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| Best tubes for Conrad-Johnson MV-50 or MV-52? For 12 AX7's give NOS Tungsram's a try. Jon has some at The Tube Store. They really opened up my Quicksilver Mini Mites and were a big improvement over the Sovtek LPS tubes I was using (night and day). For EL34's I prefer JJ Tesla (early 90's if y... | |
| EL34 used in Rogue M120 as driver tube???? I don't have a Rogue amp so can't speak for synergy there. I have had three or four different amps that utilize EL34's so can say a few words about my experience with tubes. For current production tubes I'd go with JJ/Teslas or Electro Harmonix. T... | |
| Request Speaker Cable Recommendations DH Lab Q-10. For 15 feet retail is $365 a pair and a bit more for the internal biwire version WONDERFUL cables! I've used them with tubes and SS and they've worked well with at least three different systems I've used them in. If you only needed an... | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? A 300 lb steel and lead laboratory isolation table. I got it at a local auction (actually it was in a lot of two and I sold the second one to a local Audiophile here on A'gon - Michael are you out of traction yet?!). I think it was made in the 196... | |
| Room Demensions, am I in trouble? Rives has some good free advice online relating specifically to rooms and dimensions. There are also other online resources. Check out Rives site here...there is a "room simulator" link on this page:http://www.rivesaudio.com/listroom.htmlNo associ... | |
| Best CD player under $500 used? Right at around $500 you should be able to find a good Rega Planet 2000 used. Very musical player for the money IMO. Add a few $ more and look for a used Jolida to take off the hard edges even further. Sub $500 I might be tempted to look at some o... | |
| Record Cleaner Side Effects? The formula's I've seen for DIY record cleaning fluids (based upon the ingredients of the more expensive prepared formulas) are fairly innocuous. Usually something like 75% distilled water, 25% Isopropyl Alchohol (non-lanolin), and a few drops of ... | |
| best sounding cartridge with VPI Scout Turntable Don't know which Thor Pre-amp you are using. Is it possible that you have not set the cartridge load properly? The Dynavector cartridge you mention is a moving coil cartridge with a .23mv output and not a moving magnet as you said (unless there is... | |
| The heat of tubes... Funny you suggest that Markanetz. I tried to post a parody that had that very title here on the Gon'. It is the only thing that has ever been bounced back to me by the moderator as being 'unsuitable' for Audiogon. I guess it is pretty racy, but as... | |
| The heat of tubes... Hey Peter - Your Aleph 5 has a new home in Vermont with a very happy new owner! I loved the amp...closest I've heard SS come to tubes, and had nice qualities of its own. Ultimately I prefer tubes though and went back to that at the studio. I downs... | |
| The heat of tubes... I love the smell of tubes in the morning.....it smells like victory!PS My closet actually has a tiny window in it I can use as a vent if it gets too hot, but it really never does get that hot in there. Now I'm just running my pre-amp and front end... | |
| Acoustic Gitter LP Suggestions Rory Block is an utterly amazing guitar player. She's won the W.C. Handy Award for her great album, "When a Woman gets the Blues". I've seen her play live and she is incredible!I'd second (third?) Ry Cooder...do like "Meeting.." My copy is recorde... | |
| The heat of tubes... Aha, found the other thread on this same subject...it is here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1049165373&openusid&zzJax2&4&5#Jax2Subaruguru was the gent who hangs his Alephs down in the basement (see his post to t... | |
| The heat of tubes... I completely agree with you; I love looking at my amps too Paul, but my wife is not as much of a fan. Since my listening room is our living room I agreed to compromise (my marriage is more important than my system, shocking as that may seem). In f... | |
| What is the Best Speaker thats no bigger than 14 I'd recommend the Silverline SR17's. Outstanding with tubes. Great bass from a small enclosure. Gorgeous finish. Utterly transparent! You should be able to find a used pair for around $1200-1500 in great shape. I don't know how they'll be in a boo... |