Valve Itch phono

[merlin el mago]

Have both with a switch.

 

[Salas]

Make video with the Itch while playing an LP for celebrating total victory over the buzz gremlins?

 

[merlin el mago]

OK now I'm busy but I will post as soon as possible.

Youtube link, enjoy Salas.

YouTube

 

[Salas]

Nice video. Greetings. Is it The Cat Walk playing?

 

[merlin el mago]

Yes Sir.

 

[Salas]

YouTube

 

[merlin el mago]

Why the sound changed a lot to a better SQ?

What's your opinion about the SQ?

 

[Salas]

Can't know much from a phone video but it comes across musical. Its when you kill all buzzes in a system i.e. everything is correctly grounded and loop areas are narrow you now really listen to your builds without artificial harmonics from electrical interference.

 

[merlin el mago]

All this time (several years) listening without proper signal ground the Borbely 75W class mono blocks, what a shame.

Always mids sounded recessed & the lows very thin.

Now it seems 750W RMS amps

 

[Salas]

Always mids sounded recessed & the lows very thin.

Those are the usual frequency places where Mr. Hum and his friend Mr. Buzz live

 

[merlin el mago]

I don't like renters living in my stereo system and less without paying rental.

#26 preamp now sounds very very nice, not thin and without body...

 

[Salas]

Now everybody diy friend will come to listen again. You will drink all the Catalan wines, no exports this year

 

[merlin el mago]

The same guy is refurbishing the Jadis JA-80, works very well but in the small details is where the devil lives. Now he wants money so I will be to check all his work.

BTW Borbelys cost me NOTHING ZERO NADA to make it only payed parts, he does only to enjoy making the Borbelys, so no complaints.

 

[Salas]

But you also best rewired the Itch build yourself

 

[merlin el mago]

I'm very angry to not discover before the problem with the SQ. Also my DIY loudspeakers now is other world.

But you also best rewired the Itch build yourself

Yes but the problem wasn't the Itch.

Always asking for more mids & lows, body & gain, etc....

 

[Salas]

I'm very angry to not discover before the problem with the SQ. Also my DIY loudspeakers now is other world.

What design are those? Something Troels?

 

[merlin el mago]

No, is my own design helped with diyaudio members doing measurements.

 

[Salas]

Yes but the problem wasn't the Itch.

Yes but it surely got little better as well during the buzz kill quest. And it was the whistle blower of the underlying systemic problem.

 

[merlin el mago]

Every cloud has a silver lining. When a door is closed always a window is opened.

 

[Salas]

No, is my own design helped with diyaudio members doing measurements.

Congrats to you for making and to the members for being helpful to each other