almarg
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| Hickok 6000a limitations The mutual conductance (micromhos) reading is the minimum reading for a "good" tube. A reading less than that indicates a "weak" tube.Note that to read micromhos directly you do NOT set the shunt dial to what is listed in the chart. The chart sett... | |
| Hickok 6000a limitations Yes, there most probably is a very lengthy supplement, and I suspect that you can obtain it from:http://radioera.comI have a Hickok 800A, and about 15 years ago I obtained the supplement for it (many pages filled with tiny print, so it would not b... | |
| Can someone explain In a cathode follower stage, which is analogous to an emitter follower in a solid state circuit, a resistor is placed in series with the cathode, the input is applied to the grid, the plate is connected to the usual high dc voltage (but directly, ... | |
| Can I combine a 200W RMS with a 125 W RMS Amp? And keep in mind that 200W vs. 125W is only a 2db difference, which is a very small amount subjectively.Regards,-- Al | |
| Help with bi-wirable efficient floorstanding 2.5K I don't have any specific speaker recommendations to offer, but I would suggest that if your listening includes anything with wide dynamic range, such as well-recorded symphony orchestra, a 90db speaker in a "medium/big" room, with a 10W amplifier... | |
| cd recorder vs. computer burner LOL! We should have realized that. "v" and "f" are right next to "c" and "d," respectively, on the keyboard.Regards,-- Al | |
| cd recorder vs. computer burner I think the basic points have been made well in the previous posts. It's not clear if you are talking about burning digital files on the one hand, or analog sources which are digitized by the computer or cdr on the other hand. If the latter, the d... | |
| My system is getting worse - now what? Just some thoughts which come to mind:-- Have you removed the grill-cloths and examined the woofers (and the other drivers, for that matter) to see if the surrounds are torn or disintegrating? That commonly happens with 20-something year old speak... | |
| an equipment poll Upon further reflection, I would like to slightly upgrade a few of the ratings I posted earlier in this thread. Mr. T -- please incorporate these changes accordingly, when you do your compilation:Antique Sound Lab: 5Paxthon: 6Pentagram: 7Rotel: 5R... | |
| USB 2.0 does 96Hz? Scrith -- It would be computer-dependent. USB relies significantly on processing by the cpu and its associated chipset on the motherboard. I would expect that a modern well-tuned computer with adequate memory will have no problems, but a computer ... | |
| an equipment poll Tice Clocks, jars of pebbles, telephone mods. magic chips' you put NEXT TO the CD to make it sound better etc. Who made ALL audiophiles look insane to all non-audiophiles, even if the particular audiophile thought the stuff was crazy!And made it m... | |
| best tuner for Sonus Faber You'll find this older thread to be of interest:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?hbest&971129681In my fairly extensive experience with vintage tube tuners, and a few modern solid state ones, I haven't found speaker or system synergy to ... | |
| an equipment poll (PS: why do some posters prior to me list ratings with a (-) in front of ALL the theoretically positive rating?)It was intended as a hyphen, Elizabeth, not as a minus, and I think we were all just trying to be consistent with the first responder's... | |
| long RCA cables . . .where? Is the mc amp a phono stage, which provides riaa equalization and a line level output? Or is it just a step-up, which outputs a moving-magnet phono type of level?I would not want to run a phono-level signal through 20 feet of cable either before o... | |
| Is there a maximum length for tonearm wiring? Oops. Make that "insignificant," of course, not "insignicant."-- Al |