michaellent
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| What to do with broken McIntosh Pre-Amp Oops. Pittsburgh. My apologies It’s the same answer though!Bent | |
| What to do with broken McIntosh Pre-Amp Hi HoopieThe smoke you saw, and maybe heard a fizzy sound, was a capacitor burning out. Easy fix! Not $800.00 (unless you want it to be) Find an shop that does repairs. They can replace the capacitor for less than $200. They should be able to r... | |
| PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model Shipping....$95 ground to ship with $2k insurance from Boulder to Rogue Audio (heavy preamp) in Pennsylvania. I think it was $55 shipping without insurance. Insurance is $$$. (Imagine the cost for shipping a $12,000 PSA power unit back to them .... | |
| PS Audio Revises Marketing to a Direct Sales Only Model I would be surprised if they change their real pricing. I didn’t look today, but they had been offering at least 25% off retail if you traded in a decent piece. Underwood is offering the BHK Pre for $3888 without a trade and has for months. PS A... | |
| AMP or Preamp Do a search for the Audiogon subject below: someone just spoke about the Belles integrated the other day. I had Belles pre and amp years ago. It was well ahead of its time and at VERY reasonable cost!<BELLES 250i INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER>Bent | |
| Funny noise from Tube system I have a Rogue Magnum 99 also. It’s suffering the same issues that you have But only on the left channel. I do not have an amplifier as I use amplified speakers. I live in the Colorado foothills. We get a lot of Lightning, even in the winter. (2nd... | |
| What’s really hurting the audio hobby? There’s only one hi-fi store in the very wealthy Boulder community. They are quite elitist there. I don’t wear the right clothes when I come in. Blue jeans and sneakers. They prefer wool and leather. They sell a huge amount of home theater stuff... | |
| LOUD popping Rogue Magnum Thanks for all your advice. It’s as I suspected. It’s going back to the shop this morning. This was not an error by Rogue’s part. I left the amplifier on far too long. Can’t do that with tubes! | |
| LOUD popping Rogue Magnum Thanks Erik. I’ll try that fan idea next. The pop noise is coming from both channels at the same with equal intensity. For no reason except that, in particular, I suspect Power Supply. You? Change the PS caps?Michael | |
| LOUD popping Rogue Magnum @bjesien Nothing else is different except that I left the tube pre on, too long, and something overheated. I would be willing to replace the Power supply Caps (15-20 years old) myself if someone could tell me the that is probably the real proble... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. Silly you. I’ll grant you it’s probably the not the best format for a modern audiophile. It is however a very useful tool in the recording studio. It’s far too fussy for someone who just wants to throw on a CD and sit back. I play 99% vinyl - ea... | |
| Reel to reel I purchased an R2R on eBay for $1100, a nice Revox B77. Plugged it in operated for about 30 seconds before a 7-Up can inside the unit opened (pitsssstt) and smoke came out of the top of the unit. UGG! The seller gave me $300 to keep it. I invest... | |
| Turntable options Many cartridges and TT/arms have been mentioned here. Please get a TT/arm and cartridge that work together for Resonance. Combine a stiff arm with a compliant cartridge. Combine acompliant arm with a non-compliant cartridge....guessing that’s why... | |
| LSA Customer Loyalty & Mixed Feelings LSA was sold to Underwood Audio. Larry moved on to a new company making new products-about a year and a half ago or more. Probably not a marketing ploy, but a reduction of stock and product. “LSA” sells only speakers now. Was what you saw a new ... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I’ve been studying electronics and simple circuits. I bought and assembled an $18 DIY speaker kit. It worked first time! It was my first assembly. I wasn’t perfect, before turning it on and I noticed that a 10k was in the wrong place. It was hard... |