mechans
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| How long and how loud No you don't need to flex the cone it's doing what it will. You can burn you're voicecoils if you overdrive them. | |
| Consonance as a brand-musical or not? The simple answer is yes and they are a bargain. I own A Consonance M100 Plus which is an EL-34 based PP amp with 12AT7 inputs 6SN7 drivers and is rated at 40watts. The amp is very versitile with an autobias system and can take any variety of EL-3... | |
| Tube Rolling on DK Design MKII Try Tubemonger for the Cv2493 he may still have them and they cost about $45. | |
| Tube Rolling on DK Design MKII If you like the CV2492 you would go wild when you hear a Mullard CV2493 they are the unbelivably clean and full. I have to look up where I got mine. They were advertised for a long time about 6 months ago by an Audiogon dealer. | |
| Vintage Tube Amps, I'm Lost It really depends on what you mean by vintage! 30 years ago 50 watts was easy but almost all of it solid state much of it garbage. 40-45 years ago was the quote "golden age." I have a suspicion this is what you want. 60 watts per channel was almos... | |
| Request to hear Zu speakers This is Mechans the Zu poohbah from the other thread, although I too admire the Zu guys for their bringing youth and enthusiasm to the audio community yes they are Great Guys. I would like to join my friend Trelja (Joe) in the Philly or South Jers... | |
| Upgrade to Eastern MINIMAX Pre What do you want to achieve. I think you need to provide more info for real answer. Clean and pure, convenient , new, passive, lots of gain, phono? | |
| Entry level phono stage Best one you will ever find in a small box that is very very good comes from a relatively unknown Australian company named Redgum. My friend who is a vinyl maniac with a super custom Supratek is always shocked by how good it is. You can find them ... | |
| kt 88 s for the Quicksilver v-4 See if you can get it wired for high powered EL34s . There is a new issue JJ KT77 which is a monster bass producer sounds better in the mids that a KT88. An Audiogon Dealer Quest For Sound Carries them. I am not affiliated with them. | |
| ribbon tweeters Pick your ribbon and write to Bill Legall an absolute MASTER repair replacment man. If anyone an do it he can and adjust your crossover if its possible. Millerspkr@aol.com. I am not affiliated with him except I consider him a friend. He really is ... | |
| Musical Fidelity X-10v3 tube buffer stage Which Aragons do you have ? To quote my very experienced audiophile buddy tubes actually add treble "sparkle". In other words, if your looking to make the sound mellow the only tube that really does that is an output tube. The double triodes and o... | |
| what is a big speaker? If you get reflected wave cancelation with compressioon then the sound simply sounds distorted and harsh in the treble and you lose your bass. Oterwise there is no speaker that is too large depending on your listening habits if you want detail at ... | |
| Jolida jd 100 remote control instructions I own one is yours a fairly large black aluminium cased unit with the ball bearing bittons? If so the unit should be marked with button functions what is your specific question? It should be self explanatory unless this is your first CD player tha... | |
| Need pre-amp help for Kappa 9 & Adcom GFA-555mkii They are both right its the amp but they are also wrong to get the best out of a Kappa 9 you need a good overpowered amp not a new pre. Get an amp with some midrange boost the harshness is probablty the amp desperately trying to drive the low end ... | |
| What is the latest "buzz" cheapo CD/DVD transport? They really sound like thin and lifeless unless you mod them. |