mickeyb
Responses from mickeyb
| Is anything better than the Accuphase T-100? Believe it or not, kenwood made some excellent tuners. Sansui, Accuphase are my favs. I’d also like to try a McIntosh or marantz tube tuner. | |
| Honesty is How This Tube Dealer Built His eBay Business Brent Jesse is one of the best suppliers in the us. Not cheap but guaranteed. He’s got some real hard to find tubes. | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? +1 border patrol dac. Sublime. My fav for the price. | |
| Esoteric A100 Service Nightmare What a horrible experience. Feel for you man. I hope you can get it fixed for under a g. If you can’t, shop it to me and I’ll pay for the shipping. Good luck. | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? Who cares. To each his own. Stupid topic. | |
| DAC Upgrade Cavy, check out border patrol DACs. A buddy of mine has one and it was fantastic sounding. Transparent, organic, 3d, orgasmic. Under 2k. Good luck! | |
| GO PATS! No hockey because of this game. Can’t stand the nfl. Boring! | |
| Best song for immediate impact when presenting or testing? Thomas Dolby- the flat earth. Beck- sea changebilly idol- rebel yell. All great recordings. All very different. | |
| When do you turn off the tubes? Shut down when not listening. Never leave on when not home. Simple. | |
| good hifi store in Bay Area Just google it. You sound like my wife. Google b&w speakers for sale near me. | |
| MQA is Legit! Big fan of mqa. I compare with the same artist on disc v. Mqa and mqa wins everyone. Even my 16 yr old son agrees and I’m sure his hearing is better than mine. | |
| How long should Pre amp (12au7) tubes last in Rogue Preamp? Nos Mullards or telefunkens will last as long as you own your equipment. I’ve got some from the 50s and 60s that still test 90%. They must have at least 20 k hours on them. Obviously mine are not nos but I’d feel real comfortable paying good mo ey... | |
| Help! Power question The start of the condenser is causing a whole house voltage drop. I’ve seen this and I’m wondering if the wires leading to the condenser are undersized. You only need a 200 amp service panel if you have a larger home( over 3500sq/ft). A/c units no... | |
| How can I punish this Chinese audio dealer Used NOS tube? No such thing. How could something advertised as “new old stock” be used? | |
| Catastrophic Accident! What To Do!? +1 roberjerman. Open her up and look for damage. Buy new tubes. See if she works and if she don’t then you have a decision to make. |