jmcgrogan2
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| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? Mark, your ARC LS25 is a selectable gain line stage. It looks like you can set the gain anywhere between 0 dB and 18 dB. What do you currently have the LS25 gain set at?Cheers,John | |
| Newbee help- Volume low even at full preamp volume-??? According to the KAB gain calculator, 58 dB is optimum gain for 0.4 mV cartridge.https://www.kabusa.com/pregain.htmKeep in mind that fluffers Wytech Ruby preamp also has 12 dB of gain.So if he has it connected correctly, and all tubes are up to sp... | |
| Hybrid tube/ss phono pre amps. Are they better than just Tube or SS alone? Interesting little article Meambler. It still doesn’t make sense to me, but maybe it’s just me. I have heard of electronics using tubes in a buffer stage, as opposed to the gain stage, but that is normally in CD Players and DACs as far as I know. ... | |
| Hybrid tube/ss phono pre amps. Are they better than just Tube or SS alone? Meambler, I'm curious as to what hybrid tube/ss phono stage you are leaning towards.I don't know of many hybrid phono stages, maybe Herron with a FET input stage on it's MC inputs. Or are you talking about tube phono stages that do not use tube re... | |
| Newbee help- Volume low even at full preamp volume-??? Hi Gary, first, do you have the interconnects plugged into your MC input on your Rogers PA-1A? If not, then remove them from the MM inputs and put them on the MC inputs.Second, you can do as griiffithds suggest, and use all 12AX7's which should pr... | |
| Neutral electronics are a farce... What happens if there is no sonic signature? I did not say there was no sonic signature Roger. I said the neutral means to me that neither the high nor low frequencies are emphasized. There is a difference. Obviously everything presents a sonic... | |
| Tube rolling VAC 160i SE Amperex, Telefunkens, Siemens tend to work very well, IMHO. If you wish to stay away from warm, best to avoid the British tubes, Mullard, Brimar, etc.Right now I am rolling a pair of Pope 12AX7's (fancy Amperex Bugle Boys) in the phono stage, V01... | |
| Led Zeppelin sale... $2,550 for a used LP???!!! This has to be a joke!!! | |
| Which CD\SACD? I'll "fourth" the Marantz suggestions. | |
| What cartridge on your VPI prime? First install? What protractor are you using? Feickert? MintLP?I'm running mine at 2.4g VTF and a effective input impedance of 118 ohms into a Bob's Devices Cinemag 1131 SUT. I used a Feickert protractor and set it up using the Baerwald curve. It ... | |
| Your picks of mediocre or lousy vocals with great musicians! I think people are way too quick to jump the gun and take offense or blow the whistle over nothing these days. +1, well said.Too many people get their panties in a bunch over just about anything these days.Good morning America! What are we offen... | |
| Power conditioning from the ground up I am using the Furutech 104 Carbon Fiber Plate covers. I think they would work with other outlets, but to be sure you should talk to Chris VenHaus at VH Audio.http://www.vhaudio.com/ | |
| Audio - Post Divorce zephyr24069, what kind of highly intelligent person WANTS to work? Haha.That being said, now you know why women look so much forward to getting married. Many see it as a form of retirement. Women look forward to marriage the way that men look forw... | |
| A hated question - Purist 20th Anniversay and the Cardas Clear Rev 1 interconnects Thanks for the heads up Gary. Like stringreen, I found older Cardas cables too warm and veiled for my tastes (Golden Reference).I haven't had a chance to listen to the newer Clear series though. I'll have to give Cardas another listen someday. | |
| Audiogon Anti-Lowball Offer setting When does an offer below the asking price become a "lowball" offer?That is rhetorical question, right? As obviously "lowball" means many different things to many different people. I think everyone can agree that offering less than 55% of asking pr... |