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| WE 300B tubes Perhaps you could contact W/E in Georgia and ask if they perform this service? Second choice would be Uncle Kevin at Upscale Audio in Los Angeles. Good luck. | |
| What are your favorite "HOT" songs? Hot and Nasty - Humble Pie | |
| Michael Aday (Metloaf) has passed away. RIP | |
| Anyone Seen a Feb 2022 Stereophile Issue?? Got my new TAS a few days ago. On the top of the cover it says "Affordable Audio Issue". Underneath the headline is a picture of the $35,000 B&W 801 D4s. | |
| Share MYSTICAL, HAUNTING songs @jrwaudio - Thanks for the heads-up regarding Diana Ankudinova. Here is another Russian phenom: An unusual intersection of great voice, great lyrics and great music. Melts my heart every time. | |
| Suggestions: Interesting small speakers with flexible placement These look interesting and don't cost too much: https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/magnepan-mini-maggie-loudspeaker-system-tas-223/2 | |
| Describe your preference in a single sentence Strong, undistorted, right. | |
| Matching an Amp With ARC Reference 6 and GoldenEar Triton Ones If your volume control is potentiometer based (mine is resistor ladder), you want it to be past the 12 o’clock position for best sound. If you speakers have powered subwoofers, I'd go with a medium-power Class A amp. | |
| your first system- 1969 (Just in time for Led Zeppelin!): Kenwood KR-77 low-power (18 wpc) SS receiver Allied Radio Horn speakers (12 inch woofer) similar to my current Forte 4s Gerrard SL-95B TT with Pickering cartridge (I think) Red and white RCA interconnects... | |
| Sony SCD-777ES, Oppo UPD-205 or Marantz SA-KI Ruby @dcaudio - Interested to know what you feel is lacking in your Oppo 205? Mine is so resolving that I can't imagine anything sounding better. I'm not saying there is nothing better, I just haven't heard it (yet). Thanks | |
| Are there any audiophile Air BnB's? Anything can be arranged if you’ve got the Do-Ray-Me. I left a comment on one of Uncle Kevin’s posts (Upscale Audio) suggesting this very idea. | |
| Don’t want to freak you out… @ rodman99999 - What? No earrings? | |
| Audio Research I/50 @runwell - I too owned the VT-100 III. Also the Mk-I and a Classic 60 (the good old days!). I never used them with a preamp that matched their quality, however so never heard them at their best. If you are worried about tube failure, just replace ... | |
| Audio Research I/50 Yes. All of these factors figure into the total lifespan. Some more than other. At the time, I was playing music 4-5 hours a day (more on weekends) and got about two years from ARC factory tubes. You can probably compare tube bias to the idle spee... | |
| Audio Research I/50 @runwell - "And I think it is pretty shorter than normal. But I do not know why." I believe the higher the bias, the shorter the tube life. All of my ARC amps had about a two-Year tube life (6550s). Carver's latest tube amps use a much lower bi... |