johnss
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| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Had the I version and now have the R version. Really nice amp, and as the other posters noted, quite a few upgrades. should be also noted that the first input tube has regulation on plate voltages, so you can pop out 12AZ7 and replace with 12AT7 ... | |
| Tube monoblock options? would agree with atmasphere, how much power do you need and what are you driving?if you need big power with Balanced inputs Series 2 or 3 of the VTL MB-450 should do the trick. | |
| AT 33SA or OC9 for 1200 mk5 i would opt for the AT VM540 MM cart with your table. then sell the Phonomena, and look for a used Chinook. The VM540 cart is over looked because of its lower price. but its a musical cart, and mates extreeeemely well with your table and a chinook... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling yes parts connexion or percy audio both sell them. yes, bugle boy amperex tubes. | |
| Parasound JC-1 - How old is too old? i used to have th JC-1s, great amp, with tons of power. i would not be too worried about dried out caps. the factory installed some pretty good caps, even on the earliest units would likely still be good, but if you want to put concern to rest, me... | |
| Manley Chinook Owners Tube Rolling the best sound I have had from the chinook, was with bugle boys from Holland. quite the musical tube. the other HUGE improvement you can do with the chinook is replace those loading resistors on the rear PCB. From the factory they are metal film. ... | |
| Manley Chinook with (very) low output MC ZYX? yep, that is correct. not in signal path but are DC servos for FETs. lowers the noise floor a ton. The other thing you can do is change out all the loading resistors on the back panel to Vishay VSRS. just like focusing the looking glass much bett... | |
| Manley Chinook - chronic issues Over the years have had two chinooks. Both were trouble free with MM or MC carts. unit is well made. would wonder if yours got dropped in shipping. would return to manley have them look at it. | |
| Best Tubes for VAC I can't comment on the preamp, but for the power amp, shuguang WE-KT88 plus and their WE6SN7 red base fat bottles. most open, organic sounding KT88 I have tried. | |
| Reel-to-Reel Player--Best Playback Deck 4-trk Stereo-Dependable, Easy Repair, Sounds Great teac 4300 is a good option too, if gone through. keep in mind all of these decks will need service to varying degrees. Most will need a complete recap, so service can cost more than your purchase price on the deck. I would look for a deck with rea... | |
| Turntable isolation platforms I would go to your local granite countertop site and ask them to cut you a 1.5 to 2 inch thick piece large enough to place your table on. all the imaging greatly improves and feedback becomes a non issue. | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really so many of the younger crowd have not heard a decent LP playback system, and when they do, they are floored, just as the original poster mentioned. Has happened to me several times.... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? first hand experience. bought their cheapest dac; around 660-690.... won't mention any names but compared it to dacs in 2k to 3k range. the little denafrips was much more organic sounding, better imaging, better sound stage depth. so took the plun... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? highsream, but being emotionless, am assuming you want more of that CJ warmth from the earlier CJ gear. If so you will need to make two changes. 1. replace the stock coupling caps with jensen or Jupiter copper foil, 2. replace the rectifier tubes ... | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Mesch, I have rebuilt 3 of the Dyna 70s and more than a dozen of the MK IIIs. they are decent amps, and can sound good, but don't go crazy with after makret parts, or you will soon have way more cash in the amp than it is worth. or alternatively y... |