mhwalker
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| Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How? Since I often come across old Audiogon forum posts while researching various questions on both A’Gon and Google, I thought I should close the loop on this one in case anyone else has this same rectifier question / issue with their Cary SLI-80 ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How? Thanks gang. Yes, Almarg has helped me with other tube-related mysteries before. Knock knock, Almarg?I powered the amp down and removed the bad tube. It's getter flashing is "evaporated", and it looks like pictures I've seen of tubes that lose the... | |
| Is the Printed Circuit Board a Form of Musical Notation? Aaannnand, discuss. | |
| Cary SLP98 + Rocket 88R F1 vs SLI80 And now a word from our “Better Late Than Never” department: I came across this post while searching for something else. But the title grabbed my eye, since I currently own BOTH a Cary CAD-808R Rocket 88 amp, and a Cary SLI-80 integrated. Bo... | |
| Swapping 5AR4 rectifier for 274B in a PrimaLuna Preamp Hey t-bon3 – Thanks for replying to this thread with your experience in swapping out the 5AR4 with Upscale’s Phillips 5R4GYS. Interesting feedback, and is consistent with most other reviews I’ve read of the 5R4GYS. What I find especially in... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice - Cary Six Pacs Hey zm, I think you may have picked up that set of Six Packs I had my eye on also on the ‘Gon over the last few weeks. If so, good for you, I’m glad they found a good home. I opted instead for a Cary SLI-80 integrated, to drive my Infini... | |
| Infinity Irs Beta servo control There’s a guy on ebay who goes by the user name “magicmarksy”. He has a bunch of higher-end vintage Infinity stuff for sale and he also offers repair services. I have never dealt with him myself, so I can’t vouch for his reputation or anything, ... | |
| Tube Rolling questions from a recent addict: Thanks for everyone’s responses - I appreciate your feedback and guidance! I found Brent Jessie’s site and Joe’s Tube Lore very informative, and Andy Bowman’s Vintage Tube Services site looks fascinating. I've been hanging out at Upscale Aud... | |
| Best recordings to demonstrate soundstage? The Cowboy Junkies album “The Trinity Sessions”. Legend has it that it was recorded live (i.e. no multi-tracking), with one single point-source microphone, and in the Trinity Church in Toronto no less. So you can hear not only a very natural sou... | |
| Swapping 5AR4 rectifier for 274B in a PrimaLuna Preamp Like t-bon3, I am new to the wonderful world of tubes and am also learning fast. Regarding rectifier tubes, from what I’ve been able to piece together after significant research on the ‘net, is that the sonic differences between rectifier... | |
| should i go with kt150's now or wait a bit?? Update: KT-220 "plus". | |
| should i go with kt150's now or wait a bit?? Wait, this just in: KT-220's are rumored to be in development. | |
| Use 4 or 8 Ohm output tab for norminal 6 Ohm speaker? I'm with almarg on this one - and kudos to him (her? sorry almarg!) for doing the research. The fact that the minimum speaker impedance is 6 ohms, combined with the output impedance of the ARC amp of about 1 ohm, brings us up to 7 ohms total (roug... | |
| Is it all worth it? Spot on, mapman. Reminds me of one of my favorite marketing taglines of all time. From Infinity, circa 1980's, when Arnie Nudell was at the helm: “We get you back to what it's all about. Music”. ‘nuff said. Enter your text ... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? A good Tawny Port. Warm, gentle, mellow, tube-like buzz. Not too aggressive, and not too ordinary - lol, kinda like me. |