I've had an EC4 leading my system for 10 years and just got an AW220. The staging and the separation are life like.
Of the fuse problem: been there had that. The EC4 has an 1/4amp fast fuse on the power buss. The spike when powered up is just too much. With a .35 or .4 slow fuse this is no longer an issue.
A friend who has always run old tube equipment has a Hubble rheostat from the outlet and begins power up to his system at 15% increasing to 97% at 3 15 second intervals. I don't know whether he kisses the output tubes good night, but wouldn't put it passed him.
We agree that there are two kinds of everything; the Best, and all the rest.
Of the fuse problem: been there had that. The EC4 has an 1/4amp fast fuse on the power buss. The spike when powered up is just too much. With a .35 or .4 slow fuse this is no longer an issue.
A friend who has always run old tube equipment has a Hubble rheostat from the outlet and begins power up to his system at 15% increasing to 97% at 3 15 second intervals. I don't know whether he kisses the output tubes good night, but wouldn't put it passed him.
We agree that there are two kinds of everything; the Best, and all the rest.