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| McIntosh Integrated Amplifiers Really, to give you a good idea about this, one would need to know what speakers you would drive with the Mac Integrated, to discuss any advantage of the Autoformer output, in coupling with your speaker connection. | |
| Attn: Speaker DIY expert Elctroid is right on. I would not replace the inductors, unless you can account for DCR change, and can measure both old and new inductors yourself. If the Rat Shack inductoirs are really bad, I suppose if you stick to the same wire gauge and just... | |
| Capacitor burn in, Capacitor Cooker? Need help... It seems to me no there is no need to burn up your tubes, waste power, or use your good gear, or solder your new caps at all, for this purpose. Sure you could bypass the caps across power caps somewhere, to break them in, in theory, but maybe a mu... | |
| Question re: Ming Da MC 88-C integrated biasing I know this is untimely, but I have a MingDa 34AB Integrated, (The 8 el34 tube bad boy so this may not apply). My manual (brochure really) is in Chinese. My amp has trimpots for all 8 Tubes, so obviously fixed bias, however, I was told by the impo... | |
| Rega RB300 Arm Need Help with Setup Sorry, somehow my question was eaten by the moderator. I have an Oracle Alexandria TT Mark II w. Rega RB 300 Arm Modified I am trying to set up. I have an aftermarket counterweight. Rega's instructions (with no diagram) state to balance the arm, t... | |
| Which Intergrated amp for starter?? Good question. I agree that flexibity is huge in a first amp, as your tastes will surely change in gear, so it is best to have a basic amp/preamp setup that can drive most speakers. I am a huge Tube guy now, but I would suggest a solid state integ... | |
| Is my amp clipping? No way the amp is clipping. Could be the tweeter or the amp/preamp. I assume its in one tweeter only? If so switch the speaker wires to the speakers and see if thre crackle follows, if so its the tweeter probably (or tweeter crossover).Could be th... | |
| Hybrid - Tube / SS amp capable of sub 1 Ohm loads? Maybe a (used) Anthem Amp 2, hybrid 200 w/ch. I know it can drive 2 ohms, however you probably need a specialist class A totally solid state amp for that punishing load. But you know that already. Think long rows of bipolar transistors, and huge h... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help Hi, I have a Classe amp, very similar to yours, of the same series. The Classe has a protection circuit that shuts it down (flashes green) if it senses any DC from the preamp. With my tube preamp, I have to turn the Classe on last, and off first, ... | |
| SF Power 1 Integration Hi, I am assuming that your receiver has a pre-out/in jack, so you can use it as a preamp, and bypass the power amp section. My NAD 320 integrated does. Just remove the out/in jumpers and use the pre out for the amp. (By the way, for right now try... | |
| What is a good amp to pair with Hovland HP-100 Dear Rickk, Congratulations on being ofered the Hovland at a good price. Sometimes in audio, you stumble across a great deal on a product that can elevate your whole system. I have heard the Hovland at length, and it is the best preamp I have ever... | |
| Audio Mods for the Jolida JD-100A CD Player I am in the same boat as you, I have a stock JD-100,and I want to mod it as well. I have never heard a modded unit, but I can't imagine why a moderate mod would make it sound worse. I rolled my stock Sovtek tubes, for some RCA 5751's and/later Syl... | |
| Anthem, Rotel or Bryston ??? I have heard all 3 amps, and all are fine sounding. The Bryston is a step above, sound and build wise, but to me it's overpriced, especially if you can get the Rotel on sale. I might have a different answer if you had Maggies or Vandys to drive. I... | |
| Best Towers Under $4,000 / pair Given the Macs, HT use, and the fact that you like the Celestion sound, consider something dynamic, like what I use --Revel Performa F30, a true full range 3 way tower that does it all, has audiophile refinement but rocks too. --used about $1500-1... | |
| Biamping B&W 802 with Musical Fidelity and Bryston To me Bi-amping is hard with two different amps, you have to keep in mind the different gains, and the input sensitivity of the different amps, to try to match the levels so it sounds right. Not to mention the different input impedences, and the o... |