ed_sawyer
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| Source for Variac Search on Ebay - plenty there for cheap money. you want something like single phase, 120v, 10A or 20A. If you run the gear at least once a year or so, no need to reform caps with variac. If you left it idle for 5+ years, then maybe. Some old types... | |
| Need Advice: Which Headphone Amp? How about a Cary CAD 300 SEI? Ok, it's overkill for just a headphone amp (though it may be the best one you can get... 300B outputs sent right to headphone jack) but you also get a nice 11 or so watt-per-channel integrated amp too... FWIW,-Ed | |
| Help CJ premier 4 blowing fuses ?? If you really get stuck send me the tubes and I will test them and send them back. email me if you need to go this route. thanks-Ed | |
| Help CJ premier 4 blowing fuses ?? Is this the big "plate fuse" that's on the back panel? (I have premier 5's) If so then that's the high-voltate supply to the plate from the tranny, I think. CJ will send you a schematic via email if you need one. Agreed I would check tubes first. ... | |
| Programming quirks on Audiogon the odd characters thing is from "escaping" those characters that could be intpreted by the code as special characters. In unix for example, you can sometimes escape to a shell with !, < and ? are characters in PHP that can be used to execute c... | |
| Rix Rax or Grand Prix Tim - Personally I think I'd take the RixRax. It seems more substantial with heavy metal build, and very nice wood. I have seen/used the Monaco rack from GP - it's very high tech and nicely made, but I don't really care for the 'feel' of it - alth... | |
| 47 Labs Input Chooser It's a nice little piece. Same build quality as the gaincard. All single ended inputs/outputs. Fully passive I believe. nice stepped switches, feel similar to gaincard attenuators. I think 4 inputs and 1 output? It may have muting switches too, I ... | |
| Does anybody have a schematic of the CJ 11a amp Email CJ. They will send you one. -Ed | |
| Does anybody have a schematic of the CJ 11a amp Email CJ. They will send you one. -Ed | |
| I just installed NOS tubes? You should hear a difference immediately. I use this tube too in my VK-30. (Amperex 7308 white and orange labels). -Ed | |
| 6922 vs. 6DJ8 vs,7308 If you read the tube manuals, there are differences in specs between the 3 types. Generally, for use in audio circuits, they are pretty interchangable. But not identical.-Ed | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? Hey Rmsr - I thought I was the only one with Walnut CLS! ;-) Agreed they look great. Definitely their best wood choice IMHO. I asked them about Maple frames but they wouldnt' make them. Ah well. -Ed | |
| Diodes vs. Triodes Also, some tubes can be used for stuff they were not designed for - a triode with the grid unconnected (or connected to another element?) can be used as a diode, though I can't wonder why someone would do that. Also, things like Pentodes can be ru... | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? Definitely some type of maple: figured (curly), Birds-eye, or maybe quilted (though havent' seen that on a speaker - too expensive/rare). I have Aerial 5s in curly maple- very nice, like all Aerial veneers. I had Aliante Pininfarina One Zetas with... | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? Definitely some type of maple: figured (curly), Birds-eye, or maybe quilted (though havent' seen that on a speaker - too expensive/rare). I have Aerial 5s in curly maple- very nice, like all Aerial veneers. I had Aliante Pininfarina One Zetas with... |