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| Bryston 4B gets HOT. Should I leave it on? Sean...My God! No wonder interconnects are critical for you. | |
| A real dumb Tube question A tube is a light bulb with some extra wires in it. In most tubes the filiament glow can be seen. It glows red rather than white (like a light bulb) because it's purpose is to make heat, not light.If there is a true vacuum in the tube it will not ... | |
| How do you bi-wire? Maybe when you connected to the amp's A and B speaker terminals you got the wires reversed, so that relative phasing of the woofer and tweeter was changed. This would affect the sound, and it isn't always obvious which way sounds best. | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? I guess some posts (like this one) never go out of date, even it they may lie dormant for a few years. I guess I was responding to the recent poster, not the original one. | |
| OK to play 78s with elliptical stylus? Plato...Get a cheap equalizer. I'm sure that different brands of 78's used different equalization, just as did different brands of LP's in the early days. The equalizer only needs to make up the difference between the standard RIAA equalization in... | |
| Do magnets and electronics mix? Ed-sawyer...Magnetic levitation in three axes is possible: it is used to "suspend" the active parts of gyros and accelerometers used in missile guidance systems. It is an ac system, where movement of the suspended part towards a point where it wou... | |
| wall- mounting surrounds I think that wall mounting really limits what you can expect out of the rear channels, however if you insist...1. Use some decorative rope to make a sling to hold the speaker. (This won't make any holes in the speakers).2. Find a wall stud, and sc... | |
| OK to play 78s with elliptical stylus? Plato...Not to rain on your parade, but what are you doing for equalization? | |
| Best SACD/CD player I can get for $5k new or used Spend $1000 on a Denon 2900. Spend the other $4000 on top quality discs. | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? Thefalls1117...That Mission 7000 CD player was really good, especially when you consider that its D/A were 14 bits, oversampled to get 16. Mine finally developed mechanical problems and was given a decent burial.The dealer probably never heard the... | |
| OK to play 78s with elliptical stylus? Plato...For really authentic sound, get yourself one of those piezioelectric crystal pickups that used to sell for about $3.50, with genuine osmium stylus. In fact, going further back, there used to be pickups that used triangular cross section wo... | |
| Seeking full range single driver speaker recs Sean...Check out E-Speakers website for Manger info. My concern would be about life expectancy of these drivers. They might work well for a few hours between breakin and wearout. | |
| OK to play 78s with elliptical stylus? Plato...It's not the shape of the stylus but its size that will degrade the 78's. The stylus tip diameter was considerably larger for 78's, and a LP stylus will scrape along the bottom of the groove instead of riding on the two sides. Shure makes ... | |
| Dynaco ST-70 and Magneplanar 1.6QR Andersd...David says that the Dynaco st-70 uses a tube type 7199, not the more common 12AX7 which I mentioned. I assume he is correct. Whatever the proper tube is, my point is that you should make sure you have the right kind plugged in. Many smal... | |
| Magnepan MMG Magneplanar speakers accept bananna plugs, but they have a little set screw which clamps the bananna plug in place. Actually, the best way to make the connection is to put the bare speaker wire (with no termination) into the speaker terminal, and ... |