immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| “Faithful to the recording” LOL! There was a point in my career as a wanna-be-audiophile where that's what I was striving to hear: "faithful to the recording." But who knows what that even means? Often, different sections of the final mix are recorded at different places... | |
| Upgraded McCormack DNA-1 or Dennis Had Inspire SEP? @isaacc7 thanks. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression and no way should the consumer bear additional costs to rectify a manufacture defect. @testpilot I totally agree with that. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @decooney don't get me wrong--I think my SLP05 is a great sounding unit and it certainly is a sexy unit. The thread that I was thinking about involved an issue with a Cary product (and I don't remember which one for certain) that went back &... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @decooney if that is the same thread I remember reading, that certainly was not a ringing endorsement for Cary Audio. As a relatively new SLP05 owner, that made me shudder and also made me think, "Gee, I hope I never have to send mine back." | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 What wattage is considered high, how do find this out as it’s not spelled out in the specs most of the time? Cheers Since all watts are not created equal, I was hoping to read some opinions related to this subject. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression The fact that the current was at 30 mA, and not the normal 60+ mA seems to suggest to me that the tubes are not drawing enough current, and are possibly malfunctioned. Then again, what do I know. or, I was thinking, something wrong and not pro... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression . . . so pressing on with my musings on this, I believe that it is the rectifier’s function to convert the AC out of the wall into the DC current that goes through the preamp tubes. So I would think that there must be an issue in that function of ... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Something else that interests me are the meter readings: going from memory I think that you said that "plate voltage" (VDC) was pegged out, and that "plate current" was down to 30 Ma. I really have only a less than rudimentary understanding of th... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression And I believe that they would be possibly meaning that something (damage) had occurred that created a gap somewhere (where there was once continuity) in the circuit, and the arc that they are referring to would be the current jumping that gap. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression That must have been a typo on their part. I am pretty sure that they meant "an arc in the circuit." | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression BTW. is there anyway I can visually check if a tube is bad or not? Just curious. Upon occasion I've had tubes that took on a strange glow or put on lightening show when powered up; however, in your case, I think that the visual you would get... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @xcool I respect you for not wanting to screw over either MD or Cary Audio, but returning a product that you paid a lot of $ for, and one that is not operating at all or operating as advertised, is not what I would define as screwing someone. As ... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @avanti1960 that is a good dealer! @xcool I am going to go out on a limb & say that I don't think being overheated is the cause of your problems; older model SLP05s (such as the one I bought) were actually designed by Cary with indentations i... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Yes, the tubes fit tightly in those sockets. Personally, I would prefer to grip the tube by the base when I inserted it or removed it, but that was one of the first things I noted about this pre that I thought was flawed about the design--the fact... |