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| KT88 Tubes @guscreek Yes, that's a risk, but often you can catch red-plating tube before it's damaged. At least then you know not to keep trying new tubes until you can get the amp serviced. | |
| KT88 Tubes Since you are new to to tubes, I'll make some suggestions: 1) If you hear a pop or hum or change in volume. or anything strange, the amp should not be used until you have determined what the problem is. 2) When purchasing a used tube amp, you wa... | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? From an audiophile standpoint, you will be amazed at how NOT BRIGHT a live orchestra is. ;-) I think unamplified symphony concerts are very good for training your ears toward a more natural sound. On a musical level, you'll be thrilled by the so... | |
| Does your DAC sound better through the S/PDIF or I2S inputs than through USB? FWIW, a friend of mine has a tricked-out custom-built server with JCAT USB card, and a Chord Dave. He says his Berkeley Alpha USB in between is a huge improvement over straight USB, even from the high-end card. Personally I've found that while U... | |
| Are streamers digitally enhanced? @mashif No, respectable and well-engineered streamers do not use DSP to "enhance" the sound, any more than a respectable speaker designer would seek to "enhance" the sound beyond producing something that reflects how he or she thinks a good spea... | |
| Loudspeaker designer/manufacturer John DeVore shows reviewer Ken Micallef his system. Thanks to the OP for this thread. It's lead me to some very interesting reading. | |
| Big problem / bottleneck in my chain To address one part of your post, I recently bought a used Chord Qutest, which I like a lot. A friend was thinking of selling his MScaler and I considered buying it, but he had a Qutest and now has the Dave, and he said the difference it made wit... | |
| DAC 'Scam' Vid My TL/DR opinion is that this is nonsense. Buy the best DAC you can afford. I had a Doge 7 DAC for a number of years, not a bad DAC, but I got tired of the tube output colorations. I borrowed a friend's Chord Mojo and thought it pointed in the ... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Like others have said, I wouldn't have patience with a tube amp that demanded NOS tubes to sound good. There are plenty of good new tubes on the market today. My Williamson amps sound great with Gold Lion KT66's and GZ34s, and Tung-Sol 6SN7s. | |
| Is my Dynaco Stereo 400 worth repairing for resale? Under no circumstances should anyone buy "restoration" parts from Hi-Fi-Audio-Rocks on eBay. He's notorious for send poor or wrong components and providing weak or nonexistent documentation. There's a long thread mover at Audiokarma about this s... | |
| Anyone else constantly curious about amps? I'm not familiar with your speakers, but judging from the specs, I don't think you have enough power. They may play "loud enough" but you're not really hearing what the speakers can do, even at lower listening levels. Also, you've got single-end... | |
| Replacement/upgrade for Bluesound and Chord Mojo 2 streamer/external DAC combo @nothelle Unless you need a headphone amp, I'd go with the Quetest, you save a lot of money, and you can use better cables for connection to the streamer instead of being limited by the Hugo's miniature input jacks. Once the Qutest arrived I spl... | |
| Does and don't I don't think the Furman with the Bryston is a good idea. I use a 15A Furman regulator because I have low-powered tube amps and my line voltage often drops to 114 or lower during the summer, causing the amps to under-perform. But the Bryston is ... | |
| Replacement/upgrade for Bluesound and Chord Mojo 2 streamer/external DAC combo Keep the Node for now and get a second-hand Qutest. Upgrade the streamer later. I borrowed a friend's Mojo and liked it enough that I found a used Qutest, which I absolutely love. It replaced a massive Doge DAC 7, with a Sabre chip and all-tube... | |
| 5ar4 rectifier tube I've had no problems with Gold Lion 5AR4s, but I would use what the manufacturer recommends. A friend of mine continually rolls tubes and has managed to trash a number of expensive amps. The manufacturer of one amp specifically advised against u... |