bifwynne
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| Anyone Compared ARC Ref 75SE and 75 With KT150 Veerapeneni ... as others have posted above, both amps must be fully broken in (600 hours) before doing serious critical listening. Btw, did you ever speak with Kal. He is very familiar with ARC's products and can give a sense of what to expect. H... | |
| Anyone Compared ARC Ref 75SE and 75 With KT150 Veerapaneni ... your post is a bit cryptic. Did you actually audition a broken-in Ref 75 SE? And you compared the Ref 75 (non SE w/KT150s) to the Ref 75 SE?? Not sure where the Ref 250 came into the picture. Did you call Kal as I suggested to get ... | |
| Vintage tube amp resurrection with Variac? @OP, I'm not a tech and that's what makes my post worthwhile. Knowing what I DO know is enough to say that rather than screw around with your old amp, I'd have it looked over by a reputable tech. If the manufacturer is still around... even better.... | |
| Paradigm S8 vs. Sonus Faber Cremona M Thanks for the update Gregg. My last post to this thread was 2 and 1/2 years ago. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. I think I upgraded my Paradigms to v3's and upgraded my ARC gear too. Not sure what the snapshot was back th... | |
| Tubes and their problems @Ralph -- any idea why ARC recommends that its power tubes be replaced every 2000 hours (6550s and KT-120s); 3000+ hours in case of KT-150s. I'm sure you know that KT-150s ain't cheap. My amp uses 8 KT-150s. Yikes!! Not sure this is relevant, or t... | |
| Anyone Compared ARC Ref 75SE and 75 With KT150 Happen to agree with Tsushima1. I read RG's review. I quibble with Tsushima's use of the word "blithering" when describing RG's report. I would rather say blathering. RG's comments that the internal cooling fans were "noisy'ish" is total hype. I c... | |
| Experiences buying used cartridges Lew,I've had very good luck buying used cartridges. My current primary is the Lyra Kleos, which has performed flawlessly since I bought it. I even sent it to Lyra/Japan a year or so ago for a check up and adjustment.The obvious advantage of buying... | |
| Anyone Compared ARC Ref 75SE and 75 With KT150 Veerapeneni ... before upgrading my Ref 150 to the SE version, I dropped in KT-150 tubes. There was a definite improvement in sound. Smoother, deeper and tighter bass, just better sounding all around. The SE upgrade effected another quantum level ... | |
| Anyone Compared ARC Ref 75SE and 75 With KT150 Veerapaneni ... if Oregonpapa doesn't weigh in soon, PM him. He made the switch and is in love.FWIW, I upgraded my Ref 150 to the SE. IMO, big time improvement. I understand that the cost to upgrade the Ref 75 is about $2500 or thereabouts. That's... | |
| Cartridge Alignment P.S. to my last post. Goofyfoot ... is your turntable grounded? Any possibility of a ground loop?? bf | |
| Cartridge Alignment Goofyfoot,There are a number of members who really know vinyl, e.g., Lewm. Lew ... haven't a number of members posted comments that Grados are susceptible to hum? If so, I am not sure that replacing the arm will solve the problem. The Grado may be... | |
| Tubes and their problems Daveyf,I wouldn't presume to offer a tech answer when the likes of Ralph (Atmasphere) provides such comprehensive advice. That said, being a fellow "tube-o-phile," I would only mention that many manufacturers suggest that tubes be replaced within ... | |
| Since solder is such a poor conductor, why use it? Al,I understand that ARC uses "silver solder" in its products. That said, I am dubious the solder is 100% silver or any silver alloy even close to pure silver. Not even sure what the melt point of pure silver is ... but I surmise it's a lot hotter... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Simple ... it's a function of the transducer system itself. That is what is meant by how the speaker is voiced. Take a simple example. A speaker system may present an impedance load of 20ohms at the mid/tweeter x-over point. Yet, assuming the driv... | |
| Tube Amp for Martin Logan Speakers Unless the amp is being tortured by the load and sensitivity of the speakers:See this article: http://www.stereophile.com/reference/707heavy#ovW5G38gcYb8whWE.97 |