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Hello Sound Hound. IRO the replacement Mindorf capacitors. Please excuse my ignorance. Did you replace all caps? Or just in power supply or biasing or coupling? And where do you source your Mumford caps from?

Here’s another thought. It could be that there are other devices elsewhere in your house that are causing some low level earth currents. Do you have lots of wall wart power supplies? Lots of cell phone chargers permanently plugged in? If you have and some are concentrated in one room, then try...

I recently purchased an Origin Live Onyx arm from Audio Exchange. It’s a fine piece of engineering and came with comprehensive fitting and adjustment instructions. Price was reasonable too. Ask for Francois. Origin Live also sells a motor replacement with a stabilised power supply. Easy to...

It could be that you have too much load for the earth leakage. So why don’t it trip every time? The load is your system. There are several individual transformers all being connected in the same instant. Connecting this combined load to a sine wave (AC power) means that sometimes you switch on...

You can purchase heat shrink in various diameters at electrical wholesalers and also at AC/DC stores. Many hardware stores too. A hair dryer or a paint stripper heat gun used with a bit of practice will deliver great results.

If you purchase kit in EU there is generally no customs duty due if seller is in EU. Look at Audiophonics in France. They will sell you amplifiers of all sorts. Look at their own Hypex and Purifi power amps. But whoa, hold the phone- the man wants a system for a neighbour friendly apartment. I...

I bought a TD150 for my kids as a wedding present. The lid has some damage due to unsatisfactory packing while moving. Anybody know a source for replacement lids?

Recently the UK based Chord Electronics released Mojo 2 which has 4 band EQ. Why am I telling you about this? Chord employ the services of an engineer named Rob Watts. He has released technical information on the EQ in the Mojo2, stating that it is does not degrade sound quality. Maybe Wiim are...

Based on my experience with my ears as well as numerous reports from magazines audio journalists, etc. Just take a few days to let matters settle. Some call this burn in. Many claim it’s a myth. Maybe it’s just emotional bias. Let’s not ignite that fire! Just let your new speakers run. For...

I have just installed my Jolida hybrid amplifier 1501RC after some work done by Shamil Albertus- Albertronics on this forum. Excellent diagnostics and replacement of two potentiometers - one of which was noisy. My sound is great. This amplifier has now had power capacitors replaced, two sets of...

Good design needs not apologize for its visual impact. Some folk want kit with evident mechanical functionality. Others prefer more subdued aesthetics. Surely it’s simply a matter of taste? And I don’t support aesthetics over performance, so if the devices are sonically inept, time to look...

You don?t mention the source. If it?s vinyl the Krell amplifier may have a filter on the phono. Filter what: record warp, and or low frequency rumble. These low frequencies added to low frequency signal may cause excessive cone excursion.

I agree with comments earlier in this thread that the local market is shrinking. And the cost of imported items is high given the low relative value of the Rand against most other currencies. There do seem to be less local retail dealers. And for audio equipment, parts shortages due to supply...

Sadly there are dealers who take advantage. I had a quote from an idiot that offered to fix an amplifier with new caps and upgrade the tubes. His quote was ridiculous. Got it all done elsewhere with two sets of great tubes and replaced all power supply caps for a third of the idiots quote. I...

Agree as well.  The team at this establishment have assisted me with various items and I have not regretted spending my money on items purchased there.  In the last decade they have had by far the biggest share of my wallet bro audio spend. They also have some attractive offers on used kit.

Question about USB input. Manual states this for a thumb drive or for a hard drive. When I get around to it I will query Primare and see if an Apple CCK can also be connected to this input. The network input is for LAN connection. And RS232 for connection to existing Primare devices. Seems like...

Looking at a used item recently. Found a Primare NP5 used. So I thought I should check local support. Next I knew Daniel from Sky Audio (local) offered me a new one at a discount. So it arrived and I listened to it this week. Nice, very nice but not quite there.? But web searches intimated that...

Hi Just had an all day HV line maintenance outage. I will be in touch soonest.

Who sells AT 95 ML? Local of course. I can see a few offers for the entry level 95s. But cannot see a price for cartridge fitted with ML - microcline stylus from get go. Don?t want to buy cartridge with basic stylus and then afterwards buy an ML. Many thanks

Simple solution often seen. Buy my whole system for a fixed price. Or buy separately at a higher combined price. In my view the sellers of systems who aren?t willing to do separate sales don?t know the fair value of their kit. Or don?t care, merely wanting redundant items gone.