philjolet
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| what do you use to remove your tubes? kleenex on cold tubesgrab the base and gently rock to remove | |
| Best integrated tube amp for 3A MM deCapo i? I tried my Audio Note Meishu (300B - 8 wpc) with DeCapos and it was a bit underpowered. Also, it is a very robust 8 wpc and I think it was not enough, though others will disagree. | |
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| Jumpers and attenuators on Magnepans....... I had 8TC with my 1.6s and liked it but the bass was a bit thin, moving to Alpha Core MI2 was a big step up | |
| Jumpers and attenuators on Magnepans....... When I had 1.6s I opened up the back and moved the tweeter wire down to the woofer wire (or vise versa) and by passed the jumpers alltogether. I forget if I had to resolder any wire but it was easy and cheap. fwiwAlso many people think it is bette... | |
| heard Melody Gardot? I like her first CD, not only for her singing but for the wide variety of tasty instrumental interludes during the songsA very pleasent listen | |
| What monitor speakers mate well w/ Cambridge Audio I think the DeCapo is very smooth on top and full down below.Even better it the Reynaud Trente, if you can find one, it has magical midrange and a bit rolled off on top but still terrific detailboth are well balanced speakers | |
| Who has the oldest bottle of Stylast? bought mine in the mid 80s but stopped using it quite a bit ago - I hate to put anything on the stylus because of liquids migrating up the cantiliver.still have the bottle somewhere...:^D | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? 123GO DOH!thanks my bad...Phil | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I second the Soro fwiw | |
| RB300 anti-skating problem never quite ? I thought on the RB300 if you set the anti skate to max it actually turned it off completely yet, no one has mentioned this yet.anyone?Beuller?Beuller?thanksPhil | |
| SS Amp to replace VAC 300.1 in a side-ways move? I once had a Plinius SA100 MKIII (class A design) and sometimes it was close to tubes in the midrange but still not the real thingfwiw | |
| Lost that "Tube Magic". Can you help? I remember reading an article about guitar players who like very old guitar amps, this article stated that the old power supplies have a special quality because they are completely 'broken in' (for lack of a better term) and that this can only be ... | |
| Optimal Placement for Magnepan 3.6? fwiw some people prefer the 1.6 to the 3.6 because the QR blends to the woofer better than the ribbon on the 3.6When I had the 1.6 I felt the tonal balance was nearly perfectAlso when I had the 1.6 I never felt the need for a sub. Set up correctly... | |
| Integrated tube amp for 91db open baffle speakers i think the Audio Note Soro SE (18 robust wpc) is the best deal I ever got in audio at around $1500.00Another good buy is the Manley Stingray which is even more robust |