newbee
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| CAYIN A-100t INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER Good luck on finding a schematic. The USA distributor did not furnish my techie one when my A 100's failed. My techie was able to effect repairs on my A 100's on several occasions. However on two occasions when replacement parts were not available... | |
| Speaker design, KenjiT and others. I think Kenjit just sees himself as a puppet master who enjoys pulling the strings of audiophools. Just loves to see them dancing about (nothing). :-) | |
| Do tubes require burn in? A major change usually takes place within the first 24 hours. After that its much more about system synergy but they do continue to change some for a while. Power tubes especially. | |
| Which tubes are the best? FWIW, I've been using Tung Sol 6550's for quite a few years. They are a good match with my system, better than a lot of other KT88/6550's I have on hand. Out of curiosity I tried a set of the JJ KT88. I found them very smooth but a bit warn for my... | |
| What sends shivers down your spine when you play it on your system? Eva Cassidy can bring tears to my eyes. The last movement of Mahler 2.Sibelius Finlandia sung acapella. Nessun Dorma from Turandot. | |
| Why is black so popular for components? Because all the pretty lights (meter, etc) stand out in bold relief. :-) | |
| Thor Audio repair? Don't know about Thor but in general if this unit 'broke down' as a result of a tube failure, which you replaced, and will not now turn on, it could be a couple of things, neither of which would be difficult for a techie to service, i.e. blown fus... | |
| How do I pay? If you must do it and can't do it in person, postal money orders offer some protection. Crooks know that the feds will come after them if there is fraud involved and won't accept them. Ditto using postal mails to deliver it. Of course this guy mi... | |
| Equipment purchase that made you want to get off the Merry Go Round (good or Bad) Yep. When I bought my Silverline Bolero speakers I closed the book on that pursuit. Left some otherwise fine speakers in the dust. :-) | |
| Audio Research customer support??? FWIW I think ARC relies on its dealer network to deal with potential customers. Most folks who own ARC products and need service are usually more successful, although perhaps not as before when it was outstanding. | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Erik, Sorry about your response to my two posts. Did I step on your toes by merely explaining to your audience something they might want to consider in making a choice of what kind of tone controls might be important to them - not just limit it t... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? E, FWIW on the cheap but effective side that little Schitt Loki can work well for simple tone control of bass, lower mid range, upper mid range and treble. It ain't sophisticated but it works. I use one in a headphone system (i.e. headphones, sour... | |
| GoldenEar Triton 1 vs. Triton 1R Maybe he just figured out that the differences were so subtle that you wouldn't buy them after you compared them to your present speakers. Lot of work for the slim chance of a sale (he thinks). :-) | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Erik, The only problem with your solution is that the range of the equalizers/tone controls may not really affect the 'offending' frequencies. For example upper mid range brightness, a common illness of CD's and a lot of electronics are not really... | |
| Opinion: Half of the reason to listen to choral works is the acoustics in the recording twoleftears, We can agree and I do. The most anticipated venue would have been a church I think. Maybe not so much for Mahler though. :-) FWIW, Faure's requiem, the original version performed by the Ensemble Musique Oblique and conducted by Herrew... |