nsgarch
Responses from nsgarch
| What the most musical power amp for under $1K? inexpensive, musical, and solid state are mutually exclusive terms ;-) | |
| Help in isolating a TT with spring suspension. It's not about what you put under it, but about what you put it on ;-) And even if your "rack" is reasonably sturdy, the floor structure under the rack is probably what's bouncing (it's not a concrete slab is it!)I bet even an un-sprung TT would h... | |
| exactpower ep 15A Zephyr, it's true one of the key parts suppliers for the Exactpower audio units went under. However, balanced power is still perfectly legal, and you need only check with Equi=Tech, the original supplier of pro balanced power units, and the first ... | |
| exactpower ep 15A I think Dave is right, plus the guys in the old Exactpower plant in Chatsworth CA (MAP is in NJ) are about to be let go I fear. So unless you can fix them yourself, you're out of luck, at least for the time being.I hope that if I can't get MAP to ... | |
| McIntosh MC-75 in unknown condition, what do I do? Nikki, for cleaning tubes I always use Ronsonal lighter fluid (naptha - the same solvent drycleaners use.) It will amazingly NOT hurt even the fragile white chalky printing on a lot of European tubes like Telefunkens! Whereas anything with water i... | |
| McIntosh MC-75 in unknown condition, what do I do? Nikki, with all due respect to Almarg, you don't want to operate it AT ALL! The electrolytic caps are probably shot, and even if they aren't, they have to be brought up to power slowly with a Variac. Don't even worry about the tubes at this point!... | |
| exactpower ep 15A I love my EP and my SP but I'm afraid Exactpower as a consumer product may be dead. The company was sold last year to Middle Atlantic Products Inc. They will be marketing full building systems under the Exactpower name but NOT using the patented E... | |
| Input /output caps It's better to use shorting plugs on your unused inputs. That way you keep the jacks clean AND you ground the center pin of the jack. What does that accomplish? Two things:A.) It's then impossible for the jack to pick up RFI in the first place, an... | |
| Problem with Tube? Rodman and Jab are each correct. It's a matter of assuming a certain amount of risk (Rodman) vs. a lot more expense (for Wavac tubes ;-) Were I in your position, I'd contact Wavac and let them decide for you. | |
| Dedicated 20 amp/ground loop question And if you have really deep pockets, use one of these (for the separate breaker box that Dlcockrum suggested ;-)http://www.aaudioimports.com/ShowProduct.asp?hProduct=64 | |
| Dedicated 20 amp/ground loop question You should be just fine but here are some additional tips:> Run 2 dedicated lines to the side location. One for anything digital (meaning anything with a DAC in it ;-) and the other line for everythng else.> Run 2 dedicated lines to the ampl... | |
| MC275 Tube Rolling... The folks at Grant Fidelity have asked me to update the link to the Shuguang Treasure series KT88 which appears in my previous post. The new link for these tubes is http://grantfidelity.com/site/Shuguang_Treasure_KT88-Z | |
| Need to vent tube heat? Magfan, just remember that you should not be blowing air AT the component, especially tubes (for exactly the reasons you pointed out -- creating hot spots, unequal coverage, etc.) **Unless of course there's just no other way (but there usually is ... | |
| Need to vent tube heat? Newbee, that's also my approach (keep it simple.) But like I said, I did check with Vantec first. For one thing, I felt the fans were really more powerful than I needed them to be (although still very quiet) so after I spoke with Vantec, I decided... | |
| I'm beginning to wonder... Tennis, once again I (technically) agree with you (comments by themselves aren't much help), HOWEVER Tennis, again, in my opinion, I think it perfectly alright to ask people to help improve the quality of communication so we all benefit, if at the... |