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| I'm a Consumer Reports sort of guy. Is there a pla yes I agree with the group -I mean NO as well. All magaines are subjective. If the magaine says built well "like a Tank" it may sound like a tank and break down like a tank, therefore it is a useless word except to describe fit finish and tonnage.... | |
| Thinking of moving to a Headphone system, thoughts I have AKG 701s and a couple of headphone amps. If you can tolerate waiting for it, try the SinglePower "Extreme". It is an OTL and not extreme at all . The price of entry is about $700 dollars but may be more now and depending on various options ... | |
| Where to put 4 tubes on a 6 tube preamp? If you get the service manual from mad Manuel's manuals on ebay it should tell you where it matters. BTW I understand that only a few tubes can be used in a SF. Amongst them are the Sovteks are you sure the Amperex won't become expensive toast.I w... | |
| 'In Home Dealers' are the future? TVADIt is true. I always went to a dealer who gave me a 20% discount or more. I can't in fairness to him risk broadcasting it because his product lines may insist that he only sell at full retail. An example from the jewelry business is Rolex watc... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system I finally got it right, but by pure chance.The only thing I couldn't find was a pre-amp that wouldn't aggravate me never mind one that lifted my system to the highest point I ever thought I could want or afford. I need look no further. I collect 6... | |
| Jadis DA60 I heard Treljas DA-60 and had to get one for myself. I thought of using EL-34s as it is my favorite output tube -until recently. I took Jim McShanes advice when retubing a 6550 amp . He said there is only one tube that I would like. It happened to... | |
| Tube Rolling - No Change in Sound I am an inveterate tube roller and some circuits will not respond to tube changes.I tried to cool off a highly modded ARC SP6B pre amp. It already had the reputatation of "legendary gain gone wild." You can't simply swap lower mu tubes to get a mo... | |
| DCS puccini+clock or spectral 4000 I am an inveterate tube roller and some circuits will not respond to tube changes.I tried to cool off a highly modded ARC SP6B pre amp. It already had the reputatation of the "legendarby gain gone wild". You can't simply swap lower mu tubes to get... | |
| Best 6DJ8 tubes? Firstly- Extirpate the Sovteks post haste. They are bad from the start and you are correct never improve. Despite Joe's Lore, my British tube Guru told me to try the CV 2493, because it is the only tube in the family that doesn't sound blike any o... | |
| to mod or not to mod my new tube amp????? A good tube roll is what got me he he hooked. I roll in the tubes,I think will best compliment the fundamental sound. I keep several hundred tubes as a collector and tweaker. Tube prices are coming off silly high prices so give it a go. If OTOH yo... | |
| ACCUPHASE E-202 restauration advises? Amps that are made by the same people who made an amp 20 or 30 years ago such as ARC or McIntosh and indeed Accuphase needed to demonstrate the long term value they represented These companies intended to show longevity if you invested money in an... | |
| Cardas ICs are too warm for Tube amp I don't think it is a matter of a tube amp being overly warm. This is based on an old preconception of what tube amps are - these days in any event. They are to my ears much more likely to be overly bright and as my old friend Joe calls it they sp... | |
| Strange amplifier problem Whatever may be wrong always blame it on the tubes. | |
| Monitors on Short Stands I used no stands at all- with my large monitor speakers. I put them right on the floor 30 years ago when bass was everyone's idea of a good time. It Worked well enough with my Klipsch Heresys. I later learned a real potent high current amp with a ... | |
| "tube watts" versus "solid state watts" A Watt is a Watt.Beyond that my hyper technical response is . The measure of an amp of either tube or SS is how much it weighs. The question of where the watt is generated lies somewhere in the transformers . This is of great importance to the suc... |