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| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? ghdprentice, it is always a good idea to have a back up set. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? How can I know if my amp is hard on tubes or not ? And what about 12AX7 and 12AU7 signal tubes, can the amp be hard on them too ? I use PS Audio regenerator that puts out 120 volts. Well, I could, I suppose, put a step down transformer between th... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Is this true that some Western Electric tubes can last one hundred thousand hours ? | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Yeah, Brent from Audio Tubes might be able to deliver it for you if you place a custom order, but the cost..probably at least $150 each for used test NOS, more likely $200 each. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? 15 years without replacing a single tube. That's incredible. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Bill, I use them for sound too but vintage tubes make me feel more, well, vintage ! And I like that. It's tradition and connection to the roots. Like tape and vinyl. As for the cost, I made very approximate calculations that in the case of my amp... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Vintage used could be $100 each, but if you wanted to match dozen EL34 tubes..that would be a problem. And, yes, you couldn't be sure in advance of significant improvement. Well, vintage tubes were not created equal. | |
| Develop a hierarchy for phono playback Assuming that even the weakest link is not really weak, what vinylcat said. I think, cartridges less than about $500 are a waist of money, though. US prices, you can usually get some cartridges from the UK and Japan for significantly less. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? Soon there might be neither Chinese nor Russian new tubes available if the trade is stopped, so you better get a supply of them. Not my problem, I stay with vintage. You see, there is an unexpected advantage, in addition to expected advantage. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? They sound too different, my man, to sound right. That's the point. | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? I think, Lamm ( Vladimir Shushurin ) built his amps around particular vintage Russian tubes. But you couldn't buy them from him unless you had Lamm. 12AX7 and 12AU7 vintage tubes are still plenty, probably enough for the next 50 years. As for vin... | |
| Would you buy a tube amp if you were unable to use vintage tubes in it ? It would be interesting for me to compare my VAC Avatar SE full of vintage Mullard and RCA tubes with later VAC integrated full of Chinese/Russian tubes. "new tubes are better than no tubes". This is something that would be very hard to argue wit... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? I have little problem with audiophile "sound engineering", by the way, for as long as the essence of the performance is conveyed, but personally I would prefer doing it down the chain not at the source. On the other hand, many esteemed audiophiles... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? So do I know how orchestra sounds, and small bands, and vocals etc. Unfortunately, some tape masters deteriorated and their dubs will no longer be reference, in this case your original pressing record will be reference. And if you can find a succ... | |
| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? I got it. It's Ortofon. So, yes, there is an answer to this question. Demagogues and dilettantes don't have answers and even don't understand questions, pros do. Thank you. |