rbschauman
Responses from rbschauman
| Tube life My last purchase from CJ was Electro-Harmonix 6550's... | |
| Buying tubes...do they vary??? Love it when a post takes off! Thanks all for the wonderful responses! | |
| Tube life Thank you oddiofyl, your experience sounds just like mine! The switch in speakers coinciding with the escalating degrading of tubes really threw a curve in assessing! | |
| Buying tubes...do they vary??? Appreciate the responses folks, thank you! Yep, will have to take a look at Vintage Tube Services.Thank you! | |
| Tube life Anyone care to recommend a place to buy tubes that may cost less than what I put forth above? Looking at TubeDepot.com right now. Is there a place here on Audiogon that I'm not aware of? Bad idea to buy tubes from one other than the unit's manufac... | |
| Tube life Thank you swampwalker, exactly where my thoughts have gone too. $1,500 when I last tubed though....yikes!! | |
| Tube life Thank you jond, yeah quite a difference in efficiency you pointed out. Doubting there's a local dealer with tube testing ability but I'm sure going to look, that'd be great!Thanks again,Randy | |
| Record Cleaning Machine – Recommendation Please! Thank you terry9 and mofimadness. Will keep Digikey in mind for future reference. However, I had already found the VERY switch at Grainger for a mere $2.65, and can pickup tomorrow only 9 miles away!Happy ending :-) | |
| Record Cleaning Machine – Recommendation Please! Thank you all for your responses. Quickly convinced me not to give up on what I have. My brother (who's electrically competent) was over and diagnosed the problem and found it to be a faulty switch! I'll take it! Now just need to search the intern... | |
| Dave Wilson's health Mr. Wilson (and family),You're in my prayers.My best,Randy | |
| Tube tester recommendation! Thanks for the responses fellas. I'll look at the Hickok testers but in the meantime I really like the idea Rodman put forth. Think I'll use that in the near if not longer especially with them being a neighboring state!Thanks again, appreciate the... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations, please. SOTA. Another great American brand like your McIntosh and Magnepan equipment. Have the star w/vacuum. Purchased on Audiogon about three years ago for $1300, leaving $'s for arm and cartridge. Love it! Good luck and have fun shopping! | |
| How to pick a COMPATIBLE phono cartridge hdm,Thank you for explaining the difference between low and higher output MC cartridges and what low may lead to. Been waiting for this...Thanks,Randy | |
| How to pick a COMPATIBLE phono cartridge Thanks everyone for the help! The calculators are just great, bookmarked!One last question: If a system can accommodate both medium and high output versions of a cartridge, why choose medium (i.e., why choose a lower output version)? What do lower... | |
| How to pick a COMPATIBLE phono cartridge jperry,Thank you for that previous posting where you mentioned medium output. It's that (and a bit more) that got this thread going. Why? When I contacted a local dealer to get the medium output Benz priced I was advised to go to the high output. ... |