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| Blackberry Smoke.... Suggestions on what CD / album to start with would be appreciated. "The Whippoorwill" One of my favorite all time albums. Not a bad song on the LP. | |
| What are the speakers you very rarely find in the Used market(Audiogon or Anywhere)? MBL 101 X-TremeMBL 101E MKIIMartin Logan Statement E2Apogee Studio Reference | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? They kept asking, "Are we there yet?", all the way to the Post Office. Damn tubes :-) | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? I got very lucky many years ago and ran into a dude that had several master cartons of Amperex USN-CEP 7308 Gold Pins and he was looking to just unload them, (pretty sure he didn't have a clue of what he had). I bought 10 or 12 pair of them. GRE... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? I've had good luck on E-Bay, but I've heard horror stories also.Here are a few of the top rated tube dealers:Brent JesseUpscale Audio (Kevin Deal)The Tube DepotThe Tube StoreJim McShaneVintage Tube Services (Andy) There are more, but these seem to... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? To be clear, there is no harm to the unit in using different brands (in pairs as mentioned above)? If I broke this thing I'm sure I'd have a hard to paying for repairs! There is absolutely nothing you could do mixing and matching tubes to damag... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? Was it Kevin, that mentioned having all four of your LS-16’s tubes matched? If so- did he elaborate? Just curious(he does know his stuff). No, he never said anything about the LS16. That's just my opinion, just like your opinion on mixing and ... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? I also have some deoxidizing spray that I used to clean and repair the pots on my old receiver. Should I apply this to the pins? I have always been told not to do this. I tried something many years ago and it ruined not only the tubes, but the t... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? The tubes that the LS16 uses are 9 pin. Once you turn the tube over, you will see that there are in a circle pattern with a gap between. Align that gap with the gap in the tube socket and push down firmly until it seats. I usually will put in a... | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? rodman99999....that's very nice of you! Those are very decent tubes, so @n80 should hear an improvement with those.I love this community! | |
| New Amps Arrived... Not Totem Hawks, Shahinians Hawks Even better :-) | |
| New Amps Arrived... Sweet amps! I had a pair of XA-160.5's that, to this day, I regret selling. One of the best amps I've ever owned. I was a Totem dealer and was very fond of Vince's work. | |
| Eastern Electric out of business? Bill, best of luck on your retirement. Thanks for all your help along the way! | |
| Tube Rolling for Pre-amps? These were the best tubes I tried in my LS16MKI when I had it.https://www.upscaleaudio.com/collections/vacuum-tubes/products/matsushita-national-pcc88-7dj8?varian...I tried a lot of different tubes with all my ARC gear. These are really, really g... | |
| Eastern Electric out of business? Bill told me the company is no longer in business. Sorry for the confusion. Bill's company was Morningstar and is no longer, he retired. I wasn't aware that he had vested interest in Eastern Electric?So, both companies are gone? |