atmasphere
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| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening ?? It sounded like you enjoyed what the Sumiko was doing!I would still consider getting the motor grounded in your turntable. But some cartridges are less sensitive to that noise (Sumiko) and there is an old saying I'm sure you've heard before- 'i... | |
| Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard Yeah, but that pic man, it shows sprayed cap juice everywhere. Yeah, its a mess. I've cleaned that sort of nastiness up before. If this were my unit I would be fixing it; replacement is going to be a lot more and unrepaired its worthless. But I un... | |
| More Dynamic Speakers Than Vienna Acoustic I bought a new quad set of Gold Lion KT77's for the outputs and a set of Philips JAN 12AT7WA's for the driver/inverter tubes when I inherited the Debut amp. The original tubes were definitely old but still sounded good.Good- having covered that... | |
| More Dynamic Speakers Than Vienna Acoustic I'm currently using his old tube amp and would love to keep it as a heritage piece.@coburnerskine1 Oh? You might want to see if the tubes are good! If not, the amp can sound 'sleepy'. | |
| Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard If this was a serious problem with NAD products we all would have heard about it long before this. Its very possible that the cap failed without provocation (such as from a failed rectifier); once having developed a source of heat internally it be... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... For years I ran a KLH model eighteen which I had modified by installing crystals in the IF section and got rid of the IF transformers. I also updated the audio portion to sound a bit smoother- after changing out all the filter caps. Regulating its... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening I know Grados can have this defect, and the extensively modified Rega P3 turntable I use can contribute to the problemThe problem here is not the cartridge but the turntable. For unknown reasons Rega doesn't ground their motor and so it can inject... | |
| More Dynamic Speakers Than Vienna Acoustic The problem here is that horns won't fit the budget, unless you get lucky with something used. I think you can find some ZU Audio speakers in that range. They are about 10dB more efficient (when you do the math, the sensitivity of the Viennas come... | |
| Preamp and Amp how much influence each contributes? If the front end of the system doesn't get it right, the best amp and speakers in the world won't do you any good. Each part the system has to stand on its own merits. | |
| Power Amplifier Longevity @cakyol , @heaudio123 is correct about the can size of capacitors. It is also prudent to follow military derating curves when selecting a filter capacitor for a power supply. This puts the voltage at which the power supply is operating to be abou... | |
| so here is what happened I don't see any way a 12AX7 could damage a power amp!! That's just not going to happen. My surmise is the tube was defective before the amp had the failure and the two are unrelated. The phono may well have been working with the bad tube in it- yo... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs :) Sheesh. | |
| amp for vandersteens That speaker is pretty tube friendly. We've had a number of customers with them over the years. Tubes really make them sing. In most rooms 100 watts or so is nice. | |
| so here is what happened Is that kind of like leaving a tube amp on with no output?No. What was the failure mode of the tube that 'blew'? | |
| Class D is just Dandy! +1 Exactly. If you want to look at another very respected amplifier design that has a residual waveform imposed on the output signal, look no further than the Berning amplifiers. These amps are excellent; they are liked by everyone who hears them.... |