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| Which purchase tipped you into nirvana. I'm hoping to reach Nirvana in about six weeks, when I receive the new speakers I have on order. A pair of Daedalus Ulysses :)-- Al | |
| best Marantz tuners? I'll second and re-emphasize Hi_hifi's comment about condition being a very major variable.Also, if you are not already, be aware that a 10B in excellent condition will probably cost about as much as the retail prices of your amp and speakers comb... | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? All voltages are much higher than 33mv.Do the voltages vary as you turn the bias pots? And how much higher than 33mv are the readings? I would imagine that if they were WAY higher than 33mv, and the circuit is presently wired such that the voltage... | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? Matt,Not sure what all that adds up to, but the following questions seem to suggest themselves:1)Can you discern what the two ends of the resistor are connected to (i.e., which pin(s) of the 6550, and/or chassis ground, or some other circuit point... | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? Matt -- Not sure I follow that. Per your previous post, shouldn't you be looking for 33mv across the resistor, and shouldn't the voltage at the fuses be irrelevant?Best regards,-- Al | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? A word about safety, beyond what was said in the article Schipo quoted. And this is particularly applicable if you are using an uninsulated metallic screwdriver to adjust the bias pots.There is an old adage that when working under the chassis of p... | |
| Being grateful for what we have I think that Mark Twain's famous popularization of an earlier saying says it best:"Moderation in all things, including moderation!"Enjoy!-- Al | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? Thanks Wendell. Yes I'm sure it is a magnificent sounding amp, and I mis-phrased my comment, which was not intended to be pejorative in any way.Regards,-- Al | |
| Can anyone help me biasing a Jadis Defy 7? OMG! Somehow I don't think that amp will appear on my short list when it comes time to upgrade.Can't offer any suggestions on the question being asked, but if you want to purchase insulated alignment tools as the article quoted by Schipo suggests,... | |
| Impendance taps setting on a tube amp Wouldn't the arguments about "light loading," considerations about losing power or halving power be rather moot in practice, given the fact that the amp is presented with different loads depending on the frequency? My feeling is that those conside... | |
| Impendance taps setting on a tube amp I believe that the amount of power capability that would be sacrificed by "light loading" will vary as a function of the amplifier's output impedance, and in many cases will be considerably more than 20%.Assuming the amp is designed to present the... | |
| Any vintage tuners with a small footprint? This vintage FM tuner has an even smaller footprint than the one Doug suggested, and offers much better appearance as well.Regards,-- Al | |
| Goimg from XLR to RCA on a BehringerDCX 2496 Xover On the inputs to the DCX, using your rca cables with an adapter (which ties pins 1 and 3 together, as most or all adapters do) is fine. The only downside is that you will not have the rejection of common mode noise that using something like a Jens... | |
| Wiring a subwoofer to monoblocks I do not believe the Audiopax are balanced.As the spec it's two 15 watt amps wired in series to give 30so I should be ok.I suspect that is not correct, Simon. It may or may not be balanced in the sense of processing out-of-phase differential signa... | |
| Do all FM tuners need alignment eventually? I believe that my 1954 REL Precedent tuner, which is a complex design using 15 tubes, has never been re-aligned. It works beautifully, and I cannot imagine it ever having worked any better (aside from occasionally when an intermittent problem abru... |