roberjerman
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| Prima Luna Tube Question Buy some vintage USA-made tubes: GE, RCA, Sylvania, KenRad, Hytron, National, Tungsol. I prefer these for the 12A*7 and 6S*7 series. Superior quality (lower distortion and longer life) than current Communist production! And I use US made vintage t... | |
| What albums, in your opinion, sound unquestionably better on Vinyl rather than Digital? I have been using PF's The Wall LPs (UK EMI) as a reference quality source since about 1980. I have on hand the 2011 CD remaster by James Guthrie and Joel Plante at das boot recording. I plan to give this a listen soon! And maybe I can find in my ... | |
| Kenwood KA 8100 phono stage Hook Up Question Use the tape out jacks on the back to connect to the LS7. The 8100 has a good - not great phono stage. It is acceptable! A better choice would be to sell the Kenwood and LS7 and buy an ARC SP15. It has a superior phono and line stage! | |
| VAC Sigma Preamplifier Front Meter / Thoughts / MC Cartridge The Hana MC's look interesting! The EL (elliptical stylus) $500 and the SL (Shibata stylus) $750 are both low-output. Might be worth checking out! | |
| VAC Sigma Preamplifier Front Meter / Thoughts / MC Cartridge Don't run your Denon 110 into the mc input! It will overload that stage! Strictly use the mm input with any high-output mc cartridge! I like and use Denon low-output MC's - 103, 103R, 103D, 103S, 301, 304. All sound fine and are affordable! | |
| Replacing my MFA Luminescence B2 preamp Another great design from Bruce Moore (Paragon, Precision Fidelity, MFA). I owned the PF C7 tube phono preamp (cascode tube circuitry). I regret selling it! | |
| With Internet radio, (streaming) do AM\FM tuners serve any purpose in HEA? So if you are within range of a college station you are indeed fortunate! | |
| With Internet radio, (streaming) do AM\FM tuners serve any purpose in HEA? I have several nice tuners in my collection - including a Scott tube tuner and a McIntosh MR77. Presently listening to NPR "All Things Considered" on 89.7 FM (WUSF Tampa) - using the Diatone (Mitsubishi) DA-F10 (1978). Excellent SQ! This is the on... | |
| Clipping triode or ultralinear Obviously triode! Careful with that ax, oops, volume control Eugene! | |
| Biasing a valve amp www.ekoukusaudio.com Here's the web address. Try to get a schematic. Also ask for any service bulletins. I suspect that those Russian or Chinese KT88's are being run too hard. They should be willing to put you in contact with a nearby service cent... | |
| Chinese phono pre Search for and buy a PS Audio IV preamp. USA-made with external power supply. A superb, quality preamp! I have two of them! Why spend money on Ch*nese stuff? | |
| Requirements for Moving Coil setup I have a Denon 103 mc in use on a Grace 707 arm. And a 103R on the Pioneer PLX1000's medium-mass arm. Both sound fine! I have yet to try out some of my other mc cartridges on my two heavier Fidelity Research arms - an FR29 and an FR54. | |
| Young and Dangerous - Album Review (long) Maybe not your cup of tea, but metal bands like Opeth, Candlemass, Baroness, The Sword, High On Fire, Arch Enemy, Mastodon ... have been going strong for quite a while! Check out Enslaved's ISA and Triptykon's Melana Chasmata! Get a subscription t... | |
| Young and Dangerous - Album Review (long) Check out The Darkness's Permission To Land! And if interested in news and reviews of new rock bands get a subscription to The Big Takeover - the best US publication for the "good stuff"! | |
| Biasing a valve amp Find a competent technician that is familiar with tube circuitry and can examine your amp for potential problems. Search for and replace those cheap KT88's with a set of original USA made 6550's (used with 75% emission will do!). |