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| Help, No sound from Turntable What Mijostyn said. Fuses mostly do show a visible sign that they are blown, but you need to know what to look for. The most certain way to check the fuse is to check whether there is any resistance from one end to the other. A blown fuse will sho... | |
| Blown tube issue What everyone else said. Also, if you bought the amps used with used tubes installed, it may not be unusual at all to have lost two tubes over a period of 1.5 years. The fact that you do not use the amps so much is neither here nor there. Tubes ar... | |
| Is this Cartridge Alignment good? What was already said but check pivot to spindle distance. | |
| Help, No sound from Turntable Probably the JC3+ has some sort of LED on the front panel to indicate power on. Is it lighting up? Even if it is, have you checked the main fuse? Because in some cases the LED may run off a different circuit from the electronics; some designers do... | |
| Amperex "Bugle Boy" tube compatibility Wouldn't Amperex "Bugle Boy" ECC88s, if BB ECC88s were ever actually made by Amperex, be a premium value in tube world? If so, you can bet someone somewhere has made some fakes of it. I think there are even fake Telefunkens with the diamond engr... | |
| Say a fella wants to build an SET monoblock based on the 300B.. Also critical when planning for a low power amplifier is to know in advance what speakers you will want to drive with them. It goes without saying that speaker efficiency and speaker impedance are of prime importance. | |
| compliance Chak, please don’t take it personally when I react to your frequent recommendations of vintage high end MM and MI cartridges for neophytes to go out and buy. I just think that for the unsophisticated buyer those cartridges can disappoint due to ag... | |
| Amperex "Bugle Boy" tube compatibility Dover, Now I should be responsible if someone doesn’t read the entirety of one of my posts? Especially as in this case I have already stated in no uncertain terms that the proposal is a no-go, for two other compelling reasons? I think I have alway... | |
| Amperex "Bugle Boy" tube compatibility Actually you can run a 12AX7 with a 6V filament supply. In this case it would only require some re-wiring of the tube socket. But that’s the least of the reasons why not to do it. | |
| Amperex "Bugle Boy" tube compatibility No.12AX7/ECC83 has very different pin out from any of those tubes you have named that are said to be compatible with the 6N11. Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. Things not equal to the same thing won’t work. Furthermore, the ... | |
| I Have Airborne Feedback And Never Realized It...Till Now I gotta say I agree with others who think that bolting the shelf to the rack ends up with transmission of energy from the rack. But the OP is the only one who knows what that looks like. Maybe there is something about the arrangement that mitiga... | |
| Zyx mistracking issue This is the first I have read anywhere of a problem endemic to ZYX cartridges in particular, although the internet audio sites are replete with complaints about just about any brand of cartridge you care to cite. I have been happy with my UNIverse... | |
| Say a fella wants to build an SET monoblock based on the 300B.. I think you're in the wrong forum. You might try the Amp Preamp Forum here on Audiogon, or better yet, go to Audio Asylum and look on SET Asylum or TubeDIY Asylum. There are more knowledgeable builders there than here, by far. More advanced is ... | |
| compliance Yep, any of those super rare and very expensive cartridges (compared to modern equivalents) would be a fine choice, assuming it hasn't died a partial death while sitting in a box under unknown storage conditions for 30 or more years since manufac... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Thanks. Good for Elliott. |