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| Eggleston Andra power requirements I failed to mention prior to the pair of MC275's, I tried pushing the Andra's with 75 tube watts -- big difference when I went with the dual 275's -- just what the Andra's were looking for. | |
| Eggleston Andra power requirements Great response Kurt -- but IMO and I have the Andra II's, 60 watts isn't enough for the dual concentric bass. Remember, you're trying to push two 12 inch woofers with 60 watts. You're probably not able to control the bass as the Andra's are design... | |
| Installed Wrong Tube 12AX& instead of 12 AT7 Shouldn't hurt anything -- based on knowing someone who inadvetently installed all 12 volt tubes in a MC275 in the wrong slots (AX7's into AT7's & vice versa) for an hour or so before the error was caught. McIntosh doesn't push their smaller t... | |
| McIntosh 75 Trade-In Offer No experience with the trade in/up program. However; the way I understand it -- they go by the ORIGINAL MSRP of your unit (not current price as McIntosh gear went up a 6 months back -- April??).The current price of a MC402 is $7K I believe -- if y... | |
| Just heard the new Wilson MAXX 3 I heard the Maxx 3 a few weeks ago -- first public auditioning using AR210T's, etc. Sounded very nice, quick, punchy, detailed -- but with very "controlled" & highly tweaked source material on a proprietary stand alone disc drive unit. There w... | |
| Surge Protection Only I'm in the non-filtering camp as I believe filtering does reduce dynamics. But, that's my opinion.If you are looking for surge protection only -- I'm asuggest a whole house TVSS/surge protection (on the electrical meter or seperate unit on the mai... | |
| TUBE GAIN Yes the 12AX7 will outperform the 6922 in your scenerio. The 12AX7 has a amplification factor of 100 whereas a 6922 has a factor of 33.GE explains the amplification factor as is the ratio of a small change in plate voltage to the small change in g... | |
| what cd player is good for MCINTOSH MA6900? A no brainer -- the MCD201 which can be operated with the MA6900 remote. The other two CDP's would be older units to pick them up in your price range. Why get an 8 bit player??The bit about "make sure you invert the polarity on speakers" is absolu... | |
| Life span of 5U4G tube? There are no mortuary tables available that I know of. | |
| Do the tubes have to be matched? Tommy,It's imperative tubes are tested -- . End of subject. As far as your 6BM8 goes -- how about the European equivalent ECL82? | |
| CD players with volume control? McIntosh MCD500 (just released last month). | |
| Interesting Dead Wax Inscriptions and more.... Actually if you do a search -- this has been brought previously on this exact album. Infact, there are several different side a/b words written. Bottom line, not uncommon to see something cryptic written in the dead wax areas of not only older alb... | |
| Single wire or bi-wire for Egglestones Andra II Denon1 - IMO the Andra II's WANT at least 200 or more watts to make 'em purr and with the Plinus, IMO, you should be good to go as they say. Should sound marvelous. If I had the dual set of posts, I'd definitely save up the cash to get some good b... | |
| Single wire or bi-wire for Egglestones Andra II I have Andra II's and they were ordered specifically with single wire terminations -- not bi-wired. I'm using some "unique" cables which use CNT's (carbon nanotubes) -- they sound fabulous, IMO. Those dual 12 inch woofers in a push/push configurat... | |
| House surge suppressor installed at the meter I have one from our provider - Progress Energy -- $40 installed and $4.95 per month. They state the meter won't protect everything because, IMO, they want you to buy their secondary devices for sensitive electronics, etc. I have that covered in po... |