dogearedaudio
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| Amplifier Power tubes - important to sound? Yes, power tubes are important, and not just for "tone." I recently tested a variety of output tubes in my Williamson amplifiers. Just to give a few examples, the Gold Lion KT66 produced the most power before passing 1% THD, 22 watts. The Chine... | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy Speaking of push-pull EL84s, a musician friend recently heard the little Black Ice FX10 at the Tampa audio show and said it "rocked." Might be a good fit here. | |
| Do different speaker stands can really make a big sound improvement? When I bought my ProAc Response 2's 25 years ago, they came with matching custom-made MDF stands that looked wonderful but sounded awful. I finally found a used pair of Sound Anchors, and it wasn't until then that I was able to stop fiddling with... | |
| Is It Worh Modding An Amp I vote no. There's not much to mod, maybe 6 film caps? That's about it. I wouldn't mess with the electrolytics. The limited factors in any tube amp are going to be the circuit and the output transformers, maybe the power supply if it's really ... | |
| Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state @boxsoft If it's any help to you, I have yet to find a new-manufacture 6SN7 that sounds any good to me. Some of them actually generate measurably more distortion than NOS versions. And with the price of good new 6SN7s today nearing $50 a piece, ... | |
| Solo streamer Yes, that would be true. | |
| Why did this just happen ? What dinov said, less noise. You went from a noisy old iMac with a built-in AC-powered switching supply and a big ol' screen, to a laptop with a DC supply powered from an external source and a much smaller screen. You also upgraded the processor... | |
| Looking for 5AR4 rectifier tube most like solid state First of all, I used a Cary SLP-98P for a couple of years but I got tired of the thick, sluggish sound. I now use a 6SN7 Aikido preamp of my own build, very similar to what Don Sachs was providing before he retired from that business and moved to ... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U I like the same music you do. If I had to replace my old ProAcs (which I have no plans to do) I would consider Joseph or Fritz. I heard both some years ago at RMAF and they both struck me as just the right speaker for my tastes. And speaking of... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) Thanks, moonwatcher. I had a nice chat with Will and he sent me pix of his old board, which is very clearly labelled. It's pretty much a duplicate of the original board with some spacing changes for the components he uses. I'm going to send eve... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) Well, I believe he's in the Netherlands, so sending the board would be a bit of a pain. And I'm not sure he could do an exact replica. But I think if you sent him pictures of the current board so he can see the layout and maybe even the traces, ... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) I can see your dilemma. Let me know if I can be of assistance, even just to put you in touch with this fellow. He works pretty fast and it would cost a fraction of what you cited above, and far less than buying boards from these other sources in... | |
| Recommend me a tube integrated amplifier I'll second the suggestion of Black Ice Audio. They're a venerable company (used to be Jolida), they're based in the US and they have very good support. Their integrated amps have subwoofer outputs. I haven't heard their Fusion line but a frien... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) I’d be more than happy to help, Will. If it’s the original Dynaco circuit, with the original eyelet inputs, I can email him a Dynaco manual and a picture of the original board layout and he can pretty much take it from there. The only data I’d nee... | |
| I need some high quality Printed Circuit Boards Made (DYNACO ST-70) He says above that he tried theirs and didn't like it. |