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| Integrated tube amp has no bass Cayin A50T I'm, not familiar with your speakers so take this for what it's worth, but EL34 tubes are more famous for a great mid range than extended highs or bass. This may not be the integrated amp for you and/or your speakers, or any speakers, if you want ... | |
| Speaker placement Boy does that ring a bell! I started with Acoustats then I moved on to Quad 63's (for better resolution) and did most every thing you mentioned including changing electronics, wires, etc. I spent over three years of my life(!) trying to tune them ... | |
| Wrong setup? Since I know nothing about your actual set up I will assume that your seating position is centered between the speakers and about the same distance from them as they are apart. Assuming that, try toeing in the speakers so that the axis of the spea... | |
| Wrong setup? The physical set up of your system has so much to do with the sound you hear and is something often ignored by folks with similar complaints. What is the physical set up of your stuff i.e. location of speakers relative to the wall behind them and ... | |
| Where do the tubes go? Charles, Your experience has been fine, but is by no means universal. A major hurdle, IMHO, is matching the tube amps output impedance (curve) with the speakers frequency response. Not a simple issue for most, but especially for a tyro who has no ... | |
| Where do the tubes go? For someone who is not familiar with tube components and their issues, the best place to start is with a tubed pre-amp (IMHO). However if you're up to getting the most/biggest differences from using tubes, a tubed CD source (or phono pre-amp for t... | |
| Speaker placement Geoffkait, How do you come up with what the 'correcty distance' might/should be without reference to room dimensions and the distance of the listening position from the plane of the speakers? Personally I think many folks don't properly give the s... | |
| Fuse Blowing on Superamp AE 25 2 caveats w/new tubes, 1)be sure to turn bias screws back (counter clockwise) to minimum before you insert new tubes and turn on. 2) Although it was not a problem for me with my Cary amps, it is not unusual for a power tube loss to be accommodated... | |
| Fuse Blowing on Superamp AE 25 You may have had a power tube short out. | |
| Best budget cables for tube amp For inexpensive IC's and speaker cable I think you would be amazed by the performance of the 10ga Belden cable sold by Blue Jeans. And their IC's are excellent as well. But both of these are probably too cheap for many. :-) | |
| What Does Belden Sound Like The Belden 1500 series speaker cable sold by Blue Jeans is clear, clean and balanced in my system. It is 10ga so it can easily be used in long runs. I found it much better than the Canare 4s11 cable BJ also sells. It ain't much to look at but I ca... | |
| Blown away by Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 On LP - I always enjoyed Claudio Arrau and the LPO on Phillips. Excellent performances and recordings. Typical high quality pressings as well. Piano Concertos 1 @ 2, and something I find especially attractive, Krakowiak. CD's are OK.On CD I agree ... | |
| What happens when a tube amp fails? A tube failure, i.e. it stops functioning, can:1) Stop sound in the channel it is assigned to. Both channels if it works in both channels. A small tube will usually stop the sound from one channel and will usually go out quietly. A power tube can ... | |
| Deciding between Yamaha or Marantz Hey guys, every village has one. Give Bo a break. His posts are self defeating and are not likely to influence anyone in any matter of importance. Engage him and this could go one forever. Your choice. :-) | |
| Which would you pick? PrimaLuna Sound wise, I wouldn't assume that the PL Premium is better or worse than the Dialogue 2 series in most respects, different perhaps. The smaller transformers suggests either bass differences or a more limited ability to drive some speakers, or bot... |