oddiofyl
Responses from oddiofyl
| Can using a bad tube hurt an amplifier? Anyone who has ever seen a tube arc internally knows it's a pretty scary fireworks show. If the bias runs away you'll often see the plates turn a red orange , "Red Plating" Definitely get an amp checked out if this happens with an auto bias ... | |
| Can using a bad tube hurt an amplifier? It can cause serious damage , I wouldn't risk using a tube if zi suspected it was bad. Tube amps will use either an automatic bias scheme where the amp will maintain the bias voltage for the tube or is is manually biased periodically by means ... | |
| ~$3-5k speakers for moderate volume listening: Spendor A4, Fyne 501SP, Focal Aria X no. 2? Good people over at AV Therapy in Nashua. | |
| What do you do when the music’s not speaking to you? Best thing I ever did was set up a second system. It on it's on merit sounds damn good , it gets me real close to my main system. They both have a different presentation so sometimes I'll give the main rig a break , while thoroughly enjoying... | |
| "Good" Music I get most of my new music from two places. Qobuz / Tidal and WERS 88.9 FM. I have discovered more music via streaming in the last 5 years than my 58 years on this planet. | |
| Integrated that blew you away I've always been a separates guy but my second system has an integrated amp. It sounds great, I'm pretty confident I could have spent more on budget separates and still not have gotten the same performance. That amp is a Cyrus i7XR. Way too s... | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. Good luck. | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. Does it turn itself on if you plug it in? Meaning first time it receives power at it's AC in, does it turn on? Like a TV does if left on a switched outlet ? If so, you may be loosing power at the conditioner for a split second. All I can t... | |
| HOW can components be so expensive, and yet customer service is so bad. Zesto customer service is great. Aurender support is excellent. Had a great experience with Sota when I had a noisy motor. They were great. Cyrus was super quick with support. Revel was pretty horrible, I don't think I'd ever buy any a... | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. If it is external blocking the IR sensor should help confirm. | |
| Help! Pre amp turning on by itself. Cover the unit's IR sensor. That will rule out external poltergeist. | |
| Harman To Acquire B&W, Denon, Polk And Marantz From Masimo In $350 Million Deal My experience with Harmon Luxury Group is that their service and support leaves a lot to be desired. | |
| Loudspeaker warranties and black market products A few years back I read a study where it found the average life of a consumer electronics product like TV or audio is approximately 4.5 years if the product makes it past the 30 day mark. Most failures due to workmanship of materials happen befor... | |
| Hlep chosing a streamer/server for my DAC Avoid Eversolo if you want great support. They have a bad track record of their units not recognizing some USB DACs. That's not such a bad problem if not for the fact it worked perfectly before an update. 4 updates later, almost a year and ... | |
| Upgraded or lateral streamer move with YouTube connectivity Buy a BT audio adapter and set her up with a tablet to view / play. You Tube. You could also do a Toslink if possible to a DAC from a TV. Where YT is really in the Video domain it's probably a lot easier to use as such. You're a lucky guy... |