blindjim
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| how do you know a bad tube? Entrope thanks. Called Sencore up in Sioux Falls today. that was fun... all the way up till we got around to finding out they no longer supported nor made vacum tube testers. I did manage to find one resource. One I'll likely get. tests for gases,... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? I'll give it some thought, John. I hate to wind up getting a rep as a trouble maker or whistle blower. I think by and large the makers are aware who are their better bets. It shows in their orders of pieces from those self same makers. I tend to t... | |
| Joining two wires 600v but low current?Depending upon wire gauge, there's a thing called a but connector. they are insulated open ended barrels to which the ends of the wires being spliced are inserted. the barel is them crimped... you're done. Applying heat shrink... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? Jaybo OK... i GIVE UP. Wadaya mean? they could wink, blink, and nod for all I'd know. I can't look them in the eye either. So we are eeven.I did learn one good thing just a few moments ago... the upcoming preamp uses "two" types of tubes... not th... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? Entrope yes, $100 - $300 is cheap. I'd have no issues going for something like that. My concerns, are it's use. meter/display size, and calibration needs... doing twin triodes, large power tubes, in all, it's flexibility and naturally it's accurac... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? Thanks John ...and thanks for the video of miles and John C. that was super.I've thought about relating this incident to Ayre... though they directed me to this place and said many people have positive things to say about them on the warranty form... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? Capt369i apologize for not promptly or even regularly giving some followup there. i will.Larryiyeah. i was just hoping aginnst hope, I had overlooked something easy, or some other fashion or method going forward to check things out. if I do wind u... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? JohnWe're still in the same boat there. Just volume. the esthetics changed, there are less tubes, likely as I recall it not as great a degree of warmth or darkness in the sonic envelope, and there are two pieces now instead of one, to give me fits... | |
| CJ vs. BAT vs. THOR preamps, who's best? Well, thanks much for all the info. I surely do appreciate it as always. Now, near a year later though not quite, the die seems cast. there really is no 'best' whatever the device. Certainly some have performance levels that are well above average... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? LarrykenGot it. Thanks. i never did notice much of a diff in the VK5i, from swapping from side to side... as the thing biases itself each time... but then I must never have had a severely poor tube. the biggest/best thing in that unit I found was ... | |
| how do you know a bad tube? Newbee Well I sort of got that bit all by my lonesome, but it's good you pointed it out. ...and if you have but one tube and no twin? (several tubes, two singles, different types: and one type is pairs)??Montytx Thanks. perhaps you missed my handl... | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series no problem, good luck. | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series 1 MA speakers... check out the Platinum line... just saw some inkling about them in the Stereophile CES 07 show report... online now.2 Ground loop issues. Esiest way to remove the ground loop is to remove the ground. Usually lifting the ground at ... | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series I had a OK system when I had them... but no peripherals. No wires no filters... no pc's. and not much of a pre... come to think of it my system sucked then.Sibalence wasn't always an issue after I found out about the cable TV grounding scheme was ... | |
| Monitor Audio Gold series I owned the Gold 60s a few years ago. got them Brand new. Sold them about a year later or so. personally, I think they ain't a bad speaker. My 'system' then wasn't sufficient to get the most from them. (accessories, wires, placemnet, etc)Monitor A... |