daveyf
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| Jadis JA-80: Tubes and speakers. @mozartfan Don’t get confused that the JA80 and the JA80Mk2 are the same amp! They are not. The JA80Mk2 is designed for the KT150 tube..the original JA80 is not. Same applies for your Defy7. The Defy 7 is NOT designed to utilize the KT150 tube. Ch... | |
| Linn LP12 factory power supply upgrade or 3rd party? Need to do 45’s. It’s 1450 pounds in the UK, not sure how much in the US. | |
| Linn LP12 factory power supply upgrade or 3rd party? Need to do 45’s. Depends on your budget. Any of the Lingo models with give you the ability to play 45's. The current Lingo 4 is a great way to go...if it meets the budget. Otherwise, even an old shoe box Lingo would be a nice upgrade, keeping in mind the age and t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Weavers 'reunion at Carnegie Hall" on the Analog Productions reissue. Just an amazing sound and performance. Probably helped by the fact that Doug Sax did the remastering. | |
| What tube tester to test KT150's? Thanks. That looks very interesting. Anyone actually using one of these? | |
| New tubes...far more power?? @don_c55 you are right, I am a tube novice, having owned tube amps and preamps for more than thirty years.Plenty of assumptions here. Including that these tubes need to be broken in..as they were played for about 200 hours when I first acquired th... | |
| Questions on KT150 tubes @mozartfan I would say that you will probably run into trouble with your Defy7. The KT150's are not going to bias properly in that circuit, would be my guess. If you damage the transformers with that misuse, I also suspect that Jadis will not wa... | |
| New tubes...far more power?? I will try the unplug suggestion, will be using my back-up amp ( a ss design, which does make for a lot less nervosa) for a week or so.Last night, I was pleased to hear that the tube amp was in fact sounding a lot better, the increase in power was... | |
| New tubes...far more power?? This amp design doesn't allow for manual biasing. As I said before, I don't know of any auto basing designs that allow for manual biasing..do you?? | |
| New tubes...far more power?? @dweller My amps are auto biasing, but they have no method to manual bias, I don’t know any auto bias amps that do. | |
| Questions on KT150 tubes I am now on my second set of KT150's in my Jadis amps. I noticed that the newer batch seem much more powerful than the originals. Quite odd.That, plus apparently there are very few tube testers out there that can actually test these tubes accurate... | |
| Tube tester...anyone own their own? I have checked out a few tube testers, but so far none can test the KT150 tube....which needs a 600 volt+ test. Anyone have any recommendations? | |
| MORE Esoteric problems @tvad Thanks for the update. That does indeed make one more comfortable with dealing with TAP. I think your experience with the price 'adjustment' is also interesting...unfortunately I suspect that a lot of times it is going to depend on the pa... | |
| New silversmith fidelium cable Wonder how the compare to Nordost, which is what I am currently using? | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. @fjblair. +1like I said before, it’s all music...and it’s all good. |