o_holter
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| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Microstrip brings more user experience into this thread - experience much in line with my own. When you get these speakers to work, you dont want to part with them. My Krell fpb600 is a good match, although not perfect. I want to thank the contrib... | |
| Aesthetix Io won't start... Great to get this kind of help in a forum. Perhaps Aesthetix users could help make a troubleshooting list. for example, how long before reconnecting the power cables, how to search for tube errors, how to replace fuses. Silly me, I didn't catch up... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, A follow up here. I found no dealer in Oslo with a big tube amp, willing to let me try it. Also, dragging 80 kgs is a big burden. Better, then, to listen to others who have tried this, before investing a lot of time and a poor back (prolapsis in 9... | |
| Aesthetix Io won't start... Problem solved, thanks to Rushton's advice! It was the Buss fuse that was gone. Great to get help like this. | |
| Aesthetix Io won't start... Great advice, many thanks Rushton. My power supply has two fuses in the back and two mounted on the board itself, one of them says Buss MDL 3/8. This may be broken, has some black dots on the inside of the glass even if the thread looks whole. I h... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, I am on holiday and not able to follow this thread so often, so this is just to say, thanks for more advice and suggestions, and also: I use the Aesthetix Io, so I am not exactly new to tubes. | |
| synergy A few years ago, I managed to get a used Aesthetix Io with volume control, that i could connect directly from my player (and on occasion, cd) to my fpb600. I have never looked back ( both for lp and cd this was far better than the KAV 250p i had).... | |
| SME III arm wand rewire I've never tried to change the wires within my SME V, but I did change from the stock cable to Kimber KCAG (soldered to the DIN 5-pin connector that goes into the arm base) - with very good results. | |
| Shall I add a preamp to my setup? Just adding some possibly superficial comment...As regards "warmth of vocal and extension" and "high airly extensions" my first recommendation is go analog. The second is add a good tube pre. Three years ago, I found a used Aesthetix Io phono prea... | |
| Grounding the system Thanks for your attention and response.Gs5556 - I will keep your warning in mind, but can't stop tweaking. I won't be in the middle, will i, between the radiator and my independent chassis and elements grounding - so the chance of hazard is not bi... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Tvad, in the case of the Consequence, power does seem to be a main issue, but perhaps your comment was to Robtym (my speakers don't sound tipped up, just 'dead', if they don't get enough power). The Consequences are harder to drive than the monito... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Dear respondents, Dev - thanks for the advice, I will follow up, but not sure if the CAT has enough drive to give the speakers the needed "song and dance" capability. Which my more powerful s-state amp gives even if it isn't tubes.Robtym - it look... | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Thank you for all your responses. I have appreciated this thread, you've given me a lot to test out and think about. Øystein | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, I forgot to say, a Velodyne DD18 with a sand bag on top. I love these tweaks that are cheap and make a clear improvement on the sound...Thanks Tvad, I will. | |
| Tube amp for "difficult" speakers,,, Thanks to all for interesting suggestions and advice. Rlawry - I have never seen measurements of the Consequence, but the specifications say "Impedance (nominal) 4 ohms, Impedance (20-200hz) 3.6 - 6.7 ohm, Impedance (200-20khz) 2.8 - 4.7 ohm". I a... |