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| OTL amplifiers I'm OK with SET I'm not OK with pricing of SETs that basically require a knowlege of elementary school graduate to build them. Should be at least 10x- cheaper. I'm not OK with pricing 300B triodes as well. As to OTL's distortion-free listening I'm... | |
| OTL amplifiers OTL bests with ear-speakers. There I see no compromise whatsoever. | |
| Loudspeaker DIY Kits any suggestions??? visit John Kruttke page for interesting speaker and other projects. | |
| BAT VK75SE buzz and humming ?? help.. What tubes and how old is the amp?I assume that VK75 is not a long time in production to undergo capacitor replacements for instance. The fact is that if it "eats" tubes especially one earlier than others than definitely something is wrong. You ma... | |
| What's more important; sound or brand name? BOTH.Ecpecially for the brand names that don't have overpriced and unreliable units.Manufacturers and dealers at CES should realy hide their equipment behind the curtain to let visitors to audition blindly. It's entertaining as well!At the end of ... | |
| OTL amplifiers ...so basing on pricing of OTL amps you can easily get an output transformer with ferromagnetic core taken from the Moon(99.9% carbon-free iron only currently found on Moon) and brought to the Earth to make tube amp much more efficient and cooler ... | |
| Who makes the least expensive Tube Pre-Amp? Gthirteen,CJ and Rogue you've mentioned are fall onto the category of hobbyist-designed and built products. For its performance and reliability they should realy cost much less than being currently sold.It's realy new for me to se CAT for less tha... | |
| Plinius 250 one vs two as mono --Crosstalk issues:Isn't SA250 dual mono? If you use an analogue than crosstalk is already in the phono cartridge that cannot be reduced even with monoblocks. What is your preamp?--You will be able to add 3...4 decibels to the loudness--Larger pow... | |
| Hubbell HG, Surge Protected & IG, Anyone use this? David,The break-in time ehem... for the outlet might realy be endless especially if it's granted with lifetime warranty.Good point taken with tech person that couldn't find an answer to your 2 questions and there I'm with tech 100%. | |
| BAT VK75SE buzz and humming ?? help.. You can test your amp by light touching of chassis arround the input tubes with screwdriver and hear if buzz increases or you hear pops. You can also bring close light bulb. Normally BAT units will not react on light bulb brought close to amplifie... | |
| How do I clean CDs with isopropyl alcohol? my condolences to all "soap-a-holics" and "alco-holics". it's realy a time to produce some vpi or nitty gritty cd-cleaner with vacume action or something to add another category for "vpi- or nitty gritty- holics".hint1. i simply wash my hands with... | |
| Who makes the least expensive Tube Pre-Amp? You will certainly hear ehem... difference especially after a while you'll start to develop sibliance and many unwanted colors.Designing good tube pre is a complicated and expencive issue that figures at least $1000 for used unit.You can search am... | |
| Is There Big Trouble Brewing? I'm with T_bone and jrd...Brittney? Ace of Base? They're all just small-duration events in the whole industry like a flash from the camera that for some short period of time leaves a trace in the eyes. Pop always needs to be re-charged to flash ag... | |
| Bryston 3B Amp VS Cambridge A300 Integrated Amp with less power you have a larger slope on bass freequencies as the impedance of your speaker certainly falls. mid-freequencies for human ear will sound much louder alone than blended with bass.bryston simply spreads his power onto the wider bandw... | |
| cleaning a cartridge I bet that purchasing a new one for $25 from www.needledoctor.com will solve all your cleaning and rust problems. |