oldhvymec
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| I swapped a capacitor and the oddest thing happened When a sound is received by the ear it can either go straight down the ear into the ear canal or it can be reflected off the pinnae of the ear, into the ear canal a fraction of a second later. The sound will contain many frequencies, so therefor... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R johnss352 posts04-13-2020 10:42amaren't you exceeding max plate voltage running 6V6s in the V-12?seem to recall max plate voltage of 285tksNot sure, to tell the truth. I can tell you this, they sound pretty darn good.No failures, no red plating,... | |
| I swapped a capacitor and the oddest thing happened Teflon caps have some pretty crazy sound effects in crossovers. I mean sound effects. Had something to do with timing for me. I could stand in different places, hear different thing, 4 or 5 more hours of playing, something else would crop up. Almo... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Also, the 3A Filament Fuse should be a 4A slow blow. Cary printed the wrong value on the back of the unit. In the schematic for the V12R is confirms it should be a 4A slow blow. The fuse is a 4 amp SB, now, had a 5 amp in it, I pulled all the f... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Hexfreds, like a schottky. I think I know what your talking about, at least what they look like. Is it for a power supply upgrade? fast acting quick recovery diode. I think this unit has it, but that would be strange that the silver fish audio 1... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R I don't even run the 12BZ7s, maybe some like um, sure a lot better tube to choose from, I have some chinese 12ax7 that blow the doors off themless than 5 bucks a valve...same cheap valve Mac uses in their new stuff.I just received a 12 pack of 6V6... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts rcbashaw525 posts04-11-2020 4:26amAfter making all sorts of Interconnects over the years, I agree with you (Shieldedaudio) about what’s relevant in IC design. I’ve never really heard a difference in copper quality! But silver (7% less resistance... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R You know there is a a lot of talk on bias, cool leans out the sound thin, quack quack , to hot shortens tube life and runs hot . I've found that there is a sweet spot for biasing valves. It actually SOUNDS better. Again not just a little. I use t... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R The el34 run the coolest, the KT88s run hot for sure. I'm thinking 4 EL34 during the summer days, (ran cool actually) and I can add a quad or two for the evening hours, if the occasion should arise... Yes wonderful heaters in the winter months, ... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts OK what's a lead head?.. markum01106 posts04-08-2020 5:26pm I put my budget speaker cables back in and said OMG! They sound like S#!T!I can't explain the science design or anything else regarding cable, but they do make a difference. I have a... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R 6L6 cheapo EH valves, broke in a bit and sound really good now... 4 so so valves, sound great, Last 6L6, unit that sounded this good was a fresh MC240 with really good caps and PS upgrade. Couldn't get cheap valves to sound as good though. The Ma... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R Is there a version before I and R, and still a V12? I know where there is a 6922 version (thought it was the I), I guess it's an "I". Is there something before that? Early or late I. I read the gain is different. the transformers are better an... | |
| Cary Audio CAD-280SA V12R With what I'm doing and listening too, the Stock Ruby sound a lot better than before, 12bz7 and EH EL84 with the old Audio 1 didn't work. With a12ax7 or 12az7, Mullard el84, El34s or KT88 yes. NOW ..after the cap change it's really gone up a notch... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts What's with all the psycho, jarga?Differences in cable sound, for crying out loud..Myths or NOT.... Do we have to perform blind test? Not really. This is a forum for discovery, through trial and error, through personal experiences, from shared k... | |
| 10 Audio Cable Myths and Facts So the Golden Ear has the self-satisfaction of making his claim unfalsifiable, while being a position to denigrate anyone who "can’t hear what we Golden Ears hear!"And round and round we go.... Well at least you got that part right..You can't h... |