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by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:42 am
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m
Replies: 17
Views: 1686

Re: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m

Lamp wire and rca patch cords that came with the equipment was mainly maybe only what was available at the time. Then Monster speaker cable from Atlantic Stereo, AudioQuest Ruby interconnects from J&R Music World, TARA Space and Time TFA ordered from Audio Advisor and thus began my slide down th...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m
Replies: 17
Views: 1686

Re: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m

For the time it sounded good to me. Had both the SQ module that fitted in the bay underneath the unit and the standalone CD-4 demodulator, too. The Pioneer turntable was fitted with a Pickering cartridge (XUV-4500Q I think) so the frequency response extended to 45kHz and the demodulator was therefor...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 22, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m
Replies: 17
Views: 1686

Re: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m

Thanks, AJ. I'm going to read through them more out of curiosity than the chance of buying one but still... It was part of the system my (now ex-) wife and I bought when we were first married back in 1974 as a wedding present to ourselves together with 4 Cerwin-Vega speakers (211R), a Dokorder 7140 ...
by Joe Appierto
Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m
Replies: 17
Views: 1686

Re: Tap Settings on P12 or LP140m

I had a Marantz 4300 back in the day. Four mono 40W amps went to 2 x 100 in stereo. Sweet sounding without being cloying good detail but not what you'd call transparent. Still wish I had it at times but I bet at this point (50 years on) a whole bunch of stuff would've been replaced along the way. ht...
by Joe Appierto
Fri Jul 21, 2023 6:38 am
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: CJ Premier 350SA Faceplate Bolt?
Replies: 11
Views: 1128

Re: CJ Premier 350SA Faceplate Bolt?

For the heck of it I looked at the faceplate on the CA200. All four screw are sunk into a black plastic collar but the two on the right have collars that protrude about twice as much as those on the left. A puzzlement. EDIT/AFTERTHOUGHT: Could these discrepancies be something that Conrad Johnson did...
by Joe Appierto
Thu Jul 20, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Another Premier 350SA Question
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: Another Premier 350SA Question

You're welcome, Jeff. AJ is quite right in that Paul is quite accessible on the PS Audio Forum and maybe through other avenues I'm not aware of. PS Audio did engage Bascom H, King as AJ mentions and his designs bear the BHK prefix in the PS Audio product line. The site is forum.psaudio.com and you m...
by Joe Appierto
Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Another Premier 350SA Question
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: Another Premier 350SA Question

If the number of inversions is an even number and that sounds like your case then you're okay to leave it + to + and - to -.
by Joe Appierto
Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: Amplifiers
Topic: Another Premier 350SA Question
Replies: 9
Views: 840

Re: Another Premier 350SA Question

AJ hit on the unlikelihood of learning the manufacture date using the serial number but it's worth a shot if you can get through to CJ. The Premier 350SA inverts phase so that's something to be aware of and, if necessary, to compensate for. One reviewer https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/con...
by Joe Appierto
Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: RCA Interconnects
Replies: 18
Views: 3326

Re: RCA Interconnects

Think they charge a percentage (15% ?) of the value of the cable to try them out. But, if you make a purchase it's applied to the purchase price. I've never tried this feature myself but especially for those without easy access to a dealer it's attractive. And even if one does have access, they have...
by Joe Appierto
Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: Wilson speakers
Replies: 391
Views: 64155

Re: Wilson speakers

Origin of Enough is as Good as a Feast: This idiom first appeared in print in the year 1660, by James Howell, in an English-French-Italian-Spanish dictionary titled Lexicon Tetraglotton. The only explanation that accompanies its entry is that it is an English proverb. This proverb may date back to a...
by Joe Appierto
Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: Wilson speakers
Replies: 391
Views: 64155

Re: Wilson speakers

Yep, what Admin said. I've heard Wilson speakers only twice in my life and both were times in two rooms at a NY Audio show held a number of years ago. In both cases the preamps and amps were D'Agostino (I think Momentum but I couldn't swear to it). As we know that stuff ain't cheap and the amps plen...
by Joe Appierto
Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Holo May Kte back to normal operation
Replies: 42
Views: 5761

Re: Holo May Kte back to normal operation

I'm sorry, Roberto, that you were so unfortunate but as AJ and Admin have said the mercy is that no one was injured and the damage was somewhat contained. Still, it's a bummer.
by Joe Appierto
Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:40 pm
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable
Replies: 11
Views: 1654

Re: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable

AJ, I hesitate to even mention this because it sounds like you've come to a decision and I may just muddy the waters but something did occur to me. The Ethernet cable I did like the most but had to sell because of financial constraints at one point were two 1M Wireworld Starlight 8 Twinax Ethernet c...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable
Replies: 11
Views: 1654

Re: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable

Sounds like a plan.
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable
Replies: 11
Views: 1654

Re: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable

I posted my response/question to the wrong thread: "There are a good number of Ethernet cables that are well-regarded from the usual cable company suspects. I looked at the Transparent cable you mentioned AJ and it doesn't go up astronomically with a 50 foot terminated cable run costing $1,055 ...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Holo May Kte back to normal operation
Replies: 42
Views: 5761

Re: Holo May Kte back to normal operation

There are a good number of Ethernet cables that are well-regarded from the usual cable company suspects. I looked at the Transparent cable you mentioned AJ and it doesn't go up astronomically with a 50 foot terminated cable run costing $1,055 or $21.10 a foot. The longest run I could find of Audioqu...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 08, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Non-CJ Products-Audio
Topic: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable
Replies: 11
Views: 1654

Re: AQ Cinnamon Ethernet Cable

I've tried the AQ Pearl Ethernet cable and while it's the bottom of their product line it is one of my favorites. I haven't tried any of the real higher end cables. The most expensive one I've bought is the In-Akustik Referenz which is a Cat 6 type with silver-plated 24 gauge wires. The 1M was $68 a...
by Joe Appierto
Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:19 pm
Forum: Preamps
Topic: Is the ET5 built better than the ET7 ?
Replies: 24
Views: 4226

Re: Is the ET5 built better than the ET7 ?

According to the CJ website the ET7-S2 has a tube complement of 1 X 6922.

https://conradjohnson.com/et7-enhanced- ... amplifier/
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:46 pm
Forum: Music Reviews - Digital (formal review)
Topic: Two Possibilities
Replies: 20
Views: 25753

Re: Two Possibilities

I discovered The Astounding Eyes of Rita on a PS Audio music thread. He has a number of other albums that also appeared but Rita seems to pop-up quite often so I gave it a shot. It continues to see play time on my system. The Chesky sampler being free seemed like a no-brainer especially since it's D...
by Joe Appierto
Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:38 am
Forum: Music Reviews - Digital (formal review)
Topic: Two Possibilities
Replies: 20
Views: 25753

Re: Two Possibilities

My pleasure.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe 4th of July holiday weekend.

I'll be heading in a few minutes to a friend's for a get together of about a dozen of us. Here in NJ you can't escape the smoke from the Canadian fires but at least today it's a little better than it has been.