Tweaks

Garrard 401 Bearing Upgrade

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I have been fortunate to own a Garrard 401 now for about fifteen years [...]

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BT Mains Conditioning Filters

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Mains Conditioners have always been one of those products that I have stayed away from mainly due to cost and sceptism [...]

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Vishay Dale Stepped Attenuator

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

There has a lot of talk recently about the improvements that can be made to the sound quality or rather in this the case the transparency of a pre amp by using a stepped attenuator like the one pictured above that makes use of the Vishay Dale military grade RN60 metal film resistors which are highly regarded in audiophile circles for their lack of sound [...]

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Quad 11L Loudspeakers Tweak

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Having happily lived with a pair of Quad 11L Loudspeakers for the last two years in my system, I was curous to find out whether they could be improved without tinkering with the design too much [...]

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Burr Brown OPA627AP Op Amp

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Having used a Net Audio modified Quad 405-2 for the last twelve months complete with their excellent Dual Mono Power Supply, I was interested to learn that there was a superior op amp available for each of the Quad 405's amplifier boards than the one Net Audio upgrade as standard, the Burr Brown OPA604AP Op Amp [...]

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