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| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? You just align the needle with a black dot, no red/green lights. These Mullards are not excessively warm, though of course on the warm side. Just as my entire system is, including the speakers. So the match appears to be perfect. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? safebelayer, I think you can only use el34/6ca7 power tubes. The system sounds underpowered in triode mode with my speakers, and I hear nothing positive, anyway. Yes, it's 60 watts in Ultralinear and I think 37 watts in triode. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Of course, not, just replace tubes as needed. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? It is VAC Avatar SE integrated. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Good tube equipment will last for decades with only occasional tube replacements. The only problem, two problems in fact, NOS tubes will be getting more expensive and more difficult to find. But some transistor equipment is also very reliable, thi... | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Bill, there was a lot of electrical work done in your house and still the current is not good enough, especially, as I understand, in summer. Batteries can limit the dynamics, I guess, but maybe some companies overcame this, I have no idea. I us... | |
| A question about tube rolling mulveling and others, including me, are of course objectively correct, but this doesn't seem to be the point. The man wants to keep his current phono stage and bring out the best out of it. This means best tubes, and power cord can be important to... | |
| Would it make sense and be safe to put power conditioner in front of PS Audio regenerator? Yeah, after midnight it is almost always better. Problem is that you have to keep the volume down, though I can listen at moderate level at any time of the day, the building is built quite well. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Bill, I hear you. How about Montpelier, France or Tuscany, Italy ? You could try PS Audio's biggest regenerator, I guess. Who else makes this stuff ? Then there is a German company that makes some very expensive batteries to use with audio equip... | |
| Would it make sense and be safe to put power conditioner in front of PS Audio regenerator? I wonder if audiophile grade outlet would help. No idea about wiring quality. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? I'd say, in the case of my VAC it is 10 minutes of warm up minimum, I usually do a little more than that for critical listening. And VAC's manual says the same - 10 minutes before tubes warm up fully, especially if you want to check the bias befor... | |
| Have you been enjoying your Gryphon Diablo 120 integrated ? Yeah, I guess it will very much depend on the speakers it is used with, preferences and db level you play at. However, 120 Gryphon watts is not little. Still, very hard to choose without comparing side by side. | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Kiseki Purple Heart is highly thought of cartridge among those in the know. Beyond my reach, or the capability of my phono stage. | |
| Can you do anything to make power tubes last longer ? Put the Mullards XF2 in. Great tubes, probably need a little of burn in time. So much better than SEDs. Hold the bias perfectly. Should’ve bought them when I bought the amp. Noble, balanced sound. | |
| Mullard EL34 that sounds best Mullards XF2s are in my VAC Avatar SE. I'll give them a burn in time of a few dozen hours. But it's clear right away that they are far superior to SEDs in every respect. The most striking difference is how well they present the performing space, h... |