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That was really nice of Doug to take the time to do this. I would really appreciate it if he would ever have the time to take a look at my Counterpoint preamp that I have been working on with limited success for quite some time to eradicate a bit of noise.

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Neat... congrats!

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That and the ones that can tell you what plating is used, and whether there is tin plating under the gold -> copper or not. And yes, they are serious They don't seem to reveal PCB construction, etc. though.

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I hadn't heard that Les was done doing Survivorman... bummer as I liked that show. I can certainly see how it could be hard on you though when he put it in perspective of having 25 weeks where he basically had starved

I don't think the Dynalo/Dynahi architectures can run at a gain below 5 or so (IIRC?). Like they said, go balanced if you want improvements, although from the pics you posted on HF, I would do a better PSU (can you say sigma22) first. It will make a difference.

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I knew I had seen a post by someone claiming that the German Maestro cans were really bright (from the N. Cal meet thread): Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio - View Single Post - NorCal 8/8/09 meet impressions

Glad to hear your wife is OK Al. Scary.

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At least I assume that is a good thing...

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I bought a pair of the SRH840s and like them so far. I did note somewhat of a mid-bass hump on classical material. Midrange and treble seems quite good independent of the bass; these are not bright at all but very smooth and well controlled IMO. I have not done anything other than listen to these (i.e., no break-in if you believe in that). I am driving these with a Gilmore Dynamic (w/Gilmore PSU). If the SRH440s were more neutral, I might be more interested in them, but so far I think I will keep the 840s. I also have a pair of AKG K271s with velour pads that I use at work for comparison.

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The Vishay noise suppression capacitors that he discusses (from Mouser) are a Vishay part number F17104101000 and should be these. Referenced in this text in the article:

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FTFY. Might re-read the welcome pm while you're at it...

x2... hope you shake it off (rather than doctor visit)!

Looks nice. Probably good that you got the Grace arm vs. one of the Thorens TP-16 Mk. x (II probably for that vintage).

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You could also take a look at John Risch's filter on audioasylum. I think DIYcable used to offer a kit for it; not sure if they still do or not. Personally, I'd just buy a Brickwall and be done with it.

I didn't like that idea personally because of the ability to select multiple outputs at once. so I didn't comment on it. Rotary switches are $30 or less for a really good one; dig thru the links I posted, but Lorlin switches are ~$8 or so each; Grayhills a bit more. Look at Digikey or Mouser as your main suppliers for the switches. RCA jacks I would go elsewhere (partsexpress, Cardas CTFA from Soniccraft or handmade electronics, etc.).

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