arh
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| Manufacturers' warning not to change tubes Many companies sell replacement tubes at a very elevated price. They want to sell you these rather than you buying tubes elsewhere. I do see the warrenty issue if you put in some bad tubes that cause the failure of the amp they should not have to ... | |
| Where's the trade off? I never understand this waiting 25 minutes for warmup. I have had tube amps for 60 years and never had one that I didn't enjoy the moment I turned it on. Currently I have a VTL ST-85 and there is almost no change in sound from cold start to hours ... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? The problem is that the sound of any of these amps will vary with the speaker they are used with. Tell us what speakers you are going to use and we can be more helpfulAlan | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? If you heard the top of the line Shindo system you might think differentl Of course that system will set you back about $240,000 and it doesn't even have a cd player. Just a turntableAlan | |
| How often do you change components? My reference is live unamplified music so no matter how often I make changes my reference stays the same. Alan | |
| ok to break in phono preamp w/ non lp source? You will probably overload the preamp. I always break in gear by just listening. Alan | |
| 4 ohm or 8 ohm tap on old tube amps? Since speakers are not a consistent impedance over there whole frequency range you really have to try both taps and see which you prefer.Alan | |
| Output tubes burn-in Listen while you burn in. It won't make any difference. In most cases the results of burn in is small except for speakers. EnjoyAlan | |
| Best recorded rock song ? Avalon by Rocksy MusicAlan | |
| Any new tweaks out there? Try hockey pucks under speakers and power amps. They are the real deal and only$1.00 eachAlan | |
| DO "one-point-source" type spkrs ZINGALI need To Zingali's have seperate bass drivers to go with the horn loaded midrange/tweeter driver. You still have to experiment with toe-in. I have single driver Lowthers and they sound different with different amount of toe-inAlan | |
| Fast power cables? What is a slow power cable? NonsenseAlan | |
| Please help a noob Take a look at some powered Mackies if you were thinking GenelecsAlan | |
| Impedance matching 8ohm speakers to 4ohm sub Since the Rel is self powered it won't draw much current at all because it is really only looking at the voltage that your amp is putting out. Your amp will basically see the 8 ohm load. You should not have a problemAlan | |
| Impedance matching Mcintosh MC2301 and Shindo pre 10 to one is what you need. The Shindo is 600 ohms out put and the Mac is 47000 input. You should have no problems as you are about 80 to one. EnjoyAlan |