rcprince
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| CTC Blowtorch Curriemt11--If you get the Vendetta, you'll definitely need to keep it away from power supplies. That's the unit I was thinking of when I made my post above, as I had one and found it very susceptible to hum if placed near a torroidal transformer. | |
| JADIS JA80 with 6550 or KT 88 or KT90 ? Bartokfan: As Khrys pointed out above, the JOR's transformers are supposedly optimized for the KT90 tubes, though there still are many who prefer EL34s and KT88s in the amp. KT88s will likely give you a lusher midrange and a more "tubey" sound tha... | |
| JADIS JA80 with 6550 or KT 88 or KT90 ? Of the 6550s I used in my old JA80s (from around 1993, had them over 10 years), the best of current production tubes were true Svetlanas (not Sovteks). They had some of the midrange of the better KT88s, though could not match them in that area, an... | |
| CAT JL-2 Signature VS. Jadis JA80 While I'm a great admirer of the Jadis JA80s (having owned them for over 10 years), I think they may be a little warmer than you're looking for. They roll the highs noticeably, so they will not be as detailed as the CAT. Their other weakness, in t... | |
| Jadis Orchestra Ref + Pre-Amp? I suppose, if the preamp section of the JOR is truly passive (I seem to recall reading somewhere that it might be an active solid-state unit, though, so that's why I'd ask Jadis), you could try your ARC preamp running into the Tape In input (or fo... | |
| Jadis Orchestra Ref + Pre-Amp? I would probably ask Pierre Gabriel or Jadis the question. If you don't have pre-out/amp in jacks on the back, you probably couldn't do this without major surgery. What output tubes do you use in the JOR? You might try KT88s, if you're using EL-34... | |
| Kubala and Oritek Can't give you a comparison of the Kubala-Sosna and Oritek, but can say that as you go up the line in the K-S line the frequency extremes get a bit better. I had originally auditioned a combination of Emotion cables for my satellites and Expressio... | |
| CTC Blowtorch I don't think stacking them will hurt very much, except if the Blowtorch has a phono stage. That's the circuitry you want most to keep away from power supplies. I would ultimately recommend separating them, though, if you can, in order to avoid au... | |
| Opinions on Walker High Definition Links The man who designed my speakers was over one day and noticed the Walkers on my speakers and asked what they were for. When explained, he brought out his spectrum analyzer and we measured some white noise (I was only using them on the tweeters) th... | |
| digital output crackling When you say the signal was crackling, was this while a disc was playing or without a signal going through the DAC at the time? If the latter, it is normal to hear that digital crackling, at least with my DAC. Otherwise I'm not sure what the probl... | |
| Definition of Local Dealer I imagine it varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, as it is their requirement to protect their local dealers. In the NY tri-state area, the territories could be a lot smaller than in the midwest, too, due to the number of dealers in the area. ... | |
| help with a lush 50 watt+ amp Older CJ tube amps; also, in the higher priced vein, older model Jadis JA-80 or 30 monoblocks with EL-34 tubes would give you the sound you're looking for (don't take a modified one, though). If you're driving older Quads, the JA-80s are reputed t... | |
| Reliable valve suppliers on web For NOS, I go to Andy Bouwman of Vintage Tube Services (vintagetubeservices.com, I believe). Nobody tests them more thoroughly than Andy, nor knows more about the old tubes. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music "The Call" from Vaughn-Williams' Five Mystical Songs. | |
| It's a year later... Tab110s: No idea of the price yet. Joe's bringing it over next week, likely. My guess is that it's half the price of the interconnects (1 vs. 2), which would make it $800 for one meter of Expression (Joe says that's their best RCA terminated one) ... |