dierksb
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| Speakers 10 years old or older that can compete with todays best, Two models I don't see mentioned are The ESS AMT series (1A, B,C,D) and the Rogers Studio Ones. Completely different designs that both produce outstanding sound. I'm especially fond of the ESS. A friend of mine still has his from the mid 1970s. He... | |
| Tracking down a hum. @imhififan I have swapped out tubes, the condition still persists. I connected my headphone amp to the power (briefly) no hum coming through that I could hear. So I think it's in an output capacitor or in the tubes heaters. It isn't the tubes the... | |
| Tracking down a hum. Thanks for the responses. I swapped tubes out and powered up the system, same result. Looking at the capacitors, they all LOOKED okay (no bulges or anything). Their are no capacitors in the external power supply so it's something under the hood. E... | |
| Tracking down a hum. Thanks for the repsonses. I think boomerbillone is on the right track. | |
| Female XLR to RCA? Thanks for the sound advice. A friend of mine referred these people to me for replacing old interconnects. They're out of Seattle Washington. I bought three sets of RCA terminated interconnects from them. I have no regrets buying them. http://www.... | |
| Female XLR to RCA? SPL makes pro products as well. That's probably why the Elector has XLR outputs. If you're running a PA system or a Recording Studio this makes sense. | |
| Female XLR to RCA? @ michaellent the preamp I’m looking at has three balanced inputs and three RCA unbalanced inputs. I would be using the units’ unbalanced RCA inputs as I have no balanced out puts on any of my sources. Neither would I be wiring these cables myself... | |
| Female XLR to RCA? @ghdprentice thanks So I can cross that off my list.. | |
| Female XLR to RCA? @blisshifi an SPL Elector to a Musical Fidelity X-P200. | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @rankaudio earlier in this thread someone suggested I get an LTA Microzotl MZ2 pre amp- headphone amp. At their website they say basically the same thing you do.They claim the "warmth" of tubes is actually a type of intermodulation distortion caus... | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @jbhiller thanks for the advice. I've seen used Freya+ for sale here and elsewhere. I read the Stereophile review of it and am aware of its Class A Classification by Stereophile. I almost bought one. Then I read this. | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @ richopp A friend of mine has an ARC Preamp. I don't remember what particular model it is. He uses it to feed a Bryston 400WPC power amp. Together the set up makes his speakers disappear. Thanks for the advice, I'll keep looking. | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @soix a new unit without the remote but with the LPS+ Power Supply is just under $2000.00. ($1910 USD) last time I checked. | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @richopp we don't have an ARC dealer anywhere near me that I know of. New units are prohibitively expensive for me. So I'll keep looking for used units. There's no hurry. One thing I have lots of is time. Thanks | |
| Tubes or Solid State? @soix thanks man, I followed the link you shared. I now know what the ZOTL means. Interesting piece of equipment I must say. A cheapskate like me just might lurk and by one used. I've seen the name but had no idea they were so highly regarded.. |