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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
RHCP.....Red Hot Chili Peppers  
Considering buying a CD transport
PS Audio PWT in your price range if interested...No affiliation. http://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649276071-ps-audio-perfect-wave-transport-pwt-in-black-and-in-exc... 
Best combo
I don’t know if its the ’best combo’ but I am very happy with my Merrill Audio Veritas monoblocks in tandem with a Prima Luna Dialogue Premium pre amp... The end result is very musical and powerful. 
Bad NOS tubes...
steakster said... "To be fair: Two months ago, I also purchased a matched pair of NOS Mullard’s 12au7/CV4003/M8136 - from the same vendor Albert Kayser. They sound great! In my preamp, they are extremely quiet - and have no issues at all."The two ... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Hi dpatterson. I own SFTG's... 20 Years of The Best...Kin Remastered...Brightwhitelight and High Rising. I do plan on buying more down the road. I own all of Massive Attack's albums.  Trip hop/ down tempo music is a fav of mine. 
Bad NOS tubes...
Jea48 asked...Did you clean them?....Yes I did.When were the tubes manufactured?..... I don't know the manufacture date.Gold plated steel pins I assume?..... Steel pins,no gold plating.How tight do the pins of the tubes fit the tube socket female ... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
Sounds From The Ground... "Brighwhitetlight"https://www.amazon.com/Brightwhitelight-Sounds-Ground/dp/B001GXVQN0/ref=tmm_msc_swatch_0?encoding=UTF8&qid=1223492132&sr=1-6 SFTG Web Site... Great catalog. http://soundsfromtheground.com/release... 
Bad NOS tubes...
Oops!  I mean 4 noisy and 2 good. 
Bad NOS tubes...
Pins were clean. I swapped nos tubes one at a time and then listened...one at a time. Like I said 4 good and 2 noisy.  I have the 2 good nos Mullards running in the driver sockets and 4 stock ones in the 4  gain sockets  with another 12 hours of p... 
Bad NOS tubes...
Elevick. Also in concern of a durability issue with the tubes in question. The 4003 Mullards are a military version of the 12au7. The Primalunas are a standard Chineese 12au7 tube with nothing special about them...as far as I know. One would have ... 
Bad NOS tubes...
Elevick.I never said any of the nos tubes failed,they still work and make music. The problem is...distortion. So now we must have tube testing equipment to make sure we are getting what we pay?  
Bad NOS tubes...
czarivey. The vendor is/was selling them as new,never used nos tubes. My estimate of 125 hours is from my point of view,all things being equal. Could they have been used before I got them? Know body knows that except the seller. And if they were u... 
Bad NOS tubes...
lewm said..."The driver stage is typically low stress, and, since there is no gain in the driver stage, most likely to be "quiet". Try the "bad" tubes in the driver stage and let us know what happens. What is the vintage and brand of the or... 
Bad NOS tubes...
Hello,and thanks for the replys. I put the stock tubes back in place that came with the pre and have had not so much as a burp from them. The two good nos tubes have seen time in the driver stage and are quiet as a mouse. So I do believe the four ... 
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
dpatterson, thanks for the heads up on Bob Moses...Days Gone By.  Ordered the cd from Amazon.