o_holter
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| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Thank you, Btselect! I agree - more tubes, more maintenance. But they sound better (in my case) so I accept it - it is not a heavy burden although sometimes an output tube goes bad in the MA-1 amps (28 of them). Fans, yes, I use one, a computer fa... | |
| Einstein I am late here, just discovered this thread, so it may be irrelevant. My Einstein The tube mk2 has two RCA out, but they are line out, not fit for an amp. Why not get a balanced SET amp? Hearing how the Einstein integrates with balanced amps (Atma... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Hi all and thanks for advice. The thread takes up a common concern but perhaps the question was too broad. So answers become quite general. Enjoy what works. Listen for what sounds good. Be patient. Plan ahead. Avoid complexity if possible but... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope I measured once more. With my SME V arm I am only able to raise the arm 2 mm or so from parallel. If it is higher, at the back, the rubber rim on the arm lift starts to engage the arm tube (even though it is at rest, not lifted), and there seems t... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Picture nr 3 at the top here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1337191142 | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope I have worked more with my first pictures. As you can see, if I could copy them here, they are quite good, but not good enough to measure the SRA at a one degree level. My measures vary between 87 and 98 degrees, based on subjective ideas where to... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes I am away travelling and also have some speaker driver problems (not tube-related) so it will take some time before I can answer these questions. | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Thank you, JCarr. I will do it when I get the microscope back (may take some time). Very grateful for this help.Let me assure everyone reading this, that I enjoy my Atlas a lot, each day - this is why I have used Lyra cartridges for almost twenty ... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Some months ago an audo friend of mine, visiting and listening to my system, adjusted my SME V arm upwards - he felt that the Atlas sounded better that way. It went as far up as possible, 6-8 mm in my case (Hanss T30 player). I thought, well perha... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope Thank you, JCarr, much appreciated. Ever since I bought my first Lyra, a Clavis, I have adjusted by ear, and your text confirms that this is (still) the main way to go. Happily the microscope wasn't a big investment. Obviously, some find it useful... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes Thanks. Listening some more - the conclusion is the same, I like this. | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes I listened some more. If these 28 RCA tubes hold up there is no doubt, this is what I prefer. I am willing to foresake the strong points of the stock Russia/China tubes. Three main reasons. First, better musical illusion, in the midrange especiall... | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Sabai - I agree with most of what you say, but I would not put my Kimber KCAG cables in the "yawn" category, they are more in the "have served me well over the years" category. Mogami - well perhaps, but then again, they are cheap and dont claim t... | |
| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope It would be nice with a comment from J Carr or others of Lyra... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes After 60 hours of preconditioning I could not stand the silence anymore, and decided to give the RCA 6AS7G tube set a try. So I put the MA-1 amps from Standby (yellow) to On (red light). No misbehaviour or arcing so far, having played for three ho... |