decooney
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| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? To @billpete, good for you. I like AR9s quite a bit and their history. As you may be well aware, known as the "inspiration of future audio products" in its era. While I’ve never owned a set myself, a local dealer had a set a few months back to a... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? "@billpete I do see some die hard old vinyl guys like me, switching to streaming nowadays."... You can do both. Experiencing remastered content, and how learning engines of streaming works, and discovering more of the types of music you enjo... | |
| Which tubes to buy To @motorheadflash, I agree, best to stick with the same and what your amps were designed and voiced with originally. Best to source from a dealer who truly batch matches the tubes as AR did for your amps new. While I use close-matched sets of... | |
| Need recommendation for repair service in CA bay area - McCormack DNA-1 +1 @ozzy62 ----- I followed along with a few folks who checked into this with Pat/Steve, and we concluded sending it in and having the nice rebuild sure makes for a nice alternative while it lasts. And, you can end up with a really nice ... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 @billpete ...2nd owner who bought it to pair with a Cary tube amp 12 something or other. Probably either the Cary V12, 12i, 12R amp, and I owned one for many years along with a few colleagues. Without a good local tech or Cary agreeing to serv... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 @billpete I believe I was told Jensen caps. The tubes are EH 6SN7, I think 2 are gold and two are not. AU’s and AX’s are JJ. Probably not what I want to hear. I have quite a lot of vintage AU’s and AX’s and variants that will be better than JJ’s.... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 @billpete what tubes did your 98P F1 come with? Hey, before spending more on tubes, it’s worth opening the bottom, taking a photo of which oil filled caps are in it. Are they gold color Jensen or Jupiter, or something else. The sound changes nota... | |
| Maybe critical listening skills are bad? Eventually you will move from critical listening skills back to enjoyment listening. | |
| Choosing a preamplifier - synergy vs. matching components @apollinaire ..However you find that there are other brands that perhaps can deliver a greater result soundwise, Entirely possible, yes, after investment in time, money, trial & error, and many here have done this successfully. To your ... | |
| Choosing a preamplifier - synergy vs. matching components @apollinaire ..I was trying to see if I could gain some advantages by investing in another product that could compliment the VT-52 amplifier with greater and even better sound. Is this about the best functional result, or reduced cost - try... | |
| I am sad @stringreen My amp went bad yesterday.....left speaker doesn’t work. It’s an Ayre ....weighs in at about 100 lbs. It cost 1000 dollars for shipping to Ayre and back. Damned it!! A fresh reminder why I switched approach past few years acquiri... | |
| Upgrading specific components in a tube amplifier @apollinaire ...but it does not, for example, include a completely negative-feedback-free signal pathway. ". Zero, negative, local, global feedback, and more debated here over the decades on Audiogon. Search and check out some of the long t... | |
| Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it? @daytrader bass got faster but everything else, (ie, what I call tube magic) was lost. Class D has its place in my opinion, just not in a critical listening environment when the life of the music is most important. +1, yep, and the difference... | |
| Repair Help Needed on Marantz 250 Power Amp Doing a quick search on /redit and other places there are lots of comments about "vintage audio" repair folks down in SoCal, LA, other areas. Bring it to a tech who will replace parts, then leave it at the shop turning it on/off every day for 2... | |
| Upgrading specific components in a tube amplifier @apollinaire ..."Then I started to play with the thought of changing bits of Yamamoto to Audio Note components (capacitors, resistors and perhaps tube sockets as I heard Yamamotos aren’t the best)".. Here is a thought mentioned on the other ... |