carlsbad2
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| What is causing false tube faults in VTL MB450 Series III? Guys, as the OP has already figured out, It appears to be the VTL tube monitoring/troubleshooting cirecuit that is at fault, giving false indications of a bad tube. I don't know how to troubleshoot this. Jerry | |
| What is causing false tube faults in VTL MB450 Series III? Swap the tubes between the amps and see if the tube fault follows the set of tubes. | |
| Upgrade to PS Audio Direcstream Mk1 and Mac Mini? The first thing I would do it get the mac and all macs, out of your system. | |
| Share Your Playlist @thegoldengoose most people have a washing machine so work on your attempted insultes. I didn't recognize all your songs, that's why I said "pretty sure". Careful, us old folks cover all the bases. --Jerry | |
| Share Your Playlist I'm pretty sure I have underwear older than every song on your list. | |
| Next step up on the streaming food chain? I have Grimm MU1. I haven’t compared to Auralic but was a huge upgrade to Innuos Zenith MK3. Edit to add: I don't think Auralic does Roon. Grimm does not work without roon. so it may not be a good choice for you. | |
| Biwiring make any sense? Those of you who say "if the speaker is set up properly for it", do you realize that on a circuit diagram biwire looks exactly like single wire? | |
| Receiver @erik_squires has stepped away from the forums for a while but he told went to Anthem, regretted it, and recommended the Marantz cinema 50 to me. I am very happy with it. But I have never heard the anthem. I do not use my reciever for 2 channel... | |
| Type 45 Tubes for stereo amplifiers I have a pair but I think it is against the rule to offer them to you for sale. I don't know of any new 45s, maybe sophia, but they won't be cheap. the used vintage ones on ebay are cheap and generally in good shape so I recommend buying a few ... | |
| Receiver @soix this is posted in the HT forum. | |
| Crucial TUBE question Sounds like @dogearedaudio found the connection between pins 7 and 8 that allowed it to work. I also agree with his recommendation of the Mullard GZ34. Jerry | |
| Receiver for $10k I would buy a $3000 Marantz cinema 50 for HT and then I would buy a seperate 2 channel amp to drive my front speakers for 2 channel sound. Run the pre-out from the cinema 50 to one input on the amp. Run the input from your 2 channel sys... | |
| Crucial TUBE question @audiodidact @mulveling has confirmed my read that the heater would not be hooked up. (needs both pins to have a circuit). So KT150 would not light up and would not produce any current. At this point I don't think we need someone with tube k... | |
| Crucial TUBE question Another thought. Perhaps the tube you used was not a KT150 but a large globe 5U4G? double check that. | |
| Crucial TUBE question OK I pulled up the pinout for both tubes. Nothing shorts out (obviously based on your experience). The heater will not have current in a KT150 so I don't see how it works well if at all. Pin 4 is a grid in one tube and a plate in the other. O... |