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| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale For new production tubes I've had very good luck and service from Tube Depot and recommend them. | |
| Which is more important, spkr. or intrc. cable? In my view speakers cables make the most noticable difference, if for no other reason is that folks usually run longer speaker cables which will make their differences more noticible. Choice of IC's might well depend on their use, probably more so... | |
| Any CAL experts out there. The digital out I referred to was the new CDP's. Sorry for the confusion. Most CDP's have a digital out where you can use its transport section to drive a different DAC. Typically they use a 75ohm cable, sometimes with a different connector. | |
| 4 ohm speakers, 2, 4 or 8 ohm taps on amps It's really not a issue of 'safe' so much as sonic's, especially if absolute power is not an issue. Use the tap which sounds best to you. Try them all for that matter. I have a 160wt SF amp and I drive 4 ohm speakers with a minimum of 3.5 ohms off... | |
| Any CAL experts out there. Jakgooze, I realize this may not be responsive to your inquiry, but I just wanted to echo Zinfan2. I have an early, but updated Delta hooked up to an Alpha, and a Sigma II for back up. Got a new CDP and out of the box it was bright, edgy, and dry ... | |
| Blown tube Just noted that you said your amp is self biasing --FWIW I've a self biasing amp - put in a new set of tubes and one tube's plates started to glow red. Changed it out thinking it might just be the tube, the next tube also glowed red. Returned the ... | |
| Blown tube Power tubes do short out on occasions - some brands are more prone to this than others. You are fortunate if all you got was a blown tube....in some amps you will take out a bias resistor and/or a fuse. The only way to avoid tubes shorting out is ... | |
| SVETLANA 6550 C FOR PREMIER 12 AMP The ones which come in the blue box are the 'original' brand of Svetlana, now known as SED. The Svetlana name was bought and the new Svetlana tubes are essentially Sovteks. The Old Svetlana (SED - Winged C's) are the preferred tube sonically. | |
| Tube Suggestions Onix SP3 The tube which went out, if it shorted out, could well have damaged some of the electronics in the bias circuit. This is not a rare event. I've had it happen 4 times on three different amps in the past 10 years. Probably time to take it into a rep... | |
| Need help - High-end cabling strategy Nice to have the stuff and the means. I pretty much agree with Nsgarch, with only one or two small deviations. I would work backwards from the speakers - speaker cables 1st, pre-amp to amp IC's next, source IC's and lastly PC's, for pretty much th... | |
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| Tube Suggestions Onix SP3 Power tubes usually do require break-in. I've frequently found that the top smooths out and the bass developes after 24 to 100 hours of operation, BUT.....Proper biasing is manditory and the bias setting for the 6L6's would be quite different than... | |
| Jolida JD100 noise issues Well, I'm willing to take a guess - just from your description, I'm not a techie - the analog output section is muted while the disc is being read to prevent signals caused in the reading process to be transmitted to your preamp. That is what happ... | |
| Jolida JD100 noise issues Hearing a little tube hiss when you are standing with your ear next to the tweeter with the volume wide open is not unusual for most all tube electronics. What would disturbe me a bit would be if you could hear the hiss at normal listening levels ... | |
| Looking for a Little Help... FWIW, in addition to the suggestions above,I would suggest that you explore some very good quality and inexpensive speaker cable and then you have, at least, estblished a benchmark for auditioning better/more expensive stuff later on. Lacking know... |