lowrider57
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| Tekton Double Impacts @charles1dad , Drum solo at the beginning of Eleven is unreal cranked to 11 ;-). You can check out a video of this on YouTube on the Pendragon to give you a little bit of an idea. I wasn’t comparing the performance of the Pendragon to the DI, (whi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts The Primus sounds extremely dynamic, but that room needs some acoustic treatment. In the other Pendragon videos, they sound thin and bright, but again the rooms are not treated, and they are not shooting from the sweet spot.I wonder about the smoo... | |
| An upgrade a long time overdue I agree with the above comments to stop buying components. Start by finding a good match between amp and speakers. | |
| If NOS pre or power tubes became unavailable altogether, what new tubes would you buy? Are there any decent Russian small signal tubes that have the characteristics of NOS? Many 6SN7 type NOS become microphonic and are very noticable in preamps. | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Much appreciated, Ralph. | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes @ericsch ,When tapping with your fingernail or a pencil, it will sound similar to a bell ringing. You can usually keep those tubes in system with tube dampers on them. Very often when you tap, they will have distortion and a nasty ringing sound th... | |
| Hey guys,time to can your table. All you need is love! This belongs in a Sharper Image catalogue. | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Thanks @jond , I’m going to ask Ralph about plate voltages and if I need to use 6SN7GTB’s.Any other recommendations for a modern tube? | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes Concerning 6SN7's, it seems to me that most of the noisy(kind of a spitty sound) and microphonic tubes I've encountered have been very old 6SN7GT's and their equivalents. That's a good observation. I'm not going to buy anymore tubes from the 1940s... | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes I have had one microphonic tube that you could hear the effect thru the speakers and when tapping. Right now I have a matched set of 6SN7GTB’s that are microphonic when tapped only. They sound wonderful, and the problem is due to the luck of the d... | |
| The value of of the sealed record. As a collector, I understand why some would want to own a sealed copy of a rare album. But there are risks when leaving a record sealed with shrink wrap, such as warping due to a hot environment.I’ve been burned too often when buying a vintage sea... | |
| Impedance matching device Yes, it’s not an impedance mismatch. Seems like a gain issue; do you know the sensitivity specs? | |
| after a sale , how long am I obligated to fullfill the deal if not paid? Agree with dill. Next time say payment due within 48 hours. | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes @ebm , so you mean high line voltage doesn't matter?@larryi , I have a new transformer on my street to correct for power swings from old grid and now line voltage is high, but stable at 120V.Thanks for your take on the availability of vintage tube... | |
| Short Lifetime for 6NS7 Tubes I'm using an Atma-Sphere UV-1 preamp which uses 2 6SN7's in it's line stage. It's an OTL and is paired with a SS amp.Perhaps Ralph will weigh in regarding the biasing of NOS tubes. @larryi , as far as tubes becoming microphonic, I have read that N... |