mulveling
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| Rogue Hera II First off, I apologize if you've asked this question before and I've already answered it - there aren't many folks that have heard this unit and I've been feeling a need to spread the love.Love it; best preamp I've owned by far. The original Hera ... | |
| DAM Broken tube? If it's a loose rattling then it could be a small piece of debris inside the tube. I've seen this mostly in vintage tubes and it's usually harmless.More commonly, a semi-rigid rattling is caused by the heater filament banging around inside of the ... | |
| Rougue Yes, Rogue is truly excellent to work with. Give them a call - even if it's NOT under warranty I'm sure they'd be able to help out for very reasonable rates. In think you may get lucky here and only need a change of tube(s) and fuse(s) - in which ... | |
| Tannoy stirling HE vs SE Apparently (forgot where I read this), in the move from HE to SE, Tannoy finally started using more "audiophile-approved" parts inside the Prestige line of speakers. The internal wiring is done in Acrolink copper, which is high-end cabling from Ja... | |
| Jolida jd 100 owners I think their function is as a shield, not as a damper. I've had a couple of vintage amps that use a single metal-can shield only on the input/"gain" tubes. Then again, most modern amps don't seem to bother.Not sure if they're necessary in this ca... | |
| suggestions for preamp/amp combos A Rogue Stereo 90 Magnum power (should do 100+ Watts continuous, no problem) and 99 Magnum pre should fall in that price range. Very clean all-tube sound; far from harsh, bright, or analytical. If there is a weaker link of the paring, it would be ... | |
| anyone heard a Rogue Athena? Jerico, glad you're liking the Athena.Keith - I'm in Atlanta. I only had the lower-lines of Rogue gear available for audition down here. Just took a leap of faith when the Hera showed up in the classifieds this winter (during the most particularly... | |
| Audioquest DBS pack orientation? I guess your Leopard is RCA terminated on both ends? Mine is DIN plug terminated on the source end, and the DBS pack is on the downstream end near the RCAs - the pack would be difficult to manage where it so close to a tonearm. Not sure if they'd ... | |
| Comments on Tannoy Kensington SE - Room size Yes, the orchestral stuff (a small segment of my LP collection, but a highly enjoyable one at that) is incredibly demanding. You'll need either lots of power or very high efficiency speakers (upper 90's at least). Perhaps someday, go for a 2nd sys... | |
| Comments on Tannoy Kensington SE - Room size Jetrexpro,That's exactly what was happening to my Kensington SE's, on higher volumes or with high dynamic range recordings, when I was using 25/35/55 Watts/ch push pull tube amps. They still sounded really great to me, so it took a while to catch ... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? All the PS Audio power cords have a removable ground pin for this very reason. They seem to be well thought out plugs.In previous incarnations of my system, it worked well to have just the preamp with a 3-prong plug, and the other components (phon... | |
| Quicksilver Triodes or Marantz 8b with Tannoys Well in summary to the above - if you want to try something new, I'd recommend considering something much more different from the Quicksilver 6c33 than a Marantz 8b - as in a higher power class. See if that floats your boat. I'd played with a few ... | |
| Quicksilver Triodes or Marantz 8b with Tannoys Normally I wouldn't reply, having not heard the amps you mention, but I do have Kensington SEs and it will be fairly rare to find experience with those speakers on this forum. Since you mention the 8b - I've done the vintage amp thing on the Kensi... | |
| Bookshelf speakers for a bedroom. You know, the older acoustic suspension designs are excellent for such situations. I have some Boston Acoustics A170 speakers for a simple dvd/bluray system in a 12'x11' bedroom. With a very shallow depth and no ports, they're well designed to be ... | |
| anyone heard a Rogue Athena? There is a dearth of reviews/information on the top-level Rogue products, unfortunately. Last few months I was running a 99 Magnum and Atlas (with plenty of NOS tube-rolling done at each position) into Tannoy Kensington SE speakers. 99.9% of my li... |