chervokas

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Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage?
Odd that Boulder would suggest 100 ohms generically for all moving coils.The load impedance of a device should be at least 10X the source impedance of the device driving it to minimize insertion loss. Even at 10:1 you have a 1/10th loss of voltage... 
recommendations for tube dampers???
I don't think there's a darn thing dampers can do to extend the life of tubes. Yeah I suspect vibration can shorten the life of tubes (just as vibration can shorten the life of light bulbs), but we're not talking about guitar combo amps here so th...