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| Siemens E188CC / Cca Date Coding Check Brente Jesses website audiotubes.com I think he lists the German codes, I know the Phillips Mullard codes are there.If you want a Siemens CCa I hope you got a good rate on your second mortage. | |
| Good Bookshelf Speakers for a Hearing Loss? A friend and very devoted audiophile lost hearing in one ear altogether and is poor in the other. He lives in Europe and has recieved care from specialists who have brought his hearing back to decent levels. During the time when it was real bad he... | |
| Jumpers...help If you use banana pins then get spade jumpers. The same cable is good but I found that a very neutral transmitter for a short distance works well. Walker makes a Jumper which is perfectly simple. Although I currently use Cardas copper braid with R... | |
| how do you match speaker size with a room? I always had a fairly large monitor that was configured to be a floor stander if you wat that, just tilt em up and toed in. That speaker is a pair of klipsch Heresys that I have shlepped with me since I bought them as a high school student in 1976... | |
| 10 percent for cables ??? The Ten percent rule applies to the ratio of the population that gay and also it applies to the number alcoholics or drug addicted people in the population. I think that each counts i.e. such that a gay alcholic would be in the ten percent of both... | |
| Looking for a good speaker cable for tube amps. Try Gena Labs entry cable the Jazz. I use them with tube mono blocks fed by a tube preamp. The ICs are expensive but the Jena labs are do-able if you choose the smaller braids | |
| Tube Rolling - No Change in Sound I had just read that the Ken Rad was essentially the same construction as the archetype flat plate 6SN7 which is the RCA GT. Personally I find the idea understandable if you take the construction by itself. Yes they look alike but that is the exte... | |
| JSE Infinite Slop Speaker Repair. White mica always looks dirty the minute after you have it refurbished. I would opt for just getting the whole shebang re-veneered with Amboyna Burl or if you like it on the pale side Birdseye Maple for the dark side try Crotch Mahogany. | |
| Phono Pre for Grado Statement Reference 0.5mV Make a true statement and get a reference level preamp phonostage. I think Aesthetics top o the line is good. I hear that Boulder makes one that is a reference and a statement. All that aside you must be really into vinyl and I truly think the Man... | |
| Which is the better investment? The 1200 if it is in good shape. A few caveats.Don't forget that there are a ton of 1200s. All save a few are used by DJs who abuse the living ----- out of them. What beside form fitted foam a correct box and user manual does "the original packing... | |
| Tube question/concern JOLIDA 302 B Use a pin straightener. Then it should fit the socket perfectly. True NOS Mullards seem to come with these standard, but if you have only stock Jolida it won't be lying around. Look at Antique Electronic Supply or the likes for it. It is just a pl... | |
| Adding a Subwoofer to Khorns The K-Horn already has a big 15" horn loaded woofer . You have the power to get it moving. Using low power leads to the a common problem of imbalanced tone, which most don't understand. I haven't heard the VTL 125 but you seem to have enough juice... | |
| When did the Hi-Fi sound mature? The definitive greatest step forward was absolutely the electronics of the golden age off HI FI. bewteen 1955 and 1965. Before 1955 or there about everything was mono. Stereo took root from the late 50s through the mid 60s. The amps were in genera... | |
| thin, very flexible, warm sounding interconnect... I second the Audience Au 24. Certainly thin, flexible but strudy feeling,very well made. I don't think they are really warm though, albeit very fluid and musical not sterile, cold or analytical. If you value warmth than nothing has beaten the Card... | |
| Tube Rolling - No Change in Sound I had not seen that your power amp is a Krell. Indeed theb Ken Rad has a well deserved reputation for bass energy and bass energy. The JAN Phillips WGTA is a quick more transparent 6SN7 and tends to be fairly neutral to thin. I have come to the co... |