kt_88
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| vintage integrated Ok, I got the Sansui and am quite impressed! It is just a bit warmer than the Sony, but sounds quite nice. It is excellent with voices, and the highs are silky smoooooth. The edge is gone that the Sony had but so is a bit of detail :(. The only dr... | |
| tube preamps Csmithbarc,You didn't mention the SS amp you will be matching it with. I have found some interesting matches tube/ss over the years. Clio09,The tube/ss will be a bit faster. When you first go to the tube/tube you might be disappointed. But I bet i... | |
| vintage integrated Kotta,For an update I found a TA-AX285 at a garage sale last weekend. I did a A/B test against my TA-2650. I was very surprised to find out that the 2650 was much better sounding, it made the 285 sound rather blah ( for lack of a better descriptio... | |
| 5 pin tube tester Herman,Some tubes have marks but most of what is in question has nothing. These look to be of the pre amp type.I have many large tubes thought that I can read the numbers but am not able to test on my tester. But for now I will wait until I decide... | |
| 5 pin tube tester Viridian,The tube in questions was a " OD3W " Although I did notice a few OD3 in the pile as well. But these tubes are not the same. For what it's worth the OD3 is also employed in the new BottleHead pre III. | |
| 5 pin tube tester Yep that's my tube, except mine is a Raytheon. Looks to be band new but no way to test it. I also found some on ebay over in the UK. Sure whish I could find someone that needed one.I was also hoping that someone that had a tube tester could look i... | |
| 5 pin tube tester Herman,I don't know what to tell you but I am now looking at the OD3W tube. I only see - 6 pins -thanks for the other info. | |
| vintage integrated I would have to agree that the " spring loaded " speaker stips are pretty much worthless. But at least when we get into higher end stuff. I think that a " speaker strip " is still better than binding posts. Becuase of the directness of the connect... | |
| vintage integrated Kotta,Thanks for the hints. Except..... it was my understanding that the " speaker strip " type is actaully the best beauase there is less metal involved to interfere with the signal. Most manufactures put the binding posts on to please us lazy au... | |
| vintage integrated Well since I began this post I also began to look on ebay for Marantz. There is something I find a bit confusing though -I have a HK receiver that has pre-in and amp-out options. When not in use there is a jumper that goes across in order for the ... | |
| vintage integrated Ok, so my typos were off the scale in the first post. Oops!Kotta, Funny you should mention Sony. Just brought home a old Sony TA-2650. Bought it cheap locally. From what I can find on the net it was Sony's base line player. The sound is quite dyna... | |
| Dared amps Bgrazman,I can't guarantee the building is straight across from the McD's but it is fairly close. I'm sure if you have a friend in SZ he-she would kow of the building. If not when you are on that street a nearby store would likely know.Keep in min... | |
| Dared amps Bgrazman,I spent most fo my time in SZ ( ShenZhen ) I don't have a clue about store names. But unlike America, China likes to put all of their related stores in the same building. ( talk about a kid in a candy shop ) So as you pass through the var... | |
| Dared amps ok now that I'm in the right thread. And those of you that don't know what I'm talking about? Well you will find out if you cruise the threads.Well......... I don't know? it looks like a split decision on the Dared. So should I or shouldn't I. I t... | |
| new Jolida oops! thought I was on the Dared thread!Well while I'm here..... The company out of the UK that is selling the Jolida said that his stuff is originall wired for our 110 and then converted over to 220. So I think if one got a piece and rewired it b... |