lowrider57
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| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? Ralph's UV-1 preamp gave me my first taste of 6SN7's. That small simple circuit produced a huge soundstage, music with weight, and layering of textures. I've moved on to another 6SN preamp and an Atma-sphere S-30 which uses (6) 6SN7 input tubes. | |
| Tube solid state or hybrid with extreme tinnitus I agree, tinnitus sufferers should not use headphones to listen to music. I recently had a visit to the audiologist and my ENT as my tinnitus has become more severe. He knows I'm an audiophile and specifically said no headphones, music can be too ... | |
| Audiogon Question Agree, let the feedback be your guide. But it seems like a risk. A potential buyer contacted me and said to ship the item to CA and his friend would deliver it to him in Hong Kong. He had no Audiogon feedback and I didn't like the terms of this s... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? Can using various dampening rings such as Herbie's reduce or eliminate most microphonics? Or is the microphonic the result of internal parts vibrations? @fleschler , IME, Herbies can reduce microphonics up to a point. Once a tube has gone ... | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? It was said that Vintage Tube carefully tests all tubes for microphonics. Testing equipment has no way to do this. The only way is to plug the tube into your component and wait a bit. True, but the dealer can listen to the tube using a high g... | |
| Aftermarket Upgrade Question First, what are your system components? Are you using the wireless feature or do you hardwire the TT to your system? And are you using the built-in phono preamp? A different tonearm or platter wouldn't be the first upgrades to make on a table... | |
| High Fidelity Cable replaces NPS 1260 +1 Pete. I own several MC power modules and a couple cables. Each one produced a major improvement to my system. The digital cable was so good, I traded up to the next level. | |
| High Fidelity Cables? https://forum.audiogon.com/users/jessicahfc | |
| High Fidelity Cables? @calgarian5355 , you can message Jessica. Find her on page 3 and 4 of the other thread. Although, I'm not sure if she's still employed. | |
| High Fidelity Cables? And how does this relate to Rick and HF Cables? | |
| High Fidelity Cables? Read Jessica's comments on page 3 and 4. Click on the highlight. | |
| High Fidelity Cables? According to an inside source, HFC is out of business due to Covid inhouse and supply chain issues. Read Jessica's comments on page 3 and 4. Terrible events for Rick and his loyal customers. | |
| Over Tubing it? If it sounds good to you it shouldn’t matter how many tubes are in the chain. Excellent answer, one that I fully agree with. I have all tubes; amp, preamp, and NOS DAC. The only adjustment needed was tube rolling to achieve optimal sound. Amp a... | |
| Cullen Cable I contacted Patrick last night and received a reply this morning. He's still making and selling cables. I'd like to order another Crossover and he said sure, just order it from him. I asked him if his line of cables will be the same with W4S and h... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @weebeesdad , my first impression was that these tubes were graded higher due to tigher specs, the same way Kevin at Upscale offers his tubes. The choice of tube listed is "Top 10% Cryod" or "QC Pass grade." You may be right, that they're not a ne... |