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| Pass Labs/Gershman AvanteGarde i powered my avant gardes with a plinius sa-102 and the pairing was very nice with a tubed preamp. when i switched to a pass x2.5 preamp, the pairing was too sterile for my taste. i also used a pair of aragon palladium ii monoblocks and this pairi... | |
| mono amps one weaker than the other ???? have you switched the monos themselves? sounds like a very odd problem to me. you might wanna check with deja vu if you haven't already. | |
| upgrade emm labs preamp or speaker??? i'm partial to supratek and always wondered how a cabernet would stack up against the uber-big boy gear. i love my cabernet dual. for the price of another pair of evolution acoustics power woofers, you could get two cabernet duals. i say try a cab... | |
| Spikes and hardwood floors.....what to do? what about machined discs? sound anchors, lovan, and adona all sell them. adona has the best prices from what i recall. if you wanna go realy cheap just use pennies under the spikes. | |
| Question about Cary V12 amplifiers change pairs with a known good pair from the right channel and see if the LED re-lights on the left side and goes off on the right channel. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century here is what kevin covi had to say:"The hum is coming from the 101D's, and unfortunately hum (and microphonics) are all-too-common attributes of directly-heated triodes."i sent him a picture of my setup to which he stated:"I can see right away tha... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century abe:the yamamoto is a 45 tube amp and it is tube rectified. i have a few 80 tubes that i can roll to see if that reduces the hum. i emailed kevin covi and he seems to believe the hum is caused by the 101D tube as when i switch the amp to mute, the... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century abe:i built the cable as per your instructions, but the hum is still present no matter which way the cable is oriented. i'm going to try to spread the cabernet, cabernet power supply, and yamamoto as far apart as possible tomorrow just to be sure ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century abe:i'm gonna try the cable route first as my yamamoto and cabernet are only connected with cheapie red/white throw away cables. i noticed that when the yamamoto is turned on, the hum starts and the cab only amplifies it due to it's super high gai... | |
| i am looking for good small rack timbernation can make a rack to any size you prefer out of solid maple or walnut. i'm sure mapleshade can customize their racks for you as well. i've never purchased anything from eithe company, but they have a good word of mouth reputation from w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Abe:I don't have a scope nor any access to one that I'm aware of. The hum sounds like a typical ground loop hum to me (60 Hz). I can try the shielded cable route, but I'd likely have to build it. What you're saying is connect the ground and shield... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Marius:Which tube out of the bunch would be the likliest culprit? The Cab Dual uses two 101D, two 6SN7, two 6H30, two 5881, and a single 5AR4. I'd be fairly pricey to completely retube the Cabernet as the 101D's aren't cheap. I figure I can start ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I bought a set of XLR-RCA adapters for the preamp output of my Cabernet to see if it would reduce a hum issue I was having. The adapters did eliminate the hum, BUT it ABSOLUTELY killed the dynamics, bass, and overall volume of the music.The manual... | |
| when is a speaker considered full range? full range is typically considered to be 20Hz to 20kHz. | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks paul:i've found a lot of magic between my yamamoto a-08s and von schweikert dB99SE speakers. granted, i'm "cheating" when it comes to bass as the dB99SE have built in 600 watt amps per speaker. still, it's a combo i think i'll keep for a good long... |