ontjesr
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| What's that tube you have there? You're absolutely correct -- in my experience, so many folks claim Telefunken to be the king -- when, I've found, some older RCA and Sylvania tubes have kicked the "king's" butt. No longer do I accept the norm or the written creed when it comes to... | |
| Tube Life: 6SL7; 6SN7, 12AX7, 12AT7, 6DJ8 et al If your gear is equipped with a standby switch, no power is being applied to the tubes. In most cases, it's purpose is to allow you to turn the unit on via the remote. Standby is much different than leaving the gear on "hot" with "tubes lit" as wa... | |
| Tube Life: 6SL7; 6SN7, 12AX7, 12AT7, 6DJ8 et al Turn it off when not in use. | |
| The best digital audio out of coaxial, or optical? It's got to be optical, as long as the ends (glass) are clean -- nothing affects it's transmission except for a macro bend. | |
| How did you get into vinyl? My mom was into music and had 78's. I enjoyed the music she had and for Christmas 1964, Santa brought me portable 45 player. My paper route money went into 45's at the local Five & Dime. A few years later, my parents bought a Grundig stereo co... | |
| Sending audio cables to Europe USPS Express Mail -- in most cases, not all, these two documents -- USPS Label 11-B (address info, to/from, tc.)PS Form 2976-A (Customs Form-- to/from/contents. Easily filled out)AS everyone stated -- piece of cake (except for long postal lines).T... | |
| Tube sound with no tubes What was the punch line on that tuna commercial years ago -- "sorry, Charlie" | |
| What does Jitter sound like? Go here -- http://www.audiocraftguild.com/AandE/cd-jitter.pdf | |
| Review: Mcintosh MT10 Turntable Okay beerdraft, throw on an album, sit back, relax, and ENJOY what you have been missing.Have you tweaked the illumination of the platter yet??P.S. Grab a brewsky | |
| Mac 275 questions........ Hey Gregpen, I have a 2275 and the tube slots/function follows. The best swap is what you have already performed, the 12AT7's in slots V1R & V1L. These peform the function of "preout" tubes and are VERY IMPORTANT. Slots V4 & V5 are for pho... | |
| System setup First off, Statusnine -- need more information. There are folks on this site with years of experience and good advise.The most important question, before getting to the answers below -- what's your overall budget.Starter questions for you:1. solid... | |
| mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not. Johnnyb53 -- thanks for the info. | |
| mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not. Nordost or any silver cable -- not a big deal at this point. Something for you to look into down the road. I know Nordost advertises their capacitance, I don't know what it does for synergy. More of a selling tool, I've been told. | |
| mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not. Beerdraft -- cool. Take your time. | |
| mcintosh MT10 turntable good or not. Beerdraft -- with the direct MC inputs and 220 ohms, you should be fine. |