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| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang. Slowhand, Congrats on the new toy. Yeah, the run in time is always a major pain in the butt for most any new equipment, particularly hardwired vacuum tubed stuff.Now that Mick is using the Mundorf capacitors in the suprateks will only pro... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang. I'm waiting on a custom stepped gain pot[vishay resistors]to install in the syrah even though I will lose the remote function, I will also install it in the cortese for comparison. If I order the grange, either the syrah or the cortese wi... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Larry. January 04!!!! Are you kidding? Geez, I have been seriously considering ordering a new grange but don't think I could wait anywhere near 2 years to get it. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Slowhand. How about a progress report. | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Hey Slowhand. How good is that! congrats man. | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Kgturner. I have never tried the new valve arts as the regulators in my supratek however a friend bought a pair for output tubes in his 6L6 based Audio Note amplifier. The the results were pretty disappointing when compared to his nos 6L6's and a ... | |
| bryston warm up time Remember, when it's on it's wearing out. Really? I'd take bets on the rest of your gear wearing out long before your bryston. Odds are: there is a really good chance it will out last you as well. I have used Bryston amplifiers for more than 27 yea... | |
| Tannoy D700 - Anyone reworked the crossovers? Hi Fish. I am more than certain the stock crossovers in the Tannoy's can be improved upon but start by removing the crossovers from the cabinets first.If the are any electrolytic caps being used on the boards... start there first. Tannoy does use ... | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Hey Gang. There was a PX4 that was developed and manufactured by Genelex back in the 30's. It is extremely rare and very highly sought after in Europe and Japan. Like the original PX25, next to impossible to find. A pair would typically sell for m... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang. Mustang... Ahmen and well said! Lugnut... "you got mail".....Simon....If you can ascertain the vintages of the good singles you have I would most likely have a mate for any one of them. Feel free to email me. Just catching up on the threa... | |
| Preamp Tubes for KR AUDIO 18 BSI Deramg. What type of 5687's are you using now. The 12au7 should have the bigger influence in the KR. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello gang. Fiddler... thanks for the heads up, as I doubt I put anymore than 20 hours of seat time with the EH6sn7's in the syrah.I will certainly run them in again as I do like their tonal balance. DOC... You mentioned a little hum at very high ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Doc. What cartridge are you using? | |
| Preamp Tubes for KR AUDIO 18 BSI Hello Deramg. No sir, you cannot use any dual triode tube. The 6900 or the 7044 will sub for a 5687 but do NOT use a 12ax7/ecc83 or ecc803 as they will not work. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Gang. Doc... congrats on the new cortese... it truly is stupid good huh. I can only re-iterate to what mcmustang is alluding too, as the benefits are immediate upon first listen. Start with a good nos rectifier first.The early philips metal bas... |