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| new tubes on auto-bias amp,can be done by anyone? short answer: yes. If you have to ship the amp back, doesn't sound like auto bias to me! | |
| Cartridge aging and tip wear symtoms? You can certainly get a lot of cartridges to play for years. But- they won't sound right nor will they track right. So far I don't know of anything that lasts forever, although in terms of recordings, LPs are probably the longest-lived media. | |
| bullet proof amp I short out the speaker terminals while the preamp volume is up all the way as a demo at shows. In addition, I pull tubes out of the amps **while they are playing** and swap them from one channel to the other, with no ill effect or artifact at all... | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? I think the problem here is that the term 'good equalizer' in this day and age is a bit oxymoronic. Back in the old days, Harmon Kardon had a preamp call the Citation One, which employed switched tone controls, i.e. the tone controls were built up... | |
| Cartridge aging and tip wear symtoms? I've viewed many needles under the scope over the years. Rarely did I see one that was actually worn. I did see a few where the stylus had been sheared off of the cantilever... and a lot of dirty styli :) As the cartridge ages, usually whether it ... | |
| tube burnout If your cartridge is not properly loaded, you are missing a bet with LPs. Proper loading can take out a lot of harshness and improve detail. If the cartridge is a few years old, the cantilever suspension can perish (like bad shocks in a car) and t... | |
| Good Time to be a metal fan with a turntable Last time they were in NY was the Therion tour last October/November. Thanks for the tip! | |
| MBL alternatives Sure. They don't have the impact of the T-1 or T-3 (they go down to about 30 Hz), but they do everything else about the same. I don't know if John Wolfe is working on a field coil technology for that model or not. | |
| Tone controls- to use or not? The term 'audiophile' means 'audio lover'. So goof off with it to your heart's desire :)A good number of tone controls, when set to flat, are not in fact flat at all- there is usually some perturbation on account of the controls. In addition, an a... | |
| MBL alternatives That. Looks. Awesome. | |
| tube burnout My experience is that its very difficult to come up with 6DJ8/6922 tubes that do not exhibit some sort of microphonic signature, much more so than tubes that are actually designed for audio, like a 12AT7, 6SN7 or the like. It seems that 6DJ8s are ... | |
| MBL alternatives I run the Classic Audio Reproductions T-3. It is set up with dual 15" woofers, has 20Hz-45KHz bandwidth, nice flat impedance curve, 97 db 1 watt/1 meter and matches the transparency and detail of the best ESLs with its field-coil drivers. Nuance, ... | |
| Good Time to be a metal fan with a turntable In their second album, The Eros of Frigid Beauty, Aesma Daeva single-handedly raised metal to a mature artform. I use the CD for demo at audio shows all the time (track 4) and people always want to know where they can get it. http://www.symphonicm... | |
| tube burnout Years ago Audio Research had a similar problem with the 6DJ8s in the SP-10 (when you tried to use a low output MC cartridge). The tubes would only last about 2 weeks. Higher output cartridges allowed you to run the tubes *a lot* longer.If the 6DJ8... | |
| Balanced Interconnect Cable for ATC Active Monitor We've supported balanced line operation longer than anyone else in high end audio- if you want a good quality inexpensive interconnect that works great with the ATC, Mogami Neglex '4-wire' cable is a great way to go.Balanced line operation was dev... |