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| Should preamp be left turned on? All Pre amps leave on! Even Tubes. | |
| Tube rolling question for VK75 SE owners You might try the STC Brimar CV 1988. Some call it a Mullard.I use this in place of the 6SN7 tube in my Audio Note amps and the difference was huge. Much better detail and midrange clarity. Bass takes about 100 hours to fully flesh out. So be pati... | |
| HDTV picture quality question... This is fairly normal on digital sets as they try and convert the analogue signal to digital. You can fix this by adding a inexpensive line doubler like the Divio from the satellite. You will notice on HDTV satellite broadcasts this is not present... | |
| Blue glow in power tube? This is normal. Do not worry. | |
| Help Amp Repair: California Nick Gowan at True Sound is the best around. He does all of are work. His phone number is 408-370-7578 | |
| Ever perform a preamp bypass comparision test? You say you don't want to introduce specific preamps into this equation. I find that frustrating since that can make all the difference in the world as to how this test turns out.You bias your test in the beginning by stating that if you don't rec... | |
| How do you clean your records? Where do you get Gruv-Glide? | |
| tubes for Kora Galaxy Reference The Sovtek and Svetlana of that tube were both made in the the same factory. You will not notice a difference.You should use the EL84M but some other EL84's will work as it is a heavy duty version of that tube and they recommend it. The Phillips S... | |
| Good moving magnet or cheap moving coil What was the impedance of your cartridge? What is the input ipedance of your phono stage> You could very easily have a impedance mismatch. Happens all the time. | |
| Using a tube amp with a Solid State preamp I prefer a tube preamp with solid state amp if I am not going all tube. | |
| Review: Audio Note DAC 3.1 Balanced DA converter By the way. The output impedance of their non transformer coupled DAC's is around 2K ohm with 3 volts output. | |
| Review: Audio Note DAC 3.1 Balanced DA converter Hi Sean,I attached some interesting threads from Peter of Audio Note and Ralph from Atmosphere regarding transformer coupling and impedance. The trnasfromer issues are the same when utilizing the gain stage of the Dac directly as it uses the same ... | |
| Review: Audio Note DAC 3.1 Balanced DA converter Sorry I am just getting back to your question now regarding the 3 Signature and balanced unit.The 3.1 Balanced is a 3 Signature in a DAC 5's larger chassis with the metal curcuit seperator but primarily the transformer coupling. As with his preamp... | |
| 300B king of tubes? I have tried other brands of 300's in my Audio Note amps and found the WE to be much better in every regard. Yes they are expensive but worth every dime. | |
| Opinions on Audio Note ANj speakers I can e-mail you quotes from customers who have heard them here. They are unreal. I won't even mention the brands that have been sold in order to get these speakers. If you are interested call me for details. I will e-mail you customer comments al... |