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    Fuse and Cable Directionality

    I I agree. I don’t know how one can have a discussion of fuses without when necessary speaking to direction, skeptics and other disrupters aside. At the same time, I’m not sure how far a direction-only discussion can go. But let’s make the best of it…
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    Lampizator Golden Gate 3 Impressions

    Thanks, Lukasz. The question I have remaining comes from that description of the GG3 on page 3 of the price list: “a bit cooler, more neutral." Does the 11P change that relative to the E11? Or is that description driven by some other aspect of the design relative to other models? Btw, both the...
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    Lampizator Golden Gate 3 Impressions

    I noticed in the WTB classifieds that there's a GG SE with Engine 11-P for sale. I didn't know the 11-P was available for the GG. Anyone know how it sounds different than the E-11? The Lampi price list describes the GG as "a bit cooler, more neutral." Is the 11-P warmer?
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    Unfortunately, all the available Telefunken 2504 showing on HiFi Shark right now are $$$$ and listed by the seller in Verona.
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    About Puritan, Jaguar Audio has a 45 day return policy (Mike Kay at Audio Archon is also knowledgeable).
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    To pick up on the hum issues I was having with the GG 2/3, the grounding cable from ZenWave solved the 60 Hz one that varied with the volume. The 120 Hz remained…until the other day when I received a new pair of PT-14 chrome base from Laszlo via Blake. Not only 50 hours in do they seem to sound...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    Are you using the TP adapter with the RGN2004? The Valvo 2504 is to my knowledge the only one that is especially liked. My sample of the Telefunken didn’t cut it. For a first try at grounding, the Puritan Ground Master City and Route Master have been recommended as a lower cost option.
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    QSA : My take on their expensive products

    I can think off hand of no field or endeavor in life where beyond the strictly physical quality is wholly measurable by instrumentation or data. In audio, even double-blind study attempts have a subjective element at core. What is measurable, so to speak, is how one likes a piece of equipment...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Fuse direction depends on the manufacturing process and materials used, which perhaps depends on how much the developer wants to put into it.
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Have you ever seen an external audio fuse holder that wasn’t back to front or left to right (from the back)? I’ve asked different audio companies several times and always gotten the same answer. Since the fuse holders being used are OEM looking, I’ve assumed it was an industry standard.
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    Audiophile Fuses

    This is how I think of it from a non technical standpoint: If one thinks of the fuse as a mini power cord (with an extra feature), that is, as both an extension of the cord feeding the component and the entrance point to the component’s power supply, then it ultimately determines the quality of...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Good questions. Direction is back to front on screw-in holders and left to right, looking from the back, on pull-out shelf type holders. These are industry standards. Be aware though that occasionally the label is put on backward and so the arrow or lettering points the wrong direction vis a vis...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    In the midst of a discussion about determining directionality and the practicalities of it, you feel pressed to undermine it speaking generally — “your experience” — and abstracted from naming specific fuses. To me, that’s not helpful.
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Over the past roughly 10 years, I’ve had I think at least 5 or 6 brands of aftermarket fuses that were by design either directional or nondirectional. Of those, I recall 4 for sure being directional by sound, immediately because it was indicated on the fuse or after use for some time. It’s...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Some are directional by production method, apparently having to do with the direction the wire on the spool is pulled. I assume those developers indicate direction on the fuse. In other cases, it's either trial and error or is created from the way the fuse is burned in and used. With the wrong...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    I'll check, but grounding issues are common across a wide variety of conditioners and regenerators where a dedicated electrical box and/or ground rod is not used. Your friend's PS Audio regenerator likely had a fault that needed repair. Nothing new and not the basis for generalizing. I've come...
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    WTB: High Fidelity NPS-1260 Contact Enhancer

    Unused or partially used bottle with a good amount left.
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    Just heard from Laszlo about ground cable burn in. He can’t explain it, but his Tripoint grounding unit took a month. So back in the connectors go… Dave of Zenwave adds that “The cable will definitely need burn in, ground wires do carry currents and sometimes have the same return path as the...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    Is this a reply to someone or a general comment? Just curious, to reverse pins 2 and 3 means taking apart one connector end and presumably de-soldering and re-soldering?
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    When you mention returns, is there a U.S. dealer or is that from the UK?
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    It’s not, separately that is. Never been quite sure what I would ground it to. The power connection is to a PS Audio regenerator.
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    I need some expert advice. Following up on the copper litz ground wires from TP adapters to ground screw on my GG 2/3, described by Dave Cahoon as having very low inductance and high frequency impedance. At ~50 hours of tubes being on, the good news was that tone was still slightly on the warm...
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    The best plug in filter ever!

    Of the top 3 in your list, the QSINE had the biggest effect for me. I also use one Puron, and two pairs of QK1 and QV2, and got rid of the Clear Line.
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    Audiophile Fuses

    Please go away. This thread is not for you.
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    Audiophile Fuses

    A kind of expectation bias is commonly present in audiences. It's often an upbeat personality thing. Other times it's just ignorance, that is, in the sense of not knowing enough to evaluate critically. I'm just not sure what the example has to do with the vast majority of audio cases. Now, can...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    Dave Cahoon of Zenwave is no slouch when it comes to making (at least) custom cables (you may have seen his posts on some WBF threads). I didn’t think to take a full photo of the cable, but below is a good look. I neglected to mention that the sound opened up a lot during five hours last...
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    Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

    To clarify, I found the 2004 black mesh noticeably closer than the silver to my sense of sufficient warmth — not much — but not quite there. The feeling of my stomach is my canary. Somehow if the tone of what I’m hearing, at least on the “neutral” side, isn’t to my liking, my stomach (abs?)...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    A politely phrased common trollers’ assumption. Of course, the *hope* is that whatever is purchased will offer an improvement, price aside. The used market and returns from audition show that hope is often not realized, or standards of hope change. Those that can’t be honest with themselves...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    The suggestion to read the thread is not a bad one. Lots of good information there. At the same time, one of the things you’ll see is that fuse naysayers and people who can’t hear the difference for whatever reason like to announce themselves and more, side tracking the discussion and filling...
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    Audiophile Fuses

    How about we get back on topic.

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