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| oldest tube(s) in your system I used to run RCA mono-plate 2a3s made before 1936. Those are good sounding tubes. A friend runs extremely rare and old 252 meshplate anode tubes made in the 1920’s that pre-date the 300A. He rarely plays the amp because those tubes cost well n... | |
| oldest tube(s) in your system I have no idea how old are the tubes in my system. The amp and line stage run Western Electric 348, 349 and 310a, 310b tubes which were around from the 1940's through the early 1960's. The 348's and 349's are extremely rare. | |
| How important is an LCD screen on your streamer? I use an iPad and consider the screen on the streamer totally unnecessary. The great convenience of a streamer is best accessed through an iPad or on a smart phone. | |
| When buying used speakers are cosmetics important to you? This is purely a personal choice. If the looks bother you a lot, don’t make yourself unhappy. But, if you value the sound a lot, and you cannot get that sound within your budget, it might be worthwhile to overlook the cosmetic flaws. I tend to ... | |
| Impressions of the 5 types of slugs / sluggos I've experienced Is it the sluggo doing a better job of minimizing degradation caused by a fuse or is it somehow altering the AC power in a way that you find euphonic? You can find out by bypassing the fuse holder entirely. Try that and report back the results. ... | |
| Rebuilding Vintage Tube Amps for Best Sound Sonic improvement would indeed focus on the tubes and coupling cap. That make sense. One would not include in refurbishing swapping out the output transformer; that would be like building something new, not a mere refurbish/upgrade. Other tweak... | |
| Rebuilding Vintage Tube Amps for Best Sound This is a good set of general and quite specific recommendations. I would start with knowing what kind of sound I want and then selecting a model to restore that can deliver that sound. For example, I am generally not a fan of KT-88 amps, so it ... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? Nothing gets the heart rate up like hearing the same record play when you have stacked records on top. That means a new record did not drop and is probably barely hanging on waiting to sandwich the cartridge between the two records. When a recor... | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? I don’t see any impediment to engineering a high quality table with automatic or semi automatic features. Perhaps such tables are out there, but they are not recognized as high end. That suggests that the “reason” has to do with us—the consumers... | |
| 8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC Another reason is that you did not have the scratch to buy a $100 k DAC. | |
| Vintage Tube Gear Priced Insane Now With tube gear, there is nothing we know today that was not known 70 years ago. It comes down to quality of the parts and the skill of the builder in voicing the component. Foremost in importance is the output transformer, followed by the coupli... | |
| Vintage Tube Gear Priced Insane Now As the owner of some very coveted vintage gear, I should be happy that most of my gear has substantially increased in value since I purchased it. Still, it is abit sad that others might be squeezed out from owning stuff that remains terrific soun... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ You cannot just plug a $90,000 power cord into any old socket, you need my $105,000 outlet (It comes with a gold gild faceplate that would look good in the current Oval Office). Also, not any electricity will do, you will need to buy $500 per kwh... | |
| Case in point: a $90,000 power cord by ASUNZ If that price includes installation, it is pretty reasonable. After all, a 2 km cable would have to be up on poles and may involve difficult terrain. What? Two meter, not two kM? Nevermind. | |
| The Aurorus Audio Quasar Linear Tube Audio is located in Tacoma Park Maryland--a suburb of Washington D.C. I have never visited them, but, I've met the main players at Capital Audiofest and they are extremely friendly, helpful, and very open about their products (even to... |