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| Pathos Classic Remix Clicking Changing Inputs I'm the Canadian service tech. The clicking you hear from the unit itself is perfectly normal. Relays make noise when they switch. You may experience a small, and I stress small pop from your speakers occasionally. That is a small amount of DC of... | |
| who in SoCal does Av Receiver and Amp upgrades? I doubt your Outlaw needs anything after only about 10 years. If parts are that bad there is a problem in that short of time, you're in trouble. 10 years is a long time for an AVR though. Not so much from a part standpoint but from a processor s... | |
| Pathos Heritage That is well beyond what break in should be. This is a problem. I have never seen behavior like this, but one thing comes to mind. Do the tubes all light up properly? Also what happens when you shut it down? . | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek My mistake Jim. Post edited. | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek To be fair to Supratek, the later units are better built than earlier ones. Early ones were a complete and utter rats nest of bad connections, poor grounding, and downright dangerous wiring. However they are still not very neat and tidy inside wh... | |
| Who Offers a Highly Musical Preamp using a 6SN7 tube and a remote? I'd be happy to quote you on a custom build. | |
| Can I please borrow your collective brain power? Best guess (from looking at a picture of the inside) is that all the tubes remain in play. The only thing that bypass switch bypasses is the selector and volume control. At best, only one tube is taken out of circuit. However you just can't remove... | |
| amplifier longevity Too many factors involved. The design, the operating mode (Class A vs AB), parts quality. That also doesn't assume catastrophic tube failure, or shorting the speaker terminals of your SS amps. Under normal use, no reason either can't be complete... | |
| Blue Circle Gear? "There is an authorized service shop for Blue Circle." That would be- https://www.dtsaudioelectronics.com/Authorized-Service.html | |
| Preamp Opinion Of the preamps you mentioned in orderCopland 301, Bryston, and the Rogue.The Copland while the oldest design is still an outstanding preamp which lends itself well to updating. Bryston's are certainly not bright, but can be a little dry sounding, ... | |
| How long is it taking to receive a preamp? My present lead time for anything is about 6-8 weeks. There are numerous reasons why there are delays. Shipping and availability of certain parts is the main reason. However the cost of a lot of stuff like casework prohibits keeping too much stoc... | |
| Antique Sound Lab Leyla SET 845 integrated tube amp, manual and remote type or codes Hi Glen, Just set your analogue meter in the green area. However, the actual number is the voltage measured across a 10 ohm resistor, which is 0.850V. This is the max value. I would run the amp lower at between 0.75 - 0.8. As for the remote. The... | |
| Boutique/custom vs production tube linestages As a maker of boutique (I dislike that term) preamps, the basic difference to mine (or others) is being able to customize for the purchasers needs.As an example, I recently built a preamp for a fellow who wanted the tubes visible, wanted a speci... | |
| Tube/Hybrid Tube Preamps Below $2000 Is phono a must, and do you want remote control volume? | |
| Blue Circle Audio is Out of Business I thought I would clear up a couple of things about Blue Circle, including a couple of points made by has2be above.First off, I'm the person taking over the repairs for Blue Circle. I've known Gilbert for over 15 years and have been doing repair... |