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In Reply to: RE: concept posted by unclestu on November 04, 2014 at 22:20:04
Try wrapping teflon tape on your volume control and selector switch knob. I prefer the old 3M clear urethane tube dampeners set so they barely touch the faceplate. They add a degree of clarity which can be surprising.
O rings work but not as well.
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Uncle Stu,
Applying your suggestion, I substituted a wrapping of yellow Gas Teflon Tape (a dozen times each) around the spindles of the amplifier selector and volume controls for the manufacturer's foam left against the front face-plate and re-attached the three knobs. The increase in clarity was indeed most unexpected. Thank you.
Substituting that tape for the cork between the interior of the amplifier case and the Interconnect input unit brought another comparable improvement in revealed fine detail definition.
I continue to be indebted to your OLD tweak of 10-1-14 re. substituting brass for ferrous screws on speakers since that led me into further substantial sound improvements from substituting nylon for stainless-steel screws on the amplifier, DAC, its external power supply, and tube buffer.
DG
so i tried some wraps i had on hand on my output transformers on my st-70. weird how this stuff works. i just step back and am surprised each time.
sometimes nothing happens like when I moved these shungite pyramids around on top of different things. then i just put three of them on top of an outboard power supply for a mofo v-lps phono pre and bing - and at first i thought i wasted a whole $10 on them. lol.
i tried this as well, substituting screws on transformers on my Hagerman preamp and phono preamp for an increase in holographic presence. whew - sounds impressive. lol.replaced the thick screw/nut on the ttorroidal transformer in my LittleDot headphone amp with a brass screw /w cork top & bottom. payoff was a more colorful sound and could follow music threads better - or at least it was more fun to follow them.
All for ~$6.oo
Thanks, Stu
Edits: 11/05/14
no thanks needed, but i do appreciate it.
just glad at least you and DG are using the few tweaks i've noticed over the years.
tuff as hell to get those screws of the cornet's transformer - but i did. what did you use to secure 'em? and the screws were hacked on the slots. where there is a will there is a way. got the brass screws on there. not complaining, just a good feeling of accomplishment. ;-) also a picture of the copper tape/damper on the rectifier.
Uncle Stu + Ringwear,
Shame for the false 'Stainless Steel' that lingers in its hole while 'Brass' of 'Audiophilia' is on the march for Tone:-)
(..."Shame for the false Etruscan who lingers in his home while Porsena of Clusium is on the march for Rome.")
DG
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