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| Which one is better tube tuner or Digital tuner? McIntosh's own MR85 would be a good candidate for you. | |
| How to break in a tube preamp? Based on my experience, my recipe for the best:You don't need the amp on but you want a source playing music going thru the pre. I also believe in cycling the pre (during this time), ie, on all morning/off for a few hours/on late afternoon-evening... | |
| pass labs xa30 to valve amplifier. You Zingalis have the efficiency for not needing many watts (tube or ss) but if they have any severe dips in impedance and even worse, a bad phase angle in the lower ranges, a tube amp may not be the best choice. Most tube amps do not like dishing... | |
| How much Power for Maggies 3.6 is enough Hasse,The Mac (from that generation) was sweet and easy to listen to, nice midrange. The KSA 250 was one of the most powerful sounding amps I've ever had and I thought better than the Mac overall. The 100.5's are my favorites. Low level detail is ... | |
| How much Power for Maggies 3.6 is enough Depends on how loud you like to go. If it's not that loud you might get away with a fairly low powered amp.Levinson 20's were great amps. I would not want to deal with a repair issue.Amps I have used: Enjoyed for many years a pair of McIntosh MC10... | |
| Best tube preamp ever Best? There is no best. People nominate and "you" vote (elect) with your ears and wallet.Tube preamp: I nominate Conrad Johnson's top tube preamps as some of the best.For amps: Depending on the speaker, I'll campaign for Nelson Pass's XA.5 series ... | |
| Altec Flamenco - 846A - 16 ohm First ?. Not that important. You will lose some of the rated power but you will not hurt the amp, in fact, it will be quite happy.Second ?. Sometimes ok, sometimes not. The lower the speakers impedance the harder it is for the amp to deliver the c... | |
| loose IEC power cord connection? Rrog, agree with you.My Conrad Johnsons ART preamps (at least the series 2 and 3) came with hardwired cords. At 16,000 and 25,000 dollars, I don't think they were trying to save a few dollars by doing that. At least they have hospitol grade plugs ... | |
| Almarro A318B/Cary 300 SE Signature Amps My Cary 805 AE's and an older Cary 300b push pull use 6sn7's. I use the BT CV181's and nos Sylvanias. The Sylvanias are my favorite. I did try the Sophias and was happy with them in these amps, definitely better than the stock ones. | |
| ss replacement for my SET tubes and Egglestons? Have you given Nelson Pass's earlier Aleph series any thought? That would be my go to amp (in your budget range) if I wanted to ditch SET's. And speaking of the man, I just read about his upcoming XS series. He had special transistors made for him... | |
| Sony XA5400ES fuse directionality... They can make a difference around 4k hz. Some people like that. | |
| Tube table top radios I've had 2 of the tube radios (in walnut) from Quest, 1 mono and 1 stereo, since they first came out. Neither has given me a hiccup of a problem. Maybe some batches of them afterward had issues, who knows. I have heard of people not using the prop... | |
| Pass 250.5 shuts down driving Magnepan 3.7 Suggestions: Call or email Pass Labs about the problem.Thoughts: There could be something wrong inside your Maggies. The Pass is stable into 4 ohms and lower. It has thermo protection. You may be overdriving it causing it to run hotter than design... | |
| How many enjoy low $ second system sound? I enjoy my low cost system a ton but don't regret the money spent on my high cost one a bit.I have less than a 1000 invested in the low cost one. It's a pair of Altec Valencia cabinets with JBL/Dynaudio insides, driven by a vintage Marantz receive... | |
| pass labs xa30 to valve amplifier. Pubul57,"I'm thinking there is something about multi-driver speakers that makes a difference in the simple sensitivity/watts equation we normally make"I've heard/read that complex x/o's eat up power. That and the fact that you have the spectrum of... |