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I've been waiting for my Benz Ruby 3H to break-in and add fullness and body to the sonics of my system. It ain't happenin' and there's 70 hours on the Ruby 3 now so I'm thinking its either the cartridge, or the cartridge is so neutral that its emphasizing other items such as my turntable-tonearm combo. It didn't seem lean with the Benz Glider 2 prior to the Ruby 3.It sounds quite good other than the excessive leaness (i.e., cymbals and triangles have short decays and they just sound "thin", bass isn't full either). I've tried many VTA and VTF adjustments.
Ideas and input are most welcome!
System: Ruby 3H > OL Encounter > Avid Volvere > Art Audio Vinyl One > Cardas Golden Reference IC > Plinius 9200 > Nordost SuperFlatline > Meadowlark Osprey speakers.
Terry
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Topic - My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Terry P 18:47:58 02/26/06 (41)
- Thanks everyone!!! I've gotten some good ideas and - Terry P 17:05:02 02/27/06 (0)
- See if you can borrow some Cardas speaker cable... - Steve Parry 12:40:48 02/27/06 (1)
- Re: See if you can borrow some Cardas speaker cable... - Terry P 16:55:16 02/27/06 (0)
- Re: My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Ozzy 02:47:03 02/27/06 (0)
- Oz - you could be reading my mine! - Terry P 11:11:03 02/27/06 (0)
- Re: My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Michael J. 22:24:04 02/26/06 (3)
- The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Terry P 11:47:54 02/27/06 (2)
- Re: The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Michael J. 14:38:58 02/27/06 (1)
- No condemning here, I wouldn't ever call any of it a POS. - Terry P 16:48:41 02/27/06 (0)
- Give it at least 100 hours to break in.... - tubesforever 22:19:43 02/26/06 (8)
- Good suggestions! - Terry P 10:46:47 02/27/06 (7)
- IMHO - tubesforever 18:00:07 02/27/06 (6)
- If you find the Benz on the bright side - unclestu52 20:51:05 02/27/06 (1)
- From the perspective of actual live music. - tubesforever 23:08:41 02/27/06 (0)
- Thanks! - Terry P 20:47:17 02/27/06 (3)
- Sounds a little like my Grado break in. - tubesforever 21:10:51 02/28/06 (2)
- Mysterey solved! - It was subtle tube degradation - Terry P 09:54:36 03/1/06 (1)
- Glad you got your Mojo back. Tubes are the best! - tubesforever 06:49:31 03/2/06 (0)
- Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Nasty 19:12:38 02/26/06 (22)
- sound too thin, so go completely solidstate ??? - J.D. 19:46:25 02/26/06 (11)
- I've run the Cardas sweeper many times without - Terry P 10:16:01 02/27/06 (2)
- Re: I've run the Cardas sweeper many times without - J.D. 10:59:37 02/27/06 (1)
- J.D. - Thanks for the input! I was curious as to what - Terry P 11:24:14 02/27/06 (0)
- the key to solving problems like this is - Nasty 07:19:04 02/27/06 (1)
- I plan to either swap in some EH tubes or use the Plinius - Terry P 16:57:39 02/27/06 (0)
- So JD do you own, or have experience with a Benz? - tubesforever 21:59:18 02/26/06 (5)
- guess you got me there - J.D. 08:13:03 02/27/06 (3)
- You are so easy to bait, I should just leave the worm off the hook....why waste a good worm? (NT) - tubesforever 18:32:36 02/27/06 (2)
- let's talk. - J.D. 20:52:25 02/27/06 (1)
- JD I would love to talk, but you would rather preach. (NT) - tubesforever 23:13:37 02/27/06 (0)
- good point tubes - Nasty 07:23:11 02/27/06 (0)
- Re: Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Terry P 19:42:40 02/26/06 (9)
- Re: Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Tre' 19:48:08 02/26/06 (7)
- That's what I thought as well, but it could be premature - Terry P 10:22:42 02/27/06 (6)
- Subtle tub failure? - Nasty 10:45:09 02/27/06 (5)
- I would like to test your pulls. - Tre' 22:51:10 02/27/06 (0)
- Wow! After all I've read about the long life of 12ax7's - Terry P 11:32:16 02/27/06 (3)
- Re: Wow! After all I've read about the long life of 12ax7's - Tre' 19:20:19 02/27/06 (2)
- Just to be clear - Nasty 07:04:46 02/28/06 (0)
- Ask Nasty, its his preamp that eats tubes....... - Terry P 20:55:20 02/27/06 (1)
- addendum: none of the components are phase inverting. -nt - Terry P 19:45:43 02/26/06 (0)