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Kgturner,Thanks for sharing your experience with your Malbecs. I'm thinking about taking the plunge but I'm a bit hesitant after hearing about your ordeal. Must have been frustrating! Not much chatter on the forum about the amps.Looking foward to ... 
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Ivamorten,What I'll say has been writen before in this thread but I'll recapitulate and provide some personal spin.I have found that Chardonnay takes some time to break-in. Let it break-in for a few months with the stock tubes. This will stabilize... 
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Are the Malbec owners happy? Are you using EL34? KT88? 
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Does anyone have the gain specs on the Chardonnay? I've seen a value of 20 something somewhere??Thanks 
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Try Aydnhttp://www.aydn.com/product_info.php?products_id=180 
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Tvad,Those toggles change the output gain. They are provided, as well as the gain contol dial on the rear to 'work with' the specific input sensitivity of your amplifier.Try various positions and see which one you like best. My toggle is usually '... 
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Cab owners:What are the setting of the Bass circuit output impedance toggles? How do you use these controls? 
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Can a 6L6GAY Be used in the regulator position? Is it similar electronically to the 5881 and 6L6GC?Thanks,Dave 
Need Help Combating Power Amp hum
I had a similar problem with several Amps. I could hear the toroidals from across the room. I now use a PS-Audio HUM buster, everthing is now quiet. Most likely I had some rogue DC on my AC line. 
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Happy Anniversary Everyone!Five years! ....and still going!Thanks Slowhand!Dave 
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Yea, consensus is tough...kinda like herding cats!Explore different tubes and listen for what you like!Above all...Have Fun 
Wow Windows Vista sounds sooo much better
Any know the release date for Vista's service pack 1? :) 
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Hi King,Not sure if you caught this great thread (http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1112733965&) on tuberolling in the Supratek. I have a Chardonnay that I purchased last year. After some of burn-in with the stock tubes, I foun... 
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Here is a link with some more info on transformer hum induced by DC on your AC line.http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread/t-83784.html 
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Bopo,I'm not sure if this is similar to your situation but I had a problem with transformer hum coming from both my SS amp and Chardonnay power supply. The hum/buzz came from the power supply and not from the speakers and was audible from several ...