raquel
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| I'd love some help/opinions Mike:I've got a few minutes and will respond substantively to your questions.Rotel is very respectable for the money, but has some mid-fi "grain" in the mids and highs. The Bryston sounds better in most systems and has great resale value due to it... | |
| Adjusting tubes for bias and other tube hassles The above posters have had much better experiences than many of their tube power amp compatriots. Some tube amps are guaranteed to burn your fingers due to poor positioning of bias pots and will go out of bias like changes in the weather. Not all,... | |
| Preamp Eats tubes.. Marakanetz:The preamps to which you refer are relatively rare. I would qualify what I wrote by pointing out that preamps using tube-regulated power supplies cannot be left on 24/7, as the tubes in the power supply are relatively stressed.Tube amps... | |
| Upgrade for Vpi aries table I have an Aries and have in the past pondered the same question, but I have a good friend with a TNT who has tried both, and have benefitted from his experience.The acrylic platter and outer ring combo yield a more neutral sound than the cork/lead... | |
| Preamp Eats tubes.. Assuming the preamp is not malfunctionning, you almost certainly won't have a problem if you keep your preamp powered up 24/7. It is dead wrong that running small signal tubes 24/7 shortens life -- the studies done in the 1950's proved the exact o... | |
| Audio Note Gaku-on I believe that Andy Singer of Sound by Singer ran the top Kondo amp in his personal system for a number of years. Send him an e-mail and perhaps he can respond to your question (Andy couldn't be a nicer guy ...). | |
| BAT or Primaluna BAT is made in Delaware, Primaluna in China. BAT certainly has the better reputation (it is one of the elite two-channel gear manufacturers).All of that said, maybe the Primaluna sounds better. I rather doubt it, but anything is possible. My gener... | |
| Burning in period Nautilus 800? Avguygeorge is correct. The rate of break-in will also of course depend upon what you choose to break them in with. A break-in track will be more efficient, but intolerable if you are within earshot of the speakers.I have been living in apartments... | |
| Balanced in phono stages preamp? The Rowland Cadence features a truly balanced circuit (i.e., not just XLR connections that lead to a single-ended circuit). A phono cartridge produces a balanced signal, so a balanced phono stage has a certain logic. | |
| Best Chicago area HIFI shop? I have a friend who swears by Pro Musica, but be forewarned that they are a big Linn / Naim shop and that dealing with such people can be like dealing with members of a cult.I was also well treated by Holm Audio when I bought something there about... | |
| High power integrated amps?? Powered woofers almost always feature equalization and permit other adjustments, allowing adjustment to woofer output, crossover points, phase and even crossover slopes on some models. In addition, more and more of them use Class D circuits (frequ... | |
| High power integrated amps?? Musical Fidelity integrateds have very high wattage ratings, but what explains your desire for watts? | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? TVAD:What I was saying is that hobbyist idiots who think they know how to improve really good equipment should defer to the experts (which I humbly submit is truly good advice). | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? VAC products have a lot of experimentation and voicing behind them, and the stock cords with the amps were chosen for a reason. Aftermarket cords have utility with cheap products sold with improperly shielded power cords, but they can really mess ... | |
| Monoblocks with lots of bottom end? Rowland Model 9tiHC. They are truly differential balanced and thus should mate well with your BAT preamp. I prefer it with battery power supply. Original Classe Omega. Single chassis, but two amps inside, two power cords, etc. Also truly different... |