elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? TOO MANY LP’s: OMG. I’m SWAMPED. And, I now realize: the idea of leaving the equipment and content to others has been made ridiculous by their preference for digital played thru nothing big or special. IF special, compact speakers, not big horns. ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I tried again: changed power cord; changed the 12ax7; found/tightened another partially loose screw on the phono card; moved to my office system; existing TT and direct to existing amp.Worse, it now makes thumps during it's 'soft start' period, th... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Sergey's response, he says NO to using substitute for 6N4P" Dear Elliott! Suppose nothing was shaken during transportation and the preamplifier is in good working order.Why there may be noise:- bad connecting cable. This happens. I have a couple ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I paid $533. total delivered including taxseller offered me: $400. keep the unit. Noisy unit, mine $133.IF I knew the noise was JUST tubes, then it’s a good deal, I buy substitute tubes, get lucky.I sent the seller 3 videos: noise increases at 3 v... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again lewm,thanks for trying to help.yes, we did discuss substitute 6922 for 6n23p. The seller in a message about this problem said the 6n4p should not be substituted. (even though the item description on eBay mentions using 12ay7) (12ay7 can be swapped... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again lewm,l feel bad for the seller also, I have to believe it was ok when he shipped it. However, you will see below, seller is not blameless. Here's the text of my claim to eBay: "Reason for return: Doesn't work or defectiveComments:Item ordered 2-1... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again chackster,Thanks for your advice as always.I made my claim through eBay (eBay sold paypal I was told).Payment was FROM my Chase credit card. I called Chase. They were already aware of the dispute thru eBay, and assure me if seller does not refund,... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I just started a claim via eBay, seller has until 5-6-21. Then eBay gets involved. I will call my credit card company to see how they can help if needed.I have documented things VERY well, photos, recap of all messages, videos of noise at low/mid/... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Yeah, I blew it this time. | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again I returned from my trip, took videos showing hookup and recorded noise. Just sent to seller. Tomorrow is going to be the end of seller's hope that I am doing something wrong.Noise even with nothing connected, just preamp to amp. Both channels, all... | |
| Tube Tester Option will this simple unit also test your tubes?https://www.ebay.com/itm/124523483585?hash=item1cfe2d91c1:g:6hYAAOSwKm9f~K3JI advise anyone having tube preamp, amp, tuner, phono to get a simple tube tester.that one looks nice, I want more variety of tu... | |
| How far over the limit can I go IF/When you decide to try and keep tube gear: Buy a simple tube tester!!!!!Give yourself the easy confidence of knowing simple: short, no short, good, bad, how strong, matched tubes similar strength.I have a big fancy one gathering dust because my... | |
| I am getting some new tubes for my amp, and I want to do a 24-hour burn in. How? On, no signal needed, 60 hrs, burn-in is done.I bought tubes from Brent Jesse. Did NOT like them. He said, ok, finish burning them in, then keep or return them. Top line were his instructions which I followed.They did change slightly, I still did ... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again yes, tubes are in the correct sockets. I got photo with locations indicated from seller. | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Problem is noise, mostly hiss, some underlying hum. Unit waits 1 minute, then defaults to 10% volume, Phono. Noise, both channels, increases both channels as volume wicreases. Noise at all 3 line inputs, however the noise is louder at Phono input.... |