immatthewj
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| Types of Audiophiles I vacillate from Purist to Dynamics Fanatics. With variations of each. With some Live And Let Live thrown in. A lot depends upon what and how much I am drinking at the time. | |
| Too Much Gain the Issue ? (preamp and amp) I remember posting a similar question (Cary SLP 05 & lots of gain) and at the time I thought that the consensus was that a attenuators simply added another volume control(s) in the signal chain? | |
| Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track The title of this thread made me think of my "Alice Cooper Goes To Hell" 8-Track. Anyway, I remember back in th early to mid 70's getting a portable cassette player for X-mas one year. In the little town we lived in, I could find very few prerec... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question Ideally the connection of all the power plugs would be in a star ground configuration (analog and digital gear connected to separate isolated power outlets of the power conditioner) . Power strips is the next best to star ground. @apogeum , me... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question An audible ground loop happens when you have two or more paths to ground that are of different potential (voltage). @cleeds , what would cause that? | |
| Another dedicated circuit question @cakyol , well, as I started this thread by typing, I originally did this 25 years ago before I had a PC and the internet, so I am sure that I probably read something in Stereophile about a dedicated circuit (or maybe more than one) for the gear, ... | |
| ARC ref 110 tube bias prob @willmarchant , to be clear, I was not suggesting your issue is cap related, I was only relating the method I used to troubleshoot my amp. But before I got to the caps I checked (most of) my resistors & all diodes. In case you ever need to, th... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question Ground loops only occur if there is actual ground current, even if the grounds themselves are less than ideal, so this is not always a given. @erik_squires , could you expound on that for me (as I am somewhat electronically illiterate)? By th... | |
| ARC ref 110 tube bias prob @willmarchant , I may be missing something, but that is interesting that you would have a tube with no bias reading but it would still sound good? When my Cary amplifier went into a bizarre biasing mode on one channel, one of the things I was ad... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps Thank you, @xcool , I must have been feeling romantic at the time. | |
| Another dedicated circuit question @apogeum , thank you for that input. I am just about finished up. I did didn't do anything at all yesterday or Sunday, but I am just about ready to get up in the attic and wallow in the insulation and finish that part up. I want to reroute som... | |
| ARC ref 110 tube bias prob @jjss49 , I used to have a pair of ARC VTM120s that would take out grid resistors on the CB enough that I got proficient at replacing them. Is this biasing resistor in a difficult location to get to, or might it be something that OP could de-solde... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps Tubes are kind of like living beings. You put them in when they are brand new, the early spring of their life, and they are stiff and awkward. As they get some hours on them they start to breathe and take on more life. As they begin to mature,... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps @aseaman007 What is better to own cost wise sound advantage single ended and push pull ? Did anyone answer this part of your question? I may have missed it, I am basically blind in one eye, and I do miss things. My understanding of electroni... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question @ditusa thank you for that. There is a Fastenal store close to where I live that theoretically sells them. @dodgealum don’t worry about a hijack (which it is not); I have had most of my questions mostly answered. But this type of thread seems to ... |