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| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! Most tube preamps need to be turned on BEFORE the power amp because the period when the output coupling cap charges, a large DC swing is sent to the amp. The opposite is true when turning them off, power amp must be first.If you use a tube power a... | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's The Cronus is underpowered for Maggies unless you have a small room and don't listen to dynamic music at 90dB plus. But it's a good sounding amp otherwise.Here's the issue: current delivery. Tube amps don't cut it unless they are about 150 watts a... | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's The Luxman will likely need repair. It is old... | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses tooblue - I am a Camel fan, so the moniker is related to their album Raindances... | |
| B&W 600i speaker sounds weird.. Peterknudsen - you probably just need surrounds which are pretty cheap. Any decent tech can check them for you first though. | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's The McCormack is a good suggestion. I'm surprised to hear about the A23 sounding flat - the cheaper HCA-1000A was a great amp for Maggies. I have the HCA1500A now and it does lean towards warm and a bit soft on top, but it controls bass very well.... | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Let me know if you are interested, tooblue and we can figure something out. Although I'm sure there are some repair guys nearer you. | |
| Looking for a musical subwoofer @ $500> Hsu - I have the VTF1 MK-III (2 of them). I find them quite musical with my Maggies. They are real easy to integrate. | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Where are you located? I could look at it. I'm in NC. | |
| Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses Don't know what you have but it's possibly setup for 100 volt Japanese power which could cause it to blow up pretty fast if you're using 120 volts. | |
| B&W 600i speaker sounds weird.. Your speakers need new suspension. Easy enough for a local tech to replace the surrounds. | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's You probably want 150-200 watts RMS per channel into 4 ohms.Don't get excited by the concept someone will probably chime in with regarding tube watts being more powerful. It just isn't true. You still need the raw RMS power.There are lots of used ... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Nothing at the moment, but I have had:Philips Hifi International 212 with various cartridges. A bass-less wonder with good isolation.Ariston RD-40 with SME 3009 Series II tonearm and various cartridges.Same Ariston with Infinity Black Widow tonear... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp jbhiller - Icon has been selling rebranded Chinese amps for a long time, not sure if that has changed. I tried one when I was living in the UK and it was reliable, but let down by very cheap output transformers giving it a lightweight sound. It wa... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp One more thing from an old tube head: What is your mains voltage? Have you measured it? I have found it varies quite widely - in my area it goes as high as 127 volts at times. So I use a simple mains voltage regulator in front of my tube gear - AP... |