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| 12AX7A and AT7 tubes Tpsonic,After telling you of these remarkablebtubes. Mind you not the absolute unamynous all time weorld best but a decent really cheap tube from the Sino conglomerate Shuguang, I can't souce them. So I ask where did you find them? To the original... | |
| Need help with stereo cabinet design. Just thread refrigerant tubing in the isolation draining sloted maple or I might add Myrtle shelves. Put the compressor far away in a different structure if you can. The compressor draws a bazillion amps so keep it well clear of the audio componen... | |
| do fancy fuses help? Yes a fuse in the amp can be very helpful it saved a $3000 stereo Musical fidelity and some vintage stuff that couldc have caught fire and burned down the house the development town county and other parts of the state for want of a Nail. (In fond ... | |
| Headphone/Headphone Amps, NEED HELP Another big vote for the AKGs , the cd player rca outs go into the head amp you plug your headphones into the headamps 1/4 jack/s and that's it. I have a Singlepower OTL called an "extreme" head amp which is stunning I also have a cyber 20 EL84 ba... | |
| audia flight opinions I have heard an all Audia Flight system at an audio group members house. He was using the 100wpc class A only amp with custom made wild technology speakers. The pre and CD were both overshadowed by one of the best sounding amps I have ever heard f... | |
| Tubes For bottlehead Seduction/Pre I will forewarn you that this group of related drop in subs are very expensive if you find any good ones left in the vintage tube market. I don't know what the group think was on the other thread but I bet they ended up with one of the 2 Russian t... | |
| stereo reciever for sonus faber grand piano Home Get a used Carver Star fire yes that is correct Star fire. It has all the amperes you will require to get that cathedral rocking anda rollin. | |
| Can someone explain You may want to keep tube of similar parameters in the buffer stage which is to my mind equal to an electron removal system. Since your VT-231s are almost certainly GTs then I would use GT buffer tubes. RCA made civilian GTs by the billions and yo... | |
| Leave tubes in phono section if not using it? I like the cheapo tube idea. I have a few stock tubes that arent worth the glass the're made of. Just buy some 5 buck Sinos and don't worry about unless a friend wants to try a TT on your pre. | |
| VPI phono cables. Is there better synergy? Beats me. When I bought my Scout with factory installed 20X H.O. cartridge, I wasn't offered any VPI cables. I put in Homegrown silver lace, which doesn't mask even the smallest mote of dust. | |
| A decent set of beginner advice to care of vinyl Keep all of your records standing up to help avoid warping. Orient all of your records in the same direction no excetions. For example you keep the "top" of the jacket upward with the slit openening facing outward. Do which ever direction is most ... | |
| Serious Addiction to Gear Gentlemen please be calm. For one, if you like gear and find it fascinating it's ok. It is not pathological to enjoy the equipment aspect of the hobby. I love sonics and I love music unfortunately I like to hear it on the best system I can. The ge... | |
| the classic tube sound & the modern tube sound I have an SP6B and must say that it sounds more like current tube gear. The secret is that the prior original owner modded it death so it would be a wire with gain did I say gain. So it's arguable. Agree with CJ . I don't miss tubey sound. I have ... | |
| Need a Solid State Pre Amp For under $2000 Used BAT. The highest up the chain you can get for the money. Upscale usually has something that was traded in etc. I forget if all of them use that Super silly name for a tube, in any event it won't interfere. | |
| Down grading with better /= sound like some fellow Agon members I bet. I have upgraded with worse sound! |