oldhvymec
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| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Why do you wish for 12AU, T, or X7s? They are popular, simple, the goof ball valves are NEVER a good choice for a build, just a cheap way. 50 cent valves in surplus Russia.. LOL I know exactly why they used them.. They can!!They are not the only o... | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? audio2design I've been MAD twice in my life.. I'm 65.. Angry? LOLHERE.. Nothing to get angry about.. Two sides, two views.One side continues to tell the other side they can't hear what they hear.The other side continues to say they can, and wish t... | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Better yet, build teams, Fusers vs Flat earthers.Fusers get to chose fuse types and wire type.Flat earthers, get what’s left over in the bottom of my tool box.. Heck they don’t care right.. I’m sure there is some welding cable and starter cables.P... | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? Heck I'll video the build while I'm doing it in the nude..Lets make this real interesting..:-)Regards | |
| Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"? audio2design1,025 posts02-13-2021 12:34pmWhile I am quite certain fuses in power supplies make no difference after showing that to many audiophiles in their system, I am also convinced george will never learn how electricity works and will keep ... | |
| Why so many angry audiophiles? This is easy to sum up.. You got mad in those pants, now get glad in those pants..A guy from the "The Big Easy", taught me that.. Darn good Mac equipment mechanic too.. Firetrucks.. RIPRegards | |
| Krell KRS-100 caprevision YUP That is old.. Time to change some caps and do a some resistor checks.. I re did a 5.1 Krell it was a class A preamp amp with a great DAC and stereo. I love Krell remotes, man are they nice.. I used all factory caps, really wasn't that hard or... | |
| Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again Sure a good sales pitch. If they give you what they say, you're better than gold. Your ruble!!I just wish all the valves were 12AU or T or X 7s or 6SN7s.No SS rectifier either. I don’t know why they use the weird valves.Serious cable size too.. Su... | |
| Is it possible that tubes actually get better with age? MC you kill me.. NO they just wear out, hopefully they sound good ALL the way until they are a nubbin'. I just ran a set of 16 GL into the dirt. 2-5% all that was left in the tank.. They sounded BAD at the end, BUT didn't fail.Sounded like I had a... | |
| McIntosh dipole surrounds are not dipolar That is strange the way it is worded. At 350hz and up ONE LF drivers SWITCH polarity.. That is what it's saying.. I'd like to see that myself.1/2 of the front baffle is polar opposite @ 350hz and upIt may sound fun and look cool, but it can't work... | |
| Upgrading phono stage https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa7659-icon-audio-ps2-mm-tube-phono-amp-best-sound-and-value-xma...<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>... | |
| If you hopped into your time machine and brought back audio gear- what would it be? Gear? Nothing. Everything is better NOW!Butt, (LOL) I would bring back streaking.. Look out Ethel!I can’t help it, the older I get, the less I care.. YUP..Regards | |
| Why audiophiles are different (explained with color) Gotta love it..<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You know why? They lack a straw at the right spot.... <<<... | |
| older speaker designs Well sure won’t cost anything to listen.. I set up one that fit in the palm of my hand (a power amp) I was blown away.. It sounded wonderful. The whole system cost 650.00 tube pre with tone control to boot. 30 year old speakers... the amp is a cla... | |
| The guru on fuses: audio2design1,015 posts02-12-2021 5:27pmWhy oldhvy because for all the bs about an amp just modulating the power supply, the reality is what makes for a stable supply and the properties assigned to audiophile fuses are not the same. It’s all a smo... |