immatthewj
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| How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer? "Asked another way: Do electrons know or care what is printed on the outer PVC jacket?" I think that it is possible that they may care what is underneath the jacket. | |
| How important is it that all cables come from the same manufacturer? A gentleman who sells expensive NOS tubes (but does not sell cables) once told me this (simplified): if interconnects from the source/front end to the preamp do one sonic task excellently but fall short on the second sonic task are matched with... | |
| Buying refurbished gear.... A SA10 from Music Direct. It's been a year and a half ago and so far so good. | |
| Where is Geoff Kait???😢 I liked a lot of the people at Audio Asylum, but I couldn't handle the one sided political censorship. I wasn't there for political discourse and fist-fights, but if that's what's going to happen, everyone ought to be able to throw punches. | |
| Has your system evolved in the past 10 years? After a prolonged period of stagnation, in the last less than 2 years, I replaced three '90s vintage pieces of digital separates with a SA10, and my Cary SLP 90 I had owned since '99with a SLP 05. Yes, it has evolved, but it was way overdue. | |
| Indicators of worn/bad capacitors? You can get a cap checker quite reasonably on Amazon. Just be sure to discharge the cap manually with a shunt before you use it, or let the amp sit for quite a while (so the caps discharge that way). I forgot about that once & fried my first ... | |
| Is rectifier tube arcing a problem? My first tube amp was a Cary SLA 70 which used a pair of CV729s/5R4GYs/CV378s and I remember when one of them started doing something weird (this was almost 30 years ago, but maybe it arced or glowed or flashed, I don’t remember precisely) and whe... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? "Unrelated to the thread topic but important to those looking to optimize their purchases regarding NOS tubes, Andy @ Vintage Tube Services is the guy. Give him a call, you’ll be rest assured he knows his tubes and upon ordering you’ll also find y... | |
| Need help picking my first tube amp "Always been tube curious, i hear so much about them that i have finally decided to try them in a cheap way. I have always been into music, amps, speakers, just never tried tubes." I guess that's kind of sort of the way it started for me almost ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes At the moment, I am looking for an upgrade from my stock EH 6SN7s, but I am afraid that these are quite a bit out of my price range. I'd love to hear 'em, though! | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? The single thing that made the most radical change to my system was installing (to audition from a dealer) a Mesa Baron (dual mono block in one chassis) in place of my Cary SLA 70 (which is a basic stereo amp using 4 6550s & a couple of 6SL7s ... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a good and trusted tube dealer I sure appreciate all the feedback! Brent Jessee did email me back. I had described my system, the room, & my musical preferences and he replied: "NOS tubes will be far better than the EH tubes you are running now. I would suggest General E... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression "The SLP-05 has been out for quite some time. I wonder if Cary is going to come out with a new preamp anytime soon. I’ll be really angry if they do that in the next few months. 😀" I am usually wrong when I make predictions on this kind of thing,... | |
| Audio Research VT100 MKII retubing blew resistors This thread brought back some bad memories. 20 years ago I had a pair of second hand VTM 120s; they sounded great and could rock out or play quiet, but I swear that I crossed my fingers every time I turned them on. I got quite proficient at sold... | |
| Looking for suggestions for a good and trusted tube dealer Thanks, Wharf, it was basically with that in mind that I was wondering about Brent Jessee and also how ordering from Andy was working out these days. |