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| need help with impedance on SF power 2 How could you have purchased a tube amp without knowing it had output transformers? If you didn't know this, I recommend you carefully read the owners manual before you attempt to operate this or any tube amp. SF products have some of best manuals... | |
| Burn in power cord by boiling water?? Audio PCs should never be used to boil water.Great Music is always cool like a mountain stream.Burning in a PCs is like a finding a good women, it takes time.Don't waste energy making heat.Just plug it in, play some music and let things happen. | |
| Burning in of Power Cords True story- tried to use my refrigerator to burn in an Audio Magic Stealth Power Conditioner and it's PC. Had the fig plugged into it for two weeks, during that time the output of the ice maker was reduced by 50-75%.As soon as I removed the little... | |
| Any opinions on Signal Cable products? Tried their PC, the Belden 83802 DIY cables are cheaperand sound much better. If you can use a screwdriver anda wire stripper, save money and build your own. | |
| Killer female vocal recordings-show me the light.. Live At Delta 88 - Joan Osborne BandErnestine Anderson-Live from Concord to London Concord Jazz CCD 4054 | |
| Live Jazz Trio Recordings Ahmad Jamal- "In Search of Momentun."Age 72, and this guy can still cook. | |
| ARC SP 10....how good is it really???? I owned a SP10, and it can not compare to MFA Luminescence or any of the Sonic Frontier Line series preamps or the older SFL-2.And don't buy a tube preamp that needs a transformer or oil in paper caps to couple it's poorly designed output stage.If... | |
| The Good Ol Vacume Tube Since most "novices" are going to build a system based on a digital source, recommending a traditional preamp/ampconfiguration using tubes may not be the path to better performance and enjoyment.Digital amps can take a digital signal directly from... | |
| Jazz suggestions please Shahens- check out the thread "Live Jazz Trio Recordings"below. There are a number of excellent recordings worthchecking out.If you're looking to build a collection, suggest you pickup a Concord Jazz catalog. Lots of great music and deals. Had the... | |
| Amps and pre amps to improve on VMPS RM40 system First question is do you have a source other than the CDP?If not, suggest you look into the Spectron Musician II ampwith it's digital input and remote volume control. Use your Wadia as a tranport and pump 500 watt/ch into yourspeakers. Cost $4000.... | |
| spend more money on pre or power amp ? First question is do you have a source other than the CDP?If not, suggest you look into the Spectron Musician II ampwith it's digital input and remote volume control. Use your Wadia as tranport and pump 500 watt/ch into yourspeakers. Cost $4000. r... | |
| Live Jazz Trio Recordings Soulive has just release a new live CD on Blue Note. Interesting trio- drums, guitar and Hammond B3.Good CD for rockers trying to get into Jazz. | |
| "Parts upgrade" on crossovers -Any experiences? If you still want to try some upgrade here's two that don't involve changing crossover parts:Put Bybee purifiers in line with the positive connectionto each driver.Buy some sheets of Orca Black Hole Five(25" x 27"), cutsome piece to fit the inside... | |
| MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp Ecclectique- it shouldn't be surprising that the Syrah using 6SN7s in a transformer coupled line stage is less demanding on tube quality. The 6SN7 has less gain than6SL7/5691 used in the phono section of the Lumi.The best tubes I found for the Lum... | |
| MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp MFA Luminescence MC Reference preamp is not an octal basepreamp.The last of the octals was the Luminescence C, which was built in Dec. 1990.MFA Luminescence MC Reference used 6DJ8/6922 tubes. I neverheard this model, but I think it was review in T... |