atmasphere
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| Variac Variable Transformer This has nothing to do with tubes. It has everything to do with older electrolytic capacitors.You don't need a variac! All you need is a light bulb (60 watt will do fine) to put in series with the amp or preamp. Pull the tubes out if the unit is n... | |
| A push-pull tube design and Single-ended class A designs Its not that simple!!SETs work really well if you have a speaker efficient enough to really take advantage of their strengths. If you don't, you are wasting the money invested in the amp! SETs should be used such that only about 20% of their total... | |
| What turntable would be great for techno/ electronic music? I play a lot of electronic music, have for decades. There is no turntable that is particularly good at electronic music. The idea that any bit of the audio chain is somehow better for a particular genre of music might be one of the biggest myths i... | |
| Would like your tube amp recommendation A lot will depend on your room size and listening preferences, but the 20.1 was/is an excellent speaker, although I do agree it seems to need some power. But you can drive it quite successfully with less than 300 watts. Jim Winey used to make a po... | |
| Cartridge Match For Triplanar Arm A lot depends on how its set up. The Triplanar is so adjustable that your chances of getting a cartridge to really track properly are excellent. I find that to be more important in the end than the actual cartridge.Loading is certainly an issue BT... | |
| Silverline Speaker Opinion Our customers have always had very nice things to say about the Silverlines. | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? It should work fine. | |
| Cartridge Match For Triplanar Arm We've been using the Grado wood body cartridges with excellent results!The kind of music you listen to will not make any difference to the cartridge. The nice thing about the Triplanar is how easy it is to adjust it so you have a wide range of car... | |
| Speaker recommendation for a Fisher 500-c If you can find a set of Audiokinesis loudspeakers you will do well. IMO a speaker that is easy to drive will be important. | |
| DAC vs. Preamp bubba12, I've heard very good things about the Exogal! | |
| ARE YOU A " TRUE EXPERT AUDIOPHILE " ( T E A ) ??? ^^ Agreed. As soon as you think you have all the answers is when Bad Things happen :) | |
| Balanced Audio Technology Preamp - Tube compatibility question - Help I would not worry about this at all. If pin one is connected to something, so what? You don't have a metal base tube, but if you did pin one would be the case of the tube- even then it would not amount to anything. So play it with no worries. | |
| About a year ago I suspect the outfit was in Mound House, NV. They have a 6L6 in production. | |
| Suggestion used tube amp between $1,500-2,000 Had you looked into a rebuilt H/K Citation 2?The Citation had/has excellent bandwidth even be today's standards. I mention this amp as it is still a contender and a fellow named Jim McShane is well-known for excellent rebuilds which will challenge... | |
| Unique problem - one channel silent under different variables If swapping the cables left for right causes the problem to go away, the problem is unlikely to be the preamp or amp. Its far more likely to be a failing connection in one of the interconnect cables. The act of switching it to the other channel mi... |