karls
Responses from karls
| Audio Aero Capitole-Changing Tubes It uses subminiature tubes which have no provision for socket-mounting, but supposedly have a very long lifespan (around 20,000 hours if I remember right). I've never heard of anyone trying to swap them out. | |
| alternatives to spikes on wood floors? Rockvirgo, the men in the black helicopters are headed over to your house right about now....:) | |
| Help picking first amp.... I would second or third the ARC recommendations. The CA-50 is an excellent integrated, but is bettered by the VT-50 in every regard, at the expense of needing a preamp. The advantage of the VT-50 over the VT-100 is that it only has half the tubes.... | |
| Any experience with a Wadia 6? Call Wadia, they are quite helpful. I called them when I was looking for a player, and seem to remember one of their guys telling me that the transport on the 6 is obsolete and unreplaceable should it fail. But call to confirm this and also just t... | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192... anyone know if the Rcr is correct. Digital atten functions after you press "CD"; analog atten functions after you press "CDPRE". Front panel knob is analog regardless, afaik. | |
| Krell KST 100 amplifiers I had one once, a grey one so it was one of the later versions. Very impressive bass, but a quite colored amp overall. Have you ever seen the movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, or any other Technicolor movie of that era, where the color... | |
| Where are you? Do you know what your FM is doing? On the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, an hour east of Portland OR, on top of a 2000' mountain so I can get a lot of stations pretty cleanly. I have my MD Etude on virtually all day every day, for background music while working. Stati... | |
| tube preamps Geez, that's easy. Look for a product known as Sellthekrell, works every time for removing that annoying harshness!!! | |
| would this Deter you from buying used gear???? Twl, great post! | |
| would this Deter you from buying used gear???? It would sure reduce the resale value of your gear, no doubt about it. Whatever happened to writing down the serial numbers in a secure place? Are the crooks really going to go to the trouble of removing the serial numbers? | |
| Best electronics for Thiel CS3.6 ? Think about a BAT tube preamp and VK-500 amp, it's in your price range and I'm guessing it would be a great match although I haven't heard this particular combo. | |
| how do you measure the coil in the crossover? The Q isn't going to vary that much if you stay at around the same DC resistance, which the DMM should be able to measure as well. It's certainly going to be more than close enough for any cheap speaker.My other comment is that replacing the capac... | |
| Ready to Throw my Wadia 6i out the window. HELP I seem to recall from one of my conversations with Wadia that the transport in the 6 is obsolete and unreplaceable, so you may have an expensive boat anchor on your hands. But I also encourage you to call GNSC; if Steve can't help no one can. Don'... | |
| Using a studio monitor for home listening? It all depends on what type of "studio monitor" you're talking about. Some are very accurate and musical (e.g., LS3/5A, Harbeths) and well-suited to home use; others aren't good for much of anything except getting stupid-loud (this camp would incl... | |
| how do you measure the coil in the crossover? Go out and buy a DMM with inductance and capacitance capability. You can get them for less than $100 new and will get a very handy piece of equipment to have around anyway. Be sure you disconnect at least one lead of whatever you propose to measure. |