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| Bias CAT JL2 + Tube swap 6550C = KT120 It sounds as if your current tubes are not holding their bias well. I think the small flucation will allow the amp to play but the tubes are on there way out.You have to ask Ken Stevens if the trandformers will supply the necesarry voltage to cope... | |
| Wish List of LPs to be re-released Most of Van Morrison (except for Astral weeks which was done recently enough) prior to 1975. | |
| Zesto Andros PS-1 Tubes Is this the model which uses 12AU7s and 12AX7s? There has been a lot written in general about rolling those 2. If it's the Phono Stage then certain commonly tried substitutions may not work. The switch I am thinking of in particular is using in 57... | |
| Kimber, Signal or Blue Jeans? I had very good but not spectacular results with the basic Signal Cable. I like them for the price but they have a utilitarian feel about them. That said they do a really good job at a very reasonable price. They are rather neutral and don't seem ... | |
| Need an inexpensive phono stage Save up and get one for about $500 at that price point there are some really good ones. | |
| How many with analog rigs only? I listen to mainly vinyl now routinely. Don't know myself what the reason for the change is. In my old set ups it was mostly CDs. I am curious about older mediums. Are there any really worthwhile 78 monos still around. What do they sound like on a... | |
| I think Mechans is correct Except for the years of mistakes, mis-steps and other silly ideas, I thought of while learning about audio. Trelja introduced me to this hobby and in fact taught me most of what I needed to know, so listen to his advice. Thanks for the compliments. | |
| BEST POWER AMP OR INTEGRATED AMP FOR HERESY 3 You will want a quiet amp and one that is warm sounding to help amelioriate the brassiness of the midrange horn. McIntosh has a very curious synergy with Klipsch. Accuphase would also make a nice match. | |
| kt88's for Quicksilver 90 watt silver monos I am unsure what your hearing loss brings to the question. I am not sure which KT-88 Mike Sanders is using as stock these days, but assuming your hearing can distinguish good vs better sound I prefer the Gold Lion Russian KT-88s. If undistorted hi... | |
| Min room size for Wilson Audio Sophia or WP8 I would tend to agree that the SaSha/Watt Puppy would be too large but are you sure the Sophia would be? It might fit. I would contact Wilson to get clarification on the different models. The Smaller single woofer Sophia may sound fine in that spa... | |
| Any new tweaks out there? I have used a combination of a memory foam pillow with a board on top to allow for ventilation and leveling. It is an incredible good at dampening any vibration my preamp is ezposed to. It can be bought in sheet form from some fabric/sewing shops.... | |
| amp for b&w 804 "s" with htm4 "s" 200 watts.... Rotel is sa respectable electronics brand. The Oppo uses a Rotel chip in their DAC, I believe. The Brand is not in the same league as the other amps you have been looking at. I will tell you that there is a devoted fan base. Bryston is well regard... | |
| Lawrence Audio Yes I have seen them and read review articles about them. I have not heard these speakers however. The reviewer was pretty enthusiast IIRC. | |
| musical cd player 1-2K range?? You can get Ayon for that little money? That's surprising. My experience with the Jolida wasn't all that great. I rolled the tubes to real NOS Mullards and that helped a lot but my stopped working after maybe 3years max. I think you can get better... | |
| Tannoy D700 vs. McIntosh XR250 Can you audition at least one of them? I bought Tannoys on reputation alone and got a real fizzled transitional dud of a speaker that I wouldn't evem try to pass on to someone else. Otherwise I agree with RW about the Macs, they were thick and slo... |