oldhvymec
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| How long do you think it will take mahler1231,018 posts04-17-2020 4:16pmIs it for fear that they might be contaminated with the virus? Or would be out of a desire to punish the Chinese government for lack of transparency and mishandling.YES | |
| Bias adjustment Typo Field Flukes Typo They "did" hold a good Bias, smoked um... Cable drop...VTL are broke, not working, capoot, crashed, burned, killed um'.You feel bad.. Yours is easy to fix.. Mine is a friggin' nightmare, TRADE YA!!!!!! 340 WPC, POOF!!!! 16 v... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? I'll name the last great concert I went to, Prince believe it or not. It was 3 year or so before his demise. Oakland Coliseum.Loudest, always at Winterland, left that place more than once. Deep Purple blew me right out of the place, so did Journey... | |
| Bias adjustment First, they won't work under water..Second, get a good meter, you'll be fine.Third, The difference between a mechanic and an engineer.You trusted someone, I've never trusted anyone, accept my Mother.Fourth, Check and verify, over and over ;-)R... | |
| Tone controls -- assuming you're ok with them, when would you try them? I have a question. Do the players of music, use tone control?Can the guy on bass, turn it up? Can the Gal singing lead, give it the"thumbs up" and the lead vocals volume is increased? 350-3000 hzI really don’t understand, NO tone control. I’m not ... | |
| The bass is the place... millercarbon3,826 posts04-16-2020 1:28pmimo, 2-ways with sub cannot compete with a speaker using 12 inch woofers. What if the 2 way uses a 12"? Then you do not want to hear this. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367This will rock your world.... | |
| Bias adjustment jea483,321 posts04-16-2020 5:27pm@ richfrank Just curious, how many hours are on the KT 88 tubes. General rule for power tubes life is around 1500 to 2000 hours. I have KT-88 valves that are well over 5000 hours, with 40% left in the tank. V... | |
| Noise isolating metals Tinker fest...I can tell you this, a casting of a cage, is going to be a lot quieter than any forged product, bent and welded. The higher the porosity (atmosphere balls in the mass, tiny bubbles), the quieter the material. As far a strength, it's ... | |
| Bias adjustment BTW I got a pair of great DMM from PE, 49.00 each, will tell you the numbers through your phone. Just as good as my Field Flutes just not as rugged, or as visible (orange).Regards | |
| Bias adjustment DMM or AnalogA good DMM Digital MultiMeter will cost 30-75 dollars. Self calibrate, there is no analog issues as with stick meters. Analog meters are not accurate, they have to be calibrated with a DMM, so why waste your money, your time, or you b... | |
| Fav Tube/Best tube RCA 6L6 black plate, Pre 70s, can't beat this valve, low mids and mids one of the smoothest, most liquid valves you will hear, they load up and BELCH like no other, in a push pull amp, single ended not so good.RCA Small tubes, black plate, pre 7... | |
| Break in time that extends to months or maybe even years!! TRT teflons in crossovers, 200-300 hours. Bigger the cap longer the time. The guy used clusters to reduce breakin time. Timing issues, sound came from everywhere, crazy sound.Regards | |
| The bass is the place... Swarm/DBA Duno! might be.I use my monitor sections in a traditional way. 350 hz up planarsI use 2 Midbass units that are really the strong point of my system, WCF12" X 2 per cabinet tuned with a 12" Passive radiator, Their tuned at 40-350hz.I rem... | |
| Diagnosing and fixing transformer hum You have a DMM, 120 on the button. usually takes care of transformer noise. Older gear 117 or less, as low as you can go without transformer noise. Have access to a variac, and a DMM, might just tell the whole story, 1941 construction, knob and t... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts prof2,419 posts04-13-2020 9:22pm But after starting with zip cord and moving on to try all the expensive stuff, once you come back to zip cord you’ll realize like Dorothy said "There’s No Place Like Home.":-) I use zip, soow, sjoow, awg (PTF... |