immatthewj
Responses from immatthewj
| Upgraded McCormack DNA-1 or Dennis Had Inspire SEP? What is the minimum efficiency rating of speakers that one could get away with (with that amp)? | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 I know that the B&W 805s have come a long way since I bought my pair of 805 Matrix speakers 25 or so years ago. But I liked all three of the amps that I have owned with those speakers, and they were all tube amps. My first tube amp was proba... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @rodman99999 I was thinking that if Moose didn't have a multi-meter he could have killed two birds with one stone (always good to have a multi-meter handy) and if he did have a MM, he could have saved the $ on that one and just bought the leads.... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @moose89 just my two cents, but I’d work on getting the EL84s & the 12AX7s real good first (before or even IF you decide to try to find a way to go hog wild on the outputs). Sounds like you have everything you need to check & adjust you... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @wspohn That’s what I told the individual who was helping me troubleshoot my Cary when he told me about how he had to bias his ARC. I said, "That’s interesting." But, I also said that I thought that it must make for a better tuned amp. I once ha... | |
| 1st Tube amp question @decooney for sure. I don't particularly want to trash out people or companies in public, but I don't mind relating the good experiences I have had. I always thought that DH was great (it blew my mind when I called Cary to clarify something no... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? @wspohn I remember an email exchange with someone on another audio forum who was helping me troubleshoot one of my amps. Biasing was part of the subject matter, and I remember him telling me about the ARC that he had (I cannot remember which on... | |
| 1st Tube amp question @decooney Were you referring to Dennis? Actually that was not Dennis that I talked to the last time. That was in the fall of '17 I took that amp out of mothballs & felt the need to call Cary to clarify something, & I think by then, Den... | |
| 1st Tube amp question I had a telephone conversation about biasing with the tech support guy from Cary (this was a few years ago when you could actually speak to someone from Cary on the phone about issues) related to a Cary V12 that I was taking out of hibernation, an... | |
| Tube Amp question:TUBE replacements: explain MATCHED? however I need the plug-in to check the Bias, and I guess a meter? I just looked at the bias instructions for the 808 and the bias is adjusted by the same procedure as the two Cary amps that I own. A plug (with a + lead and a - lead) insert int... | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? @curiousjim I think that is a serious possibility. Some nights, nothing I listen to sounds what I would describe as great, and I attribute it to my mood fluctuations or maybe how tired I am. Also, noting that you typed that the time of day affe... | |
| How can I tell if I am overdriving the amp or the speakers? I just googled the Hegel & those Kef speakers and wow. If you can go by MSRP, that should be some pretty good stuff. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @russ69 I lose track of time, but it seems like about a year and a half or so ago I saw Upscale Audio was selling a SLP98 with the upgrade. Was that the one you bought? I was looking at that one with interest, especially because I think it had ... | |
| Schitt freya preamp hum- how do I get rid of this? I am not at all familiar with the Schitt pre, but, fwiw, from what little I have read from people who own them, they seem to be happy with the unit. Does that preamp have a tape/monitor selector? I was running a SLP90 that had less gain & a ... | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @russ69 from the pictures of the ’98 I’ve seen, I hear you. That line of pre certainly evolved since the SLP 90 & ’94, didn’t it. I still own the SLP 90 that I upgraded from with the 05, & the SLP 90 truly is a "sweet LITTLE preamp" (its p... |