry

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