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| Tube tester...anyone own their own? Maximatcher II preamp tube tester. Easy to use and repeatable. For power tubes, I just buy new tubes instead of spending the money on a tester. My amp uses KT-120 tubes. For the price of a tester I can get a complete new set of matched tubes. | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp Its amazing how those power supply tubes impact the circuits. I have an Aesthetix IO loaded with NOS tubes. I put cheap Sovtek 12AX7LPS from Jim McShane in the power supply but put NOS Mullard EL34 there also. The difference from the Mullards i... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? I talked with George Meyer about 23.5 and received similar answer to the one you received from Pyramid. I researched the heck on the 23.5 and not sure you can use the 33H as an example for costing. The 23/23.5 is point to point wired or wired to... | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp Ref 10 for sure. Have 1300 hours on mine. Its wonderful. Never heard any aggressive treble. Its very musical. My friend was listening to the system while I was testing tubes for his ARC vintage preamp. Said was sweet airy, excellent depth and... | |
| Monster Genesis 1000 Phono Cartridge Yes - Expert Stylus did a great job on my previous Troika. My recent Troika I sent to Soundsmith. I have complete confidence in both those companies. While I haven't mounted my Soundsmith retipped cartridge nor do I know the stylus option the P... | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? pyramid talks about the various levinsons on the site. Its good reading. The 23 is the 30 hour unit discussed. Its a bear to work on. | |
| Monster Genesis 1000 Phono Cartridge Will be a long wait since I just installed the NOS one.......... my past experience with retipping was when I had a Troika, bent stylus then had it redone at Expert Stylus (forever wait). But they did a great job and cartridge sounded excellent.... | |
| Monster Genesis 1000 Phono Cartridge Soundsmith. I have an NOS Monster Genesis 2000 i just mounted on my Linn. Was so great I recently purchased a no hour soundsmith retip of the same cartridge off ebay. So it appears can be done. | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? BTW I am in Chicago area too. Not aware of any local places. You can try Deltronics or Midwest to see if they would tackle it. | |
| 80s Levinson Gear - Best Repair/Refurbish? Was looking at a used Levinson and researched repair/recap costs cost eventually would need it. The two places With known Levinson knowledge and experience are George Meyer in LA and Pyramid in Texas. George Meyer ball-parked service and recap... | |
| Audio Research Ref 6 SE I have Reference 250 non-SE that I purchased new from an authorized dealer where I have purchased most of my system from for forever. The unit with KT120 tubes is a stunning sounding unit being used with ARC and Pass preamps. Love it with lots of... | |
| Best audio companies and dealers Basis Audio. Responsive and superb customer service for my Debut Vacuum and Vector.Another shout out for Mick at Quintessence Audio in Morton Grove. A very special dealer that goes of their way to ensure customer satisfaction. I swear he has th... | |
| B&W Matrix 801 Series II I own a pair of 801 S3. Had lots of speakers, picked mine up 2 years ago because I wanted to know if they were so great. The last time I heard a pair prior was in the 80's. So I needed to know.I loved em. I think better than most speakers I heard ... | |
| Amplifier for Dynaudio Confidence C1 I drove em with pass xa-60.5 and arc ref 3. Great combination, highly recommended .almost like a tube amp in the mids, great tonal balance for these speakers. Lots of depth, wide soundstage, good dynamics and voice instrument focus. | |
| Aesthetix IO Eclipse On the volume controls, I was using a passive mod squad preamp and was going to go after a placette. Then an ARC REF 3 came along. I never looked back. For a test, I put the mod squad back in. No comparison, the REF 3 all the way. I know the IO vo... |