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| 300 B Shuguang Black Bottle tubes Charles1dad,Here's something I pasted from AA. The author is Chris O. It could explain a lot."You really have to watch out when you start swapping 300b or other big filament power tubes. The current draw on the heater for one tube brand or type or... | |
| CD direct to monobloks? Try the different possibilities and let your ears decide. You can't hurt anything. Do make sure the volume is turned down on the Shanling or Primare before firing everything up.Your old Adcom was a decent preamp. Things may be better with or witho... | |
| A Manufacturer that pays return shipping OP, Don't know of any. OP-inion, If there are any, they will have that built into their price structure. That seems counter-intuitive. Against the competition, I would want to offer the best I could make for the least amount of profit that I need ... | |
| mcintosh c39 The 39 is not fully balanced.Also, IIRC, the first production 39/130 had xlr outs but later ones replace those with a 6 rca outs to be used with their MAC-3 decoder. It was in that transitioning time between Pro Logic and 5.1. | |
| FM Radio is dead ....R.I.P FM dead? Maybe, kinda, sorta.I've always enjoyed FM and the tuners to play it on. I have a "cake and eat it" situation I've been doing for years now.Started out many years ago with a Delphi Myfi XM2go Radio. It had a built FM transmitter. I select... | |
| Can pandora be improved? Cruz123 and Mr_bill,Agree with your opinions on Pandora. Whether I'm listening to it thru my Vintage system or my "A" systems, I really enjoy it.I am thinking about adding Rhapsody as another source. What can you tell me about it compared Pandora ... | |
| Pass Labs heatsinks temperature Icorem,Judging from your report, it "looks" like your amps are okay. The fact that they aren't bouncing means you are not leaving class A.Seems like I remember my manuals saying the heatsinks should be "around" 50 degrees "F" above the ambient tem... | |
| Pass Labs heatsinks temperature Couple of questions:On your front meters, where do the needles sit when the amps are idling?Do they bounce around much when you are playing music? | |
| Pass XA.60.5 Monoblocks to Pass XA.100.5 Monoblock Johngp,Congrats on your new purchase. I've had my 100.5's for 3 yrs now. The best of the ss amps I've heard. Happy listening! | |
| Preamp for my Accuphase A-45 power amplifier I think you have a very good idea re pairing a tube pre with the A-45.I chose a couple of Conrad Johnson tube pres (ART and ACT 2.2) to go with my Pass XA.5 ss amps. You didn't mention budget (always important when someone asks for recs). Less $ t... | |
| Power Cord brands mixing. "Your Opinions" Mapman,Most of your questions are what I had in mind when I was looking for some good pc's. My search has happily ended with 2 brands: DH Labs Power Plus and Audio Art Power 1 (with the Furutech options). They both run around 250 for 2m. AA is she... | |
| CABLES FOR PASS XA30.5 I'm using silver/teflon cables now but for many years I ran the old Straightwire Maestro II for ic and sc. I used them on Apogee Duettas and Maggie 3.6's with my 30.5 and 100.5's. | |
| electrical short 1 channel. Cable spade at fault? Make sure it's the amp and not the cable. Either switch cables left and right or try another set of cables (even lamp cord) just to be sure.If it's still the amp, check for any fuses that might have blown if you did short it out.Always try the fre... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Tie between a Marantz 7c and a Marantz 10b. | |
| Spectron vs any good tube amp. Orpheus10,In your tube experience, have you listened to SET's? |