elliottbnewcombjr
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| rule of thumb: how long do you leave a tube preamp on versus turning it off then back on? after burn in (Brent Jesse advised 60 hours on, no signal needed) then: on, 20 minutes, magic, off. preamp and amp | |
| Matching SUT for Benz Micro MC Gold I searched for SUT with variations for future changes, finally chose this vintage Fidelity Research FRT-4https://darklanternforowen.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/fidelity-research-frt-4-mc-cartridge-transformer... I got a lot of SUT advice in this... | |
| My ears are ready to retire! I agree with cakyolA ’Loudness’ fletcher munson automatic filter boosting bass and highs progressively only at low volumes would be a great feature to have, for any ears actually. For me, at low volumes, it preserves involvement with the music.Mos... | |
| Wanting to try a tube amp. your speakers have the tremendous advantage of having built-in subs with their own amps built in.According to Raven (millercarbon’s recommendation), discussing their built-in high-pass crossover, bass averages 65% of program content.That means you... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again lewmthis one would have been a good domestic option if it was listed when I was lookinghttps://www.ebay.com/itm/Audible-Illusions-Modulus-Stereo-Tube-Preamplifier-classic-linestage-in-box... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again diffinI expect it to love Jazz, it certainly will when I finish breaking it. | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again gofishme2My Cayin A88T integrated amp is made in China, first rate, sounds terrific. Politically I'm a 'One World' type.thanks for the link, seems like he/they know what they are doing.SP10 may sound good, but I would order his SP14 K1 with remote... | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help for fun, my wifey just sent me this, TT and tubes withinhttps://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/console-tables/modern-record-console-slate-grey-speaker-fro... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again fuzztone; desktopguythank you both for your humor.Just yesterday I thought, hey, where are those L-Pads I ordered. I returned the Pots I ordered by mistake.Checked, it would have been a long time, I left them in the cart, never ordered them. | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help there is no reason you could not put a base under the speakers on top of the furniture to get the tweeters seated ear level. find something, stack of vintage bricks, have a local shop make what you need.iow, if you find some darn nice smaller spea... | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help you mentioned TV, please clarify:2 channel sound onlyoralso 5.1 system for small home theater? | |
| Phono amplification bang for the buck it's fun reviewing what came up in that old threadhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/ORTOFON-T-30-Step-Up-Transformer-MC-Phono-Cartridge-/283859443473 | |
| Phono amplification bang for the buck I liked the wood case of this one with 2 mc settings and PASS for MMhttps://absolutehiend.com/index.php/product/phono-mc-step-up/miyajima-lab-etr-800p-mc-step-up-transf... | |
| Phono amplification bang for the buck this helped me when asking avout MC and SUT'shttp://www.rothwellaudioproducts.co.uk/html/mc_step-up_transformers_explai.html | |
| Phono amplification bang for the buck My first mc cartridge, I started a discussion here about "which sut"? https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/which-sut-for-3mv-10-ohms-mc-cartridge-into-3mv-mm-input-sens...many helpful responses there |