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| Tron Seven Phono Mullard longplates are good tubes too. We tried those in my friend's HP200. They sounded much better than what came with the HP200, though the three of us who were doing the comparison favored the Bugle Boys. The Mullards have a slightly phasey so... | |
| Tron Seven Phono Pierre,A friend of mine had a HP200 preamplifier. That is a very good unit. My only "issue" with it was the course steps for the attenuator (the ideal volume always seemed to be between two steps).Once you are familiar with the sound of the Hovlan... | |
| Did I blow my tube amp? I have, on several occasions, turned on my amps and noticed that one channel was not working because a spade has worked itself loose. Nothing has ever happened. I never start a listening session with the preamp turned up very much, so I do not sub... | |
| Did I blow my tube amp? It is not that likely that having no speakers connected accounts for your problem. That could overload the primary side of the output transformer, but, that usually happens when there is an input and the amp is supposedly putting out a lot of powe... | |
| Tron Seven Phono Resistive loading is really NOT a big issue when it comes to step up transformers. The bigger concern is the appropriate turn ratio and the amount of gain provided by the step up transformer. If your Tron has the right gain for the Delos, you real... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? At current list price, my monobloc amplifiers are neck and neck with my car. | |
| 45 tube types A friend uses the EML meshplate 45s. He really likes that tube a lot (he has many NOS variants, including old globe 45s).I use both meshplate and solid plate EML 2a3s. Both are very good, particularly the meshplate tubes.My only caveat is that the... | |
| Do Thiel dealers discount? I have found that discounting is dependent on the specific product (the margin the dealer gets, the policies of the manufacturer/distributor--some tightly control prices), the type/policy of the retail establishment, and primarily, by the kind of ... | |
| Tron Seven Phono A friend has the Tron 7. I've heard it in his system and in another friend's system. It is a very nice phonostage.The manufacturer insists that it has been tuned specifically for the tubes that come with the unit and that alternatives will not sou... | |
| Enough SET Power for Rock and Roll I own a DHT pushpull amp that uses the 45 tube. It is a terrific amp--bass is tight and punchy, harmonic structure of instruments is fully saturated and realistic, and attack and decay of notes is very natural. These are all the qualities one woul... | |
| Enough SET Power for Rock and Roll It is really hard to say what volume level you are actually trying to achieve, and therefore, whether a particular amp or kind of amp is capable of delivering adequate power. Generally speaking, I would not expect power to be an issue with any 300... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? The most outstanding piece of audio gear I've bought in a long while is a Western Electric 713b driver and matching horn. This combination delivers the best midrange I've heard from any speaker. The amazing thing about it is that it was probably b... | |
| Phono cartridge left / right output voltage differ I must have remember the formula incorrectly--I thought it was 10 log (P1/P2).In any case, one db is not that big a difference if you have a balance control. | |
| Phono cartridge left / right output voltage differ This difference is about a .5 db difference. That is well within most cartridge specifications. One can hear a .5 db difference as a subtle shift in the position of the center image in a set up where the center image is narrowly drawn, but, the sh... | |
| Are High End Audio Products Unreliable? Perhaps some high end gear is more prone to failure because the typical high end "manufacturer" is a very small operation with perhaps one person doing all of the designing/engineering. That one person may not be the absolute best at all aspects o... |