daveyf
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| Black Cat Cable's/Coppertone wires are amazing good! @chipdelacalzada I am not sure if Chris thinks his cables need break in...and if so how much. IME, the cables sound great out of the box and don’t seem to improve much as time goes by. | |
| Esoteric A100 Service Nightmare There are a ton of horror stories on the web about high end gear and the service that is given once the sale is made. Even if some of them are true, it does not bode well for folks looking to buy a lot of this stuff. OTOH, I am certain that a lot ... | |
| What's Worth More on the Open Market - Your Records or Your Audio Gear I paired my collection down from about 15k records to just under 2K. The ones that are left are the usual collector pieces. I think now quality vs quantity. I know of a local collector who has just over 100K records, unfortunately he probably has ... | |
| Chasing down the problem So tonight I swapped out the 12ax7 driver tube...and after a few minutes of idle power...a loud and nasty hum and buzz through my right speaker! ( the same channel that was acting up before!) I quickly powered down...and decided to change out all ... | |
| Chasing down the problem @gdnrbob I could do that, but i am hesitant to do so as the amps are "theoretically' under warranty. I say "theoretically" as you never know with this stuff until you request service! | |
| Chasing down the problem @jetter Thanks for the suggestions. I did play the preamp with the ss amp for a few hours.Nothing showed up, so I am assuming that the preamp is ok. As a last resort, I will hook up the ss amp again and give it a very long test to see if the prob... | |
| Chasing down the problem @paulcreed Thanks. Yes, I tried that and the problem still persists.I swapped one of the driver tubes to the other mono block and vice versa...still problem persists. Tomorrow, after the amp has cooled down again, I will swap the other driver tube... | |
| Chasing down the problem Well, the problem is back...and this with different ic's. So, I am guessing that at this point that the ic is not the issue. Next step is to swap the left side driver tube on the left side mono block to the right side mono block and vice versa to ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? For Duke Bill Berry and Flamenco Fever, both on the M&K label and both Direct to Disc demonstration discs IMO. | |
| Favorite band or artist of all time? For those folk who think Jimi Hendrix wasn't a good lyricist or a great guitar player or?..and his Strat didn't sound good! All I can say was he was a genius in all areas of music...period. IMHO...and apparently in most others as well! | |
| Should the power be off every time changing cables? Wish I had read this thread a few months back. A couple of weeks ago, I was having a problem with my left mono block tube amp...no sound. So, I switched in my ss tube stereo amp ( which I run off my second output from my preamp). I had switched of... | |
| Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type?? @zipost Unfortunately, I think choosing a cartridge is the most difficult thing in this hobby, I started a thread somewhere on the web about exactly this....due to the inability of one to actually hear the design before purchase. Some folks real... | |
| Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type?? @zipost keeping in mind that what I look for in a cartridge and what my preference is in music are probably totally different to what you prefer...I would say that all of those cartridges are good. The order is going to depend on what is your pref... | |
| Lyra Atlas SL Cartridge Magnet type?? @zipost The reply you received is exactly why I opted for one of Jonathan's designs. IMHO, his designs are far more advanced than just about anyone out there. For example, the old motor design of Koetsu's, VDH's and Kiseki's etc is really no lon... | |
| OMG CAT has a web page!! @jsautter You bring up a very good point. Here’s hoping that the long term viability of the company is secure, because the new business partner is certainly making some decisions appearing to be sensible...and not! |