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| Amperex 6DJ8 tube construction What is common in Dutch made tubes, including Mullard, Amperex USA, French, Belgian, Indian and so on, and German tubes like Siemens and Halske, Telefunken (same tooling and construction for early Teslas also) is the ridged shield - a plate with t... | |
| Amperex 6DJ8 tube construction Joe's Tube Lore refers to the A frame type but that tube by construction does not have the ususal type of shield as earlier tubes (like the one on left picture). | |
| Sony Blu Ray Player BDP S1 Question correct, playing formats: Codecs: Blu-Ray, DVD-V, DVD-R, DVD- RW, DVD-RAM, DD, DTS, MP3, JPEG, VCD | |
| Amperex 6DJ8 tube construction Left one is Amperex Holland made and a great tube, the one on the right is a Matsushita made on same tooling as Mullard but a different tube.Always check the etched codes at bottom of tube to identify the origin. | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? a good $500 cartridge on a $10K table/arm? I would start from there | |
| You can go home again You never forget the first good or bad sound but evolving comes with training. | |
| What are we going to do about Tele 12AU7 prices Tesla used same tooling as Teles so there comes the resemblance.Tesla E83CC is a great tube anyway.But pricing of ECC802S, ECC82 has gone up. | |
| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard Beginning of digital era with a good exmple. But it is not the worse. DG has plenty. | |
| What are we going to do about Tele 12AU7 prices Try Tesla. | |
| Stacking Components Not the best idea but can do if space is a factor.I would put the heavier unit on top. | |
| Thorens TD 316 or Harman kardon T60 ? TD316 good combo with Grace G707, rather confirming @noromance findings. | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? Roxy & elsewhere, Hot rats, Guitar, Yellow shark (not great but respect as his last), Burnt Weeny, but he had great stuff in everything he made and left too early. | |
| Power cord choice? I like to see new ones in the power cables battlefield. Still what connects to the power supply of a component is the starting point and not the finishing line.You start from there and go all the way up to distribution panel. Simple. | |
| Sound variation from good to incredible? Physical and ear performance have variations, too big differences and you start to worry. | |
| So how much do you think the placebo effect impacts our listening preferences? My hypothesis is that for ~%97 of us, the more a headphone costs the more we will enjoy the headphone.From my experience here in Agon 97% of us is way out of your reality.My ultimate hypothesis is that build quality and price are the two most impo... |