carlsbad2
Responses from carlsbad2
| Cryo? not a fan of cryo. it doesn't hurt anything. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? @whart made a couple of points that I agree with. I check the bias frequently. I don’t have to use a fluke meter as my amp has meters for voltage and current for both the driver tubes and the output tubes. My amp is very stable but I have been rol... | |
| Simple tube-use question A lot of old tubes have stickers on them that the OEM put on them for advertising and they are still there 50+ years later. It is not a hazard. That said, I would remove it and clean the glass because I like things clean. It will "bake on" a ... | |
| Installed new tubes. Now a loud pop! "scorched"? | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? @xenolith pretty sure your balanced power supply doesn't regulate voltage. Regenerators are the only power supplies I know that do. My amp has adjustable heater voltage. I do have to adjust it for different driver tubes but I'm using a wide v... | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Some amps are designed to drive tubes hard, some will drive tues so gently that they last forever. Generally I have owned amps by designers who don't run tubes hard and I've had very few tubes fail. I've been running 80 and 100 year old tubes la... | |
| Who's winning? It depends. Perhaps the person who spent $30K on speakers can replace them with $40K speakers with less inconvenience than the other guy can upgrade his soundbar. | |
| External blu-ray disc player/writer - can I burn a blu-ray disc? I have 3 blue ray players stacked up here waiting for me to put them on facebook marketplace as I keep upgrading. if you aren't looking for high end, you can get one for $30. Are you saying your current player is damaging your disks? | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? @musicaddict I totally disagree. I say there are basicly two types of high end systems. Solid state systems, generally high power and many of the speakers that are highly regarded have sensitivities in the 85-88dB/watt-meter. Then there are the... | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? @cleeds that is not my claim. I'm saying that there are those who feel that way. I agree with you. there are good of each. | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Most good streamers don’t have a DAC. Innuos, aurender, Grimm MU1, etc. the all-in-ones tend to be lower quality with some notable exceptions like the Grimm MU2. PS decide if you want to use Roon before you buy. this will influence your decision. | |
| Neotech vs Stager silver solids I my experience the biggest difference between any interconnects is fhe difference between silver and copper. You're looking at one of each. Because the current is very low, a quality silver plate is almost the same as solid silver. This is a h... | |
| Thoughts on using a smart plug on intergrated amp. I don’t know what amp/system you have but if your music stops playing and your amp goes into standby mode, what’s to fix? worry about it the next day. Some leave their amps on 24/7. OTOH, if you have a class A amp, it won't go into any standby mo... | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? What makes you think your thread will be different? Ralph, the BAT crew, and their follwers will swear you can’t have a good system without XLR. Many of the rest of us who swear by RCA, aren’t so married to it and we’ll likely say it doesn’t matte... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? @inagroove certainly you can hear the difference or you wouldn't be chasing that last 3%. Sure, some members he couldn't hear it and they wouldn't chase it. but I think you need to keep in mind, when someone with an already great system says "th... |