Spot on, Chris, and very sensible advice indeed!!
Marco.
Spot on, Chris, and very sensible advice indeed!!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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There seems very little detail about this fuse on the Synergistic Research web pages.
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Does a short fuse make any difference ?
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Marco, I pm'd you about something..
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Technics SP10 mk2
Jan Allaerts MC 1 Boron mk1 cart
Miyajima Shilabe cart
Hashimoto HM-X SUT
Siggwan (gimballed not unipivot) Cocobola 12"
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The Truth linestage
Dave Slagle Autoformer Volume Controller
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Audio Note ANe-SPX speakers
Townshend Isolda speaker cables
Cardas Golden Presence interconnects
I should be okay. I don't leave the kit powered on when not listening to it and I don't have any insurance to invalidate
Not sure how an existing fuse can 'deteriorate' though. I mean it is just a piece of wire and it isn't exposed to the elements?
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Well, every time you switch your equipment on and off, it stresses the filament inside the fuse, eventually causing it to sag, and to my ears, the effect of that physical deterioration is audible. This (the sagging) is clearly evident with case fuses constructed from clear glass.
If you're got some, and compare the old ones in your equipment with new fuses, you should clearly see the difference in the condition of the respective filaments
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Normally the idiocy from 'over the road' [those in the know will be familiar with what I'm referring to] is ignored here, as the sheer level of nonsense spewed by the resident inmates is such that it doesn't warrant a response. However, the following comments from Mr Qwim are so farcically hypocritical that a response could only be considered as mandatory:
Here we are again, another unqualified, arrogant, self-appointed judge of 'all that's wrong in hi-fi'. Just who do you think *you* are to feel justified in appointing yourself as the definitive arbiter of "bullshit and bollocks'?Originally Posted by Daniel Qwim
You're a solicitor, FFS, and clearly an illiterate one at that, not a scientist or electronics engineer, so the reality is you're in no position whatsoever to judge anyone on the 'bullshit level' of their forum postings, on the subject of hi-fi, especially when your own output in that area is so frequently full of excrement, and shows scant evidence of acknowledging the hypocrisy of what leaves your keyboard and poses as an intelligent response.
Hang on, scratch that, you're an expert on changing nappies, so I guess you encounter lots of SHIT on a daily basis! Sorry, I couldn't resist, and after all, it's all that you're really good for...
In terms of credibility, when it comes to hi-fi, you have NONE, zero, hee-haw.. The King of No Credibility has more credibility than you.
All you do is copy what your master from NVA tells you to do, much like Jamrag and the rest of the painfully obsequious Disciples of Dunce, resident on HFS, who possess little ability to think for themselves, and need taken by the hand on every stage of their audio journey [excluding the likes of Slinger and Lindsayt, who appear to have resisted the brainwash and possess the ability to think freely as individuals].
Therefore, criticise Gazjam all you want [I know it will not phase him one iota], but at least he has the confidence and ability to trust his ears, think for himself and build a system based on his own judgement criteria, unlike you. All you can do is copy and follow your 'leader', like a sheep!
As for Andrew (flatpopely's) highly astute, far from inane, observation below:
...and your master's ridiculous response, clearly outraged at how Andrew had exposed the sheer hypocrisy of the 'HFS mission statement', where despite claiming you don't challenge what people hear, there you were openly ridiculing Gazjam for that *very thing*, simply because what he's heard (and reported) on AoS trips your blinkered bullshit filter.Originally Posted by flatpopely
So what does your master do in order to prevent Andrew from further exposing the hypocrisy of the 'HFS mission statement'? He gags him, of course, by banning him, under the guise of making "daft comments" - and this from somewhere that claims to be free from censorship?? Honestly, you couldn't make it up!!
So, Lindsay, you won't get an answer to the questions you've asked Andrew because your 'boss', in his infinite wisdom, to prevent him being made to look like a tit, has banned him!
However, it's too late, as Dicky's farcical behaviour has already been 'caught on camera' for all to see and laugh at how, on one hand, others and him refer to AoS as "censorship central", and on the other he's gagging and banning folk for simply telling it as it is!! Free speech on HFS, eh?
Anyway, Qwim, my thanks to your master and you for providing some hilarity on an otherwise dull day. For the very definition of inane and that which totally lacks any credibility, sweetheart, look in the mirror.
Oh and FYI, as a statement of fact, a sizeable number of AoS members are also regular contributors on pfm and Wigwam, and they manage to exist there quite happily, unlike your 'leader' who's unwelcome anywhere else other than where he can censor and exercise his control.
Over and out!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
I think this is interesting and worth a comment. How does it become a "fact" that certain things are inaudible? As far as I know the researchers who established the "facts" asked subjects for their subjective observations. For example, a subject may be asked which is the louder of two test tones at the same frequency but different amplitudes. The subject answers based on their subjective appraisal of the two tones. After testing many subjects the minimum audible change in amplitude is established. Then it becomes a "scientific fact". I would love to know a lot more about the methods used to establish the "facts" about what the human hearing/perception system is capable of, but I've been unsuccessful so far in finding much detail online.
I remain open minded about what anyone "cannot possibly hear".
Absolutely. It's only a device for listening to a bit of music after all.
Yes, at some point enough is enough. For many people a cheap piece of crap is good enough and they're happy. I sometimes wonder if they're the ignorant fools or the enlightened ones.
Eh? A fuse passing DC, maybe. What about a fuse passing AC?
Hi Andrew,
Exactly!! That's the REAL scientific process outlined in a nutshell.
The problem is, you're dealing in some cases with years of ingrained dogma and extremely closed minds, and folk (often reductionists) who would no sooner entertain the notion that their deeply-ingrained and absolutist scientific belief system is flawed, than join a society of creationists!
Indeed!!Yes, at some point enough is enough. For many people a cheap piece of crap is good enough and they're happy. I sometimes wonder if they're the ignorant fools or the enlightened ones.
Dunno, mate. I just listen and observe, as a free-thinker and music lover with an open mind, blissfully unburdened by what is considered as 'correct' or not by established scientific wisdom. It's rather liberating having such an uncomplicated approach to music appreciation and hi-fi!Eh? A fuse passing DC, maybe. What about a fuse passing AC?
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Agree with Marco about cleaning up existing fuses and fuse holders, potentially make a good improvement.
I did that first and noticed the improvement, thats what got me curious about looking into alternative fuses.
The SR Black kept coming up as the one to get, not cheap but a 30 day trial meant I could take a punt, hear one for myself.
Not sure about tbe other fuses. but the SR's were a big jump over even cleaned up and Deoxit'd fuses.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables