cyclonicman
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| Tube Rolling - No Change in Sound Ken-Rad VT231 has been known to deliver excellent bass and sweet mids. Sounds like you didn't get any of that! Well, at least, you will probably be able to easily sell them. | |
| Companies with good customer service? Rogue Audio, Conrad johnson to name two. | |
| Kt-88's for ARC amp I have A CJ amp that uses 6550's. I called CJ to ask if I could use KT88's and they did not advise it. I was told that I would have problems biasing the tubes. I would check with ARC to insure that your amp wouldn't have the same type of problem t... | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording I still like Goldfinger the best. Shirley Bassey's range is just phenomenal! | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not Glad I don't own this amp! I wouldn't want to be bothered with all of this no matter how good it might sound. | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not I think Samuel makes a very valid statement, but their are some things that I would like to point out. First, their are independent tube sellers such as Upscale Audio, that perform the same tests as ARC and others. Second, you have to consider the... | |
| Buy tubes from Audio Research or not ARC like some other equipment makers purchases lots of tubes for their equipment. They will tell you that the tubes they use and sell are only the finest and have been tested for everything under the sun, then they will charge you 3 times as much ... | |
| After some upgrades, where is the weak link Your listening room! | |
| is audiogon good for the audio industry or bad? As far as trade, how can you prove this either way especially since there are used markets for everything. I can say that it doesn't contribute to the GNP.Audiogon forums definitely help everyone because it allows communications and shared experie... | |
| Audio Research Ref 3. 6L6GC or 6550C The 6L6 is probably close to the KT66 than the 6550. The 6550 was derived from the earlier 6L6 and has higher output and plate voltage than the 6L6. As Mistycat advised, check with Audio Research because the earlier models might have had different... | |
| Can I hook up sub directly to amp? In most cases, you can hook up from the speaker binding posts of your power amp to the speaker inputs of the subwoofer. Then, your speakers would be connected to the speaker outputs on your subwoofer. | |
| Strange amplifier problem Do you have a captive power cord? I might try changing the power cord before anything else? | |
| Why some Valhalla IC are blue some are red Valhalla digital cables appear to be blue, but the analogue cables should be red. Check out the Nordost web site. http://www.nordost.com/brandshow.asp?BrandCatID=2 | |
| Directional cable question I have actually found the opposite. I had installed an IC with the arrows in the wrong direction for probably a month and found it by chance when I was adding a new IC for another component to the mix. Once I reversed it to the manufacturers marki... | |
| Make your own vacuum tubes This is a really cool post! Pretty complicated process. This guy is too smooth to be an amateur, especially with all of the techniques and equipment! |