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| Audio Research - should I replace the valves? if u want NOS, try the top 3 dealers: jim mcshane, brent jessee or andy at vintage tube services unless u need new stock. jim carries a good bit of new stock, but i dont know if he carries what ur usin. | |
| JBL model L150 woofer cone color question BTW, asking price is too high w/0 128H aquaplz coated woofers. i have a pair of L150s, and man! they are fantasic. | |
| JBL model L150 woofer cone color question @rocky1313 the black128-H-1 woofers are JBLs official replacement for the aquaplaz-coated 128H, which are white. its likely a current recone kit was used. so, the cones could be legit, even if theyre black. JBL stopped makin the aquzplaz recone ki... | |
| Sansui AU-717 @chocaholic recap for audio electronics is like oil change and spark plugs for car. ur car may not have ever broken down, but but u still give it an oil change and new spark plugs when its time to do so. man id luv to have one a them 717s. happy... | |
| Dedicated circuits thanks mike @ditusa | |
| Dedicated circuits man, thats cool. i been thinkin of doing that for a good while. i wont have the time any soon, but hopefully ill get around to it next year. | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @designsfx ah ok. i missed that part. | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes @tomcy6 ah ok. i assumed we were talkin about old TFs. i reckon those Ei from the 70s or 80s are as close to TF as it gets--they were made with TF tooling. ive never used em, but id like to. | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? man, i really dont like the refusal to publish measurements. i really dislike it, especially with the turntables. a few companies that dont publish specs have sent em to me when i asked. i can believe that some cables sound better than others. ... | |
| LaScala dac with telefunken tubes gotta say this is the first time i come across anyone whos listened to TFs to say that they prefer new production gold lion to TF (smooth plates? ribbed?) but hey someone eventually was gonna make a circuit where gold lion was at the top of the th... | |
| Cable burn in wow i experienced exactly that with morrow audio cables. now its settled in the middle and things sound pretty smooth. | |
| Viva Tubes jims the man, but his selection has shrunken. i very happily bought from him a month or two ago. his service is fantastic. dealing with him earns a deep trust that ur dealin an expert and a stand-up guy. | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? @styleman im the same way, havin a variety of good ICs i got t a decent price. i decided to do one system in all the same cables, so i got my desktop system, which nearly all tube also, in morrow audio. was gonna do another system in all blue je... | |
| A different kind of (inexpensive) Audio accessory. oh man a headlamp is necessary in my job and def necessary to set up that hifi. . hella good suggestion. | |
| Used gear prices and the state of the hobby. seems the market can be driven by prices just as much as the prices are driven by market. prices been ridiculous for a long time. dont seem to be going back to normal. buyin used records is just nuts. |