immatthewj
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| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? @erik_squires , can you explain what happens that makes that "pop" when a preamp is inadvertantly turned off before the amp? | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? Actually, OP, after reading @erik_squires reply, I do now remember someone posting about losing a pair of speakers due to what @americanradiance just described. That must be what your tech was talking about. | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? I was told that vacuum tube equipment was "old 1940's technology." And that tubes created conditions and extraneous signals that could/would fry certain components within the amp. Is that so? I don't have the knowledge and understanding of e... | |
| Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY? Didn't the tech that told you not to do that tell you why? | |
| Mood I won't go into massive detail, but I will say that what you described happens to me often. | |
| Time heals all wounds? My 12 year old desk top with windows 7 (that I stubbornly keep using) does sort of the same thing. | |
| Listening Room Some people got what they got, and will never own a home with dedicated room. Especially now in this abysmal economy with sky high prices and 7 & 8 % interest rates. We bought our house in '91 (the Bush recession) and the rate was 8% and ev... | |
| Listening Room No more " jgjg123"? | |
| High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps? Thanks, @ditusa , but I am having to stretch things to get into new speakers . . . an new amp is out of the question. I think, however, if something happened in my life that allowed me to start (somewhat) fresh, I'd like to go the low powered SE... | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system From the Norah Jones Feels Like Home SACD, I lover her cover of Tom Waits the Long Way Home. Ray LaMontagne singing Beg Borrow or Steal. | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system There are multiple tracks on the MFSL Cowboy Junkies Whites Off Earth Now SACD that seem almost holographic, and there are also multiple tracks on the Analog Productions Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions SACD; it may appear that I am a fan of The Co... | |
| Listening Room Sorry . . . still not buying it. | |
| Listening Room Sorry, but I am not buying it. | |
| High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps? Thank uou for your input on that part of my question, @atmasphere . | |
| High sensitivity (99) with mid powered (50 to 100 wpc/tube) amps? Thanks, @glennewdick ! That is great input! Seriously. My preamp does have a lot of gain. There is no noise that I can hear from the speakers with no music playing, but there is a very soft hum from the preamp itself. It's not enough to bug ... |