atmasphere
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| Klipsch Cornwall IV The 18w Luxman integrated is sounding pretty fantastic and generating excellent bass, well-controlled and accurate, with no strain. I still don’t think a 2A3 SET is right for this speaker in my room, but I question the need for more than 15-20 ... | |
| Can’t use any other tube??!!? Any ideas why only the stock tube is working? In any high performance tube equipment the tubes are hand-picked. Your 'replacements' are not. They are just random tubes. You need a 12AU7 that is picked for low noise and low microphonics. | |
| Is LP distortion the record or the cartridge? Now that I remember could be a third possibility and this is the cable tonearm that some Triplanar owners warned that if it’s not in the precise rigth position will not " track " as should be. This is not the case with the Triplanar FWIW but I h... | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? Those are polarized capacitors and should be replaced with the same type and value. Film won't fit! Non-polars won't fit either. | |
| Russco, QRK, Sparco, Garrard, Thoren, Fairchild, Roberts I used to have an old Presto with rim drive and a 16" platter. We used to stand on it and engage the motor until we got dizzy- it had a lot of torque :) Rim drive (different from idler drive) isn't the best way to do a drive mechanism if you want... | |
| Is LP distortion the record or the cartridge? The cartridge probably has about 2000 hours on it.I am only getting that distortion on old and, probably, worn recordsSometimes you can get dust buildup on the stylus tip that is difficult to see and difficult to clean off. If the stylus has just ... | |
| Multiple amplifiers shutting down when playing vinyl through a tube phono stage We stay away from oil and paper caps in our stuff because regardless of the manufacturer, its reasonable to expect that sooner or later an oil and paper capacitor will develop a bit of electrical leakage- and so pass a small amount of DC voltage w... | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? @shawn3997Just a FWIW, if those caps are used in an application where they are seeing a higher voltage closer to their rated voltage (in the photo it looks like its in a DC Blocker to me, but who knows), I can tell you from experience that those I... | |
| Question regarding pre-amp and amp While switching off the preamp it gives a huge sound if the amp is on. I checked with Don and as per him I should switch off the amp before I switch of preamp and switch on the preamp before switching on the amp. The solid state amp has a switc... | |
| Ampli Tube for Canterbury Tannoy @ilbaroncino In my experience you'll need more like 60 watts with that speaker unless you have a smaller room. If you use a 20 watt amp you may find you are pushing it too hard to hear both what the amp can do and what the speaker can do. | |
| Multiple amplifiers shutting down when playing vinyl through a tube phono stage I suspect the output coupling capacitors. DC at the input of any amplifier with a direct coupling input will give it conniptions. With solid state blowing a fuse would be one scenario. With a tube amp it would cause the input circuit to not be at ... | |
| Is LP distortion the record or the cartridge? The first thought is that the cartridge is not properly tracking. Am using a Miyajima Shalabi@mglik How old is your cartridge? | |
| This is the list of the best makers of audio equipment. Respond if you disagree Nakamichi did make some nice cassette machines but so did Pioneer, using Dolby S.Some of the Nak 3-head machines do have a serious bug though. If you're looking at one make sure it records properly on BOTH channels. Their record heads have a way o... | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? If this is a DC blocker, I question whether the lowest impedance capacitor is the best choice. That means more high frequency noise is passed through. Thoughts?No- it doesn't work that way. Actually though if this is a DC Blocker as it appears ... | |
| is using a tube amp every day bad? If its an older amp just make sure the filter capacitors in the power supply have been sorted out. If they are failing they can take the power transformer with them and that's not pretty.I wouldn't worry as much about the tubes! |