Today's Fresh Catch: The Duelund DCA12GA Tinned-Copper Tone Wire!
A care package of Duelund DCA12GA tinned-copper tone wire arrived from Frederik today! Woo hoo! I've really been looking forward to giving the new Duelund DCA12GA a listen after reading all of your positive comments about it! As a reminder from the breaking news post announcing the new DCA12GA, it uses 65 strands of 0.25mm tinned-copper... Read More »
Robbie's Leben Lid Mod!
As most of you know, I've been a long-time fan of the Leben CS600 integrated amplifier, for it's rugged & reliable build quality, it's superb appearance, its great sound & musicality, and its flexibility in accommodating a lot of different power output types for tube swapping entertainment. The only nit I have to pick with... Read More »
Three albums for the weekend from Analogue Productions!
It was a long week of getting caught up at home and on the day job, and getting over jet lag! I love traveling but playing catchup is rough! But now it's weekend-eve, and it's time for a little music listening! Woo-hoo! First up was the new mono Buddy Holly reissue from Analogue Productions, remastered... Read More »
A Guest Article from Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki: "My Adventure With My Old Marantz Model 7" Part 1.
As I alluded to in my earlier blog post, while I was traveling in Eastern Europe over the last few weeks, I received a message from Mr. Shirokazu Yazaki in Tokyo, Japan, about an article he has been working on for some time now for the readers of Jeff's Place, and one that I was very... Read More »
Jeff checking in ... I'm back!
I just got back home from two weeks of travel with little to no internet & email access most of the time, so I'm way behind on addressing comments & writing blog posts, and I'm playing tag with jet lag. I did get a chance to listen to a variety of live music performances of... Read More »
Which is better? The Duelund DCA16GA, DCA20GA, or the Silver/Silk Interconnects?
Which is better? The Duelund DCA16GA, Duelund DCA20GA, or the Duelund Silver/Silk interconnects? The conclusion that I've come to is that they all are better, depending upon the application I'm using them for. For example, I had been using a set of nude Duelund DCA16GA interconnects to connect my vintage McIntosh MX110Z tuner-preamplifier and vintage McIntosh... Read More »
Initial listening impressions: The Acoustic Revive Power Reference TripleC NCF AC Power Cord & RPT-6 Absolute NCF Power Distributor.
I'm working on my next feature length article for Positive Feedback, which will be about the Acoustic Revive Power Reference TripleC NCF AC power cord, the RPT-6 Absolute NCF Power Distributor, and the RAS-14 TripleC NCF Power Conditioner. When I'm all done with this article for Positive Feedback, it will be my fourteenth feature length article about Acoustic Revive... Read More »
The Murasakino Musique Analogue ‘Sumile’ MC Phonograph Cartridge Makes Me Smile!
The Murasakino Musique Analogue ‘Sumile’ MC phonograph cartridge makes me smile while I'm listening to music! The Sumile reminds me of the exotic Lefson Ultra resistors from France, and like the Ultra's, the Sumile is astonishingly transparent & resolving, while being rich, natural, and exceedingly musical at the same time - a very nice magic trick! With the wirewound resistors... Read More »
The New Sophia Electric EL34-ST Vacuum Tubes in the Leben CS600 Integrated Amplifier!
It's been far too long since I've done some tube rolling, so I was delighted to hear from Sue & Richard at Sophia Electric that they wanted me to give their new Sophia Electric EL34-ST vacuum tubes a review for Positive Feedback. I'm a real pushover for the ST bottle shape, I just love the way... Read More »
Breaking News! New Duelund Sn-Cu Capacitors & DCA26GA Wire Coming Soon!
Frederik emailed me this morning with an exciting announcement of two new products that are in the works at Duelund, both involving tinned-copper, and both of which I find very exciting! ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ As most of you reading my blog are aware, the Duelund DCA series of tinned-copper tone-cables with their oil-soaked & baked cotton dielectric... Read More »
Now Live at Positive Feedback - Lefson: French High-End Analog Audio Devices - The Lefson Resistor Review!
The Lefson resistor review has just gone live at Positive Feedback! You can read the review here. As always, thanks for stopping by, and may the tone be with you!
Jeff checking in ... Lefson review is done, Duelund DCA20GA, and a look forward through the crystal ball!
It has been a busy audio weekend, and I'm trying to get caught back up after Jeff's Place going down due to the hacking event last week. The good news is that you've encouraged me to keep going with Jeff's Place for the foreseeable future. I was pretty discouraged after the hacking event, but with all... Read More »
Jeff checking in ... family, jazz, and Lefson Resistors!
My Dad went through a sudden decline in his health after a serious fall about three years ago, and was not able to go home again afterwards. Our family is spread out about as far as it is possible to be while still living in the USA, and with no family local to where Mom... Read More »
All Clear! Thank You for Supporting Jeff's Place!
Thank you! Thanks to all of you who have encouraged me with help after the hacking incident that took down Jeff's Place a week ago, I truly appreciate all the kind words, good advice, and your offers to help with donations! Thank you so much, you are awesome! Friends of Jeff's Place I want to give special... Read More »
Sneak Peek: The Lefson Analog Devices Resistor Review for Positive Feedback!
I'm hard at work this weekend writing up the Lefson resistor review for Positive Feedback. I hope to get the review all finished up and published in the next week or two. Here's a little sneak peek until then! Enjoy! Lefson: French High-End Analog Audio Devices - The Lefson Resistor By Jeff Day I have been... Read More »
Breaking News: Duelund DCA12GA Tinned-Copper Tone-Wire Coming Soon!
I've got some more information for you on the upcoming Duelund DCA12GA tinned-copper tone-wire! In the photo above you can see the raw tinned-copper wire used in the DCA12GA tinned-copper tone-wire. The new DCA12GA will use 65 strands of 0.25mm tinned-copper wires versus the 26 strands of 0.25mm tinned-copper strands used in the DCA16GA. Frederik told... Read More »
Hacked! Decision point - is this the end of Jeff's Place? Updated.
I don't know how many of you stopped by Jeff's Place on April 5th to do a little reading, but depending on when you stopped by, you might have noticed that nothing came up but a white screen. That's because somebody decided it would be fun to hack Jeff's Place and destroy it. Apparently, somebody (or a malware... Read More »
A Shielded Duelund DCA20GA Interconnect for the Weekend! Updates!
I've been wanting to try the Duelund DCA20GA tinned-copper tone-wire as a shielded interconnect between my Intact Audio SUT and vintage McIntosh MX110Z tuner-preamplifier for a while now. As most of you know, response to the Duelund DCA20GA as interconnects has been extremely positive, and I really like the ones I made up a lot (below).... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: Sophia Electric EL34-ST & Aqua 274B Vacuum Tubes!
I get really excited about vacuum tubes! When Sue and Richard at Sophia Electric contacted me about doing an article about their new Sophia Electric™ EL34-ST vacuum tubes I was quite intrigued. I don't know what it is, but every time I see a vacuum tube with the 'ST' style of glass bulb shape I just swoon, I... Read More »
Jeff Checking in: Lefson, Duelund, Sumile, and the Altec A5 Voice of the Theatre Project!
This morning I'm writing the introductory part of the Lefson resistor article for Positive Feedback while listening to music, with plans to write up listening impressions on how the Lefson resistors performed in my Altec A7 Voice of the Theatre project crossovers tomorrow, and hopefully write a summary & conclusions section before the end of the weekend. I hope... Read More »
A Complete Duelund DCA Rewire of the Westminster Royal SE's Crossovers!
Yesterday after I rewired the high-frequency circuits of my Westminster's Duelund CAST crossovers with the Duelund DCA20GA tinned-copper tone wire, I was so excited by the results that I decided I wanted to rewire the low-frequency circuits too. It was spur of the moment decision to rewire my crossovers, so I didn't precondition any of the... Read More »
Jeff Checking In: Duelund DCA20GA Tinned-Copper Tone Wire, and Other Stuff.
I'll start with the other stuff. I traveled to Washington, D.C. this last week, where we received a Secretarial Award for our US Belle II High Energy Physics project at KEK, the particle physics laboratory in Japan. A little bit of background: The Belle II experiment’s global collaboration involves more than 600 members, 65 institutes,... Read More »
Jim Smith Checking In: "Unexpected results from the Duelund DCA20GA Interconnects"
It's always a treat to hear from Jim Smith, and as many of you know, I have the greatest respect for Jim and his many contributions to the worlds of music & audio, and am just generally a big fan of Jim's! Jim's demos at CES over the years have always been impressive, and you have... Read More »
The Lefson Resistors from France - Update!
This is the fifth post I've written about the Lefson resistors that are manufactured by Xavier Lefebvre in Wormhout, France. Let me summarize what I've written about Lefson until now: In my first post I introduced the three product lines of carbon/silver audio resistors that are available from Lefson, the Premium, the Supra, and Ultra. The Premium resistor from Lefson is... Read More »
Jeff checking in ... the Sumile MC phono cartridge!
Happy Weekend! I was really glad to see this weekend arrive, as during the week I had come down with a nasty cold and had been only working half days trying to get feeling better. Ugh. I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but right after co-worker Melanie gave me some Cold-EEZE lozenges to try... Read More »
Today’s Fresh Catch: The Latest AC Power Supply Wonders from Acoustic Revive! Part 3, the RAS-14 TripleC NCF!
In Parts 1 & 2 of my Today's Fresh Catch series of posts about the new Acoustic Revive AC power supply components, I introduced the RTP-6 Absolute NCF six-outlet AC power distributor and the Power Reference TripleC NCF AC power cords, respectively, which you could rightly consider to be the exotic bespoke Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation versions of the AC power supply world.... Read More »
Jeff Checking In: Bob James Quartet and other fun in Seattle!
It's always fun to get out and about for an adventure, particularly when it includes music! Friend and fellow Westminster owner, Leo, and I were in Seattle yesterday for a brief visit and stopped in at Jazz Alley to catch the Bob James Quartet's performance, and it was awesome! You might remember that multi-Grammy winning... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Murasakino Musique Analogue 'Sumile' MC Phonograph Cartridge from Japan!
I've mentioned before that I get pretty excited whenever I hear from Yoshi-san & Elia-san (father & son) of the MuSon Project in Osaka, Japan, who export Japanese audio exotica to The World, because it means that something exciting is about to happen audio-wise! Yoshi-san told me that he had a new phonograph cartridge that he... Read More »
A look into the future through the audio crystal ball! Part 5 – The Review Process & Master Review List at Jeff's Place!
There's so many new readers at Jeff's Place these days, that I thought it would be a nice idea to go over the purpose of my Jeff's Place audio blog again, describe where it fits in my spectrum for audio reviewing and reportage, discuss my reviewing methodology, my biases & preferences, and give you a 'master list' of... Read More »
A look into the future through the audio crystal ball! Part 4 – A New Vintage McIntosh Adventure with the C-8 - OMG!
It's always exciting to start a new audio adventure with vintage hi-fi electronics, and I'm particularly excited about my new vintage audio adventure with the vintage monaural McIntosh C-8 'Professional Audio Compensators' as McIntosh called them, or phono preamplifiers, as the rest of us call them. I read where the original principals at McIntosh thought... Read More »
A look into the future through the audio crystal ball! Part 3 – Yazaki-san and Western Electric & Vintage McIntosh!
As I posted earlier, I'm really looking forward to trying friend Yazaki-san's ideas for modifying my vintage McIntosh MC30 monaural amplifiers. It's always fun doing audio adventures with Yazaki-san, as his insight, knowledge, and experience have really changed the way I think about audio performance, and for voicing my system at the 'DNA level' using resistors,... Read More »
Today’s Fresh Catch: The Latest AC Power Supply Wonders from Acoustic Revive! Part 2, the Acoustic Revive Power Reference TripleC NCF AC Power Cord!
I introduced you to the Acoustic Revive RPT-6 Absolute in Part 1 of this post, which allows up to six AC power cords to be plugged into it, which is enough to serve as a central point to coordinate all the AC power cords for my entire system, with two extra outlets to allow for a pair... Read More »
A look into the future through the audio crystal ball! Part 2 – Lefson!
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this post, there’s so many good audio things happening right now I thought I’d better write a quick survey for you about all the things that are in play, culminating with my ‘roadmap’ for writing about it all in the near future. ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ I introduced Xavier Lefebvre and Lefson Analog... Read More »
A look into the future through the audio crystal ball! Part 1 - Duelund!
There's so many good audio things happening right now I thought I'd better write a quick survey for you about all the things that are in play, and my 'roadmap' for writing about it all in the near future. ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ As you know, the last year or so has resulted in a significant revelation for me... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The Latest AC Power Supply Wonders from Acoustic Revive! Part 1, the RPT-6 Absolute.
As I mentioned in my article for Positive Feedback about the Acoustic Revive RPC-1 Power Supply Conditioner, I am always intrigued when I get a message from Yoshi-san or Elia-san from the MuSon Project in Osaka, Japan, who export Japanese audio exotica to The World. Every time I get a message from Messrs. Hontani I get... Read More »
Today's Fresh Catch: The OPPO UDP-203 Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player
While I was working on the review of the Lefson resistors, the elderly OPPO BDP-83 Blu-Ray player that I was using for my reference digital source in my A5 Voice of the Theatre system quit working. I disassembled the BDP-83 and determined that the transport, which had been acting up for quite a while, finally died. The... Read More »
