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| Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles! There were plenty of "bells and whistles" in the old days! ;-) A high-end Fisher setup might comprise two "Z-Matic" monoblocks with damping controls, a "control center" preamp with balance, treble, bass, loudness, rumble filter, various LP EQ sett... | |
| critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve? A separate phono preamp, definitely. Schiit is a good recommendation for a budget price. If the speakers *must* stay on the credenza, then get some desktop stands for them, they'll sound much better. IsoAcoustics are popular. Otherwise separate... | |
| Crucial TUBE question Like I said, it's a combination of factors. One way or the other, different rectifier tubes will impart a different sound to the amp or preamp. A lot of technically-minded folks will disagree with that, but I've always found it to be the case. | |
| Crucial TUBE question "Yes, called super rectifier, they do make a huge difference for some reasons I understand and some I don't." Well, basically, you're fiddling with both the amount of HV voltage fed to the mother unit (which will change the operating points of th... | |
| Crucial TUBE question Ah, okay. Is this the fellow that makes the add-on rectifier boxes? | |
| Crucial TUBE question Also, it's likely that a schematic wouldn't indicate that pin 7 is used as a tie point, so you'd still be scratching your head. ;-) | |
| Crucial TUBE question I wish I were smart enough to know how the filament voltage made it through the diode to power the filaments, but I'm not. ;-) It worked somehow. "I don't know what it is that makes power tubes in the rectifier position have such a big bold soun... | |
| Crucial TUBE question If you want the best possible rectifier for your PrimaLuna, then spring for a pair of vintage NOS Mullard GZ34s. The price may seem off-putting, but they will literally last a lifetime in that preamp, and offer the best possible sound, IMO. For ma... | |
| Crucial TUBE question Are you sure you aren't using the Home Theater bypass inputs? But looking at the underside photo on the web site, it actually *is* possible that the KT150 worked. There's a zener or diode wired from pin 8 to pin 7 on the rectifier sockets, and t... | |
| Crucial TUBE question If the Prima Luna employs two tube rectifiers for a split power supply, as their ad copy says and a photo of the underside seems to confirm, and one rectfier isn’t working, then only one channel would work. So I don’t know what you put in there bu... | |
| Speakers that disappear Some do it better than others. ;-) Planars have been mentioned, Joseph Audio. ProAcs are well-known for "disappearing" and throwing a big, open, coherent sound stage. That's one of many things I like about my old Response 2's. I'm rarely, if e... | |
| Biwiring make any sense? Depends on the speaker. I have *always* biwired my ProAc Response 2's. They just sound better that way--fuller, deeper soundstage. | |
| Integrated S.E.T Amp and Bookshelf Speakers Recommendations Second the Reference 3As. A friend has a pair and loves them, and he's very fussy. He has several amps but the 3A's work well with his Dennis Had single-ended KT66 amplifer. | |
| TAD vacuum tubes? You might consider the new Psvane Horizon series, which are available on Amazon. The EL34-AT is supposedly a pretty good tube. | |
| TAD vacuum tubes? TAD rebrands selected Chinese tubes. In my experience they are more reliable than buying stock Chinese tubes, but are not as good as Russian-manufactured tubes. In another thread I mentioned testing a series of 6L6/KT66 family tubes in my Willia... |