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| Tungsol 5881's The Ken Rad Black Glass and their various incarnations are all similar sonically but NOT the same. I have managed to collect about 30 primo versions of these tubes over the past six months. Of those I collected, I have found three primary signatur... | |
| best upgrade for 'standard' LP12 Praudio - I am curious to know more about the change you made to the stock power cord. Which power supply do you use and what aftermarket power cord do you use? | |
| Tungsol 5881's Hey Mark, The 5881's are clearly superior to the stock Sovetek's in the Supratek. Visually all the 5881's I've seen are very similar and are usually available on Ebay. Do a simple search for "5881" on Ebay... I think all 5881's are "JAN" since 58... | |
| "Floating ground" and Electraglide Fat Man p. c.? Dmailer, Most companies which float the ground don't "advertise" it. A while back I sent out a number of emails to manufacturers asking if their cords would work at optimum levels in my system which had NO GROUNDED OUTLETS. To my surprise, a few o... | |
| Two Amps One Pair Of Speakers Okay if someone bi-amps and has only one amplifier on, wouldn't that do the same thing as having two amps from different sources into one speaker pair as this thread addresses?If not, then why? If so, then why don't more bi-ampers have damaged amps? | |
| Two Amps One Pair Of Speakers Hey - now that makes sense! Thanks guys for your input on this topic. I dislike the idea of a switch box but I certainly dislike the idea of a damaged amplifier more. | |
| Preamp better than Cortese? Glreno, good questions! And I agree with you. When I ordered that preamp, I asked for it to be a single chassis unit with balanced output. These two "options" were not done right but they didn't cause a dangerous situation. No worries there.To the... | |
| Please help me sort through this turntable mess Lugnut, I don't have any idea what the value of the Linn platter is but I would buy yours if your selling. Is it the stock LP12 platter? | |
| What's best CD player one piece price no object Tbg - very good point. In my experience there really is no "best" one box player for every situation. At the top of the heap, they are all very good however each has its share of shortcomings - unfortunately. No matter which digital source I used,... | |
| Preamp better than Cortese? Glreno - I believe the Supratek you had was MY first Supratek and it was a horribly malfunctioning and miswired unit from the factory. That particular pre had an interesting history as it was a unit (I asked Mick to make) with several MAJOR circui... | |
| H-CAT Model 12-P Preamp, Fact or Fiction?? Tbg, what's the list price on the H-Cat phono? | |
| Linn or rega Ya... Look at me, I got a Linn and I hardly have time to post to Audiogon anymore!! I cannot stop listening to that darn thing! It's great! | |
| very disappointed about my system setup I've noticed that the LP12 tends to sound dark, and without detail if the bearing oil is low. Considering you just purchased it, perhaps the oil was drained prior to shipping? Or leaked out? When I received mine, the seller shipped with a piece of... | |
| Black glass KenRad 6SN7s take the cake Dennis, I believe National Union was a company which put its name on other manufacturers tubes. If you speaking of the NU 6SN7's on Ebay now, they appear to be Tung Sol Round Plates which are good tubes. | |
| Upgrade Fever Waltersalas, check with Mick (and others) before getting the GamuT. I know it has a high input impedance and don't know if the Supratek is exactly compatible. Early on in MY amp quest, I asked Mick about the Supratek's compatibility with the GamuT... |