paulcreed
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| MHDT dac/Garage 1217 adapter owners your favorite tubes Sorry low rider I should of said, Siemens 7308 and the Amprex bugle boy are my 2 favorite 6922 family of tubes not "Siemens 7308 / Bugle boy". | |
| Stacking gear no more rack space does it affect sound quality I've not noticed any noise problem or any heat issues. I do have cables placed as organized as possible. Amp and anything with tubes are not stacked. I've just heard if to much weight is on a component it can deaden the sound. I don't know if I b... | |
| Broke key guide on 6sn7 how to keep using tube Thanks imhifan, got it, put meter on pins and found 7 and 8 and key is located between 1 and 8. Your awesome thanks for the info, you saved some sweet old vt-231 tubes. | |
| Broke key guide on 6sn7 how to keep using tube Thanks vinylzone and millercarbon, on rca vt231 you can see where key may have been on the other tube not so much. If my memory is right I think my Mullard fx2's have numbers but none of the 6sn7's are numbered. I even pulled out some matching tu... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. The Doge looks very interesting, there is a lot of nice parts in there, looks really well built. I just read up on it and it really sparked my interest. Anyone compared that to the MHDT Orchid? | |
| Capacitor That's a big value and can get pricey, I've had good luck with Claity Cap CMR, Jantzen Aumin Z then for a smoother rich sound copper foil, Juniper, Miflex the copper foil are great for bypass also. Sonicaps aren't bad for the money certainly if yo... | |
| Best affordable XLR? Check out Audio Circle they tend to let cables go for cheap. There is 2 pair balanced Grover Huffman FX plus 2 meter $80 shipped also SX 2 meter balanced $40 shipped. He had a 8 meter balanced pair FX plus for $100 shipped but I bought them to cut... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. Nice to see I'm not the only one that finds the RME great bang for buck and a keeper. I tried the Chord Qutest it was nice but found it a little bass shy and hifi sounding. One thing I enjoy with RME is the balanced output along with rca output. I... | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. I have the RME adi-2 and MHDT Orchid and enjoy both but very different. I added the Teddy Pardue psu to the RME and added better caps and 6sn7 and 6922 tube adapters to th MHDT.The RME has nice big bass very transparent without being analytical an... | |
| Auralic Aries Glad you like your Aries, I just started streaming around 9 months ago. I also started with Aries/outboard psu with femto clock. I believe they made Aries without femto clock and one with, for an extra $700-$800. I went from a MacBook to Aries and... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. OP if you can solder great, if you can't you might have fun if you learn how. Google " silver signal tape interconnects. You can build a interconnect for under $20. I ran across this article 20 years ago and this is what made me buy a soldering i... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. Performance Audio is the cheapest on Canare 4s11 bi-wire speaker wire I've seen at $1.16 a foot with free shipping UPS with a $20 purchase, don't know how they can do that and make a profit. If your speakers are a little bright put some felt doubl... | |
| Help with first cable upgrade. If your on a tight budget and your system is a little bright the Canare bi-wire could work well. 10 foot speaker wire would run $20, make some interconnects out of there microphone wire and switchcraft rca's for $2 a piece from B and H photo for d... | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? Running Springs Dmitri power conditioner about 15 years ago. I had never experienced what lowering noise floor was truly about until this purchase. The black space around each instrument was a game changer. If the music stopped for a split second ... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please Space tech Labs is very interesting, I owned a space tech lab and Don Allen long ago with great results. If your looking to stay under $500 used the PS Audio GCPH with volume control is a great value and if you can find one with Parts Conextion mo... |