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| Helping a friend build a new system My VTL ST85 is probably 12+ years old as I bought it used. So the new, integrated VTL may well have a different sound. During the 10 years I’ve owned it I’ve gone through three or four quads of power tubes and I believe this is related to the la... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system The VTL ST85 is not the warmest sounding tube amp. Its sound is very similar to a good solid state amp except in lower frequencies where it is inferior to a good solid state amp. I have read in this forum that customer service is not good though... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system Unreceivedogma has a good idea in buying a Dynaco 70. This is a good beginners tube amp. Tubes4hifi have bern rebuilding and modifying these amps for decades. Their rebuilt & custom built Dynaco 70 ampsate essentially brand new amplifiers. | |
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| Helping a friend build a new system A word of caution about the VTL ST85. Ive owned one for about 10 years. It produces a lot of power for an amp based on 4 EL34’s but it’s rough on power tubes. (I always bias correctly.). I turned it on yesterday and one EL34 redplated and it... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system Now I see, “ no class D,” and he’s locked into tubes. Bob Carver has the best bang for the buck in tube amps an | |
| Power cord supplied with Luxman L-509X Integrated Amp Jason bourne 52 is 100% correct in both his posts.Manufacture of boutique power cords , power conditioners intended for audio use and expensive glass fuses are a cottage industry exploiting the placebo effect. | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Chayro’s , miller carbon’s and willy t’s comments are on point. Expensive power conditioners and boutique power cords will make no difference in the characteristics of the DC current delivered to the amplification devices (tubes or transistors) w... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... These amplifiers also use filter capacitors and or chokes in their power supplies and the quality of those components is important also. | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Charyro is correct. With respect to say amps and preamps, if your AC supply voltage is grossly correct and consistent, boutique power cords and power supply conditioners are unnecessary because the amplification devices, tubes or transistors, us... | |
| Helping a friend build a new system Build a system around Magnepan 1.7i and Underwood Wally’s LSA Voyager GAN 350 amp. Use cheap cabling for now. | |
| Please Suggest An Electronic Crossover Call Phil Marchand, 585-423-0462. | |
| Please Suggest An Electronic Crossover As the OP i asking for recommendations , I feel free to make one without being accused of generating “spam.”I have had excellent luck with a vacuum tube electronic crossover custom built for my system by Marchand Electronics. I biamped my Magnep... | |
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