rodman99999
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| Fuse Blowing on Superamp AE 25 Tubes can short or open internally, as they heat up. There's a big difference between the(typical) 9 volts of a multimeter and the 400 to 600 volt B+, of an average tubed circuit. | |
| Does Anybody Know This Tonearm? Anytime Al- Happy Listening! | |
| Does Anybody Know This Tonearm? Hi Al- If you want a taste of what a LOMC can provide and have a phono stage that's compatible; I have a Denon 103D(same compliance as the F9E), already aligned in a Unitrac headshell. All you'd have to do is screw it on, plug it in, set VTF, VTA,... | |
| Does Anybody Know This Tonearm? Hey Al- If you ever get the itch to go MC(and own a phono stage with enough gain): try a Dynavector 17D3. It's magic, on a Maggie arm. | |
| Does Anybody Know This Tonearm? Love my Maggie arms! Great with high compliance carts. That Amphenol plug(222-11N07) was discontinued in the 80's. Not an easy item to find, but- in reality; it shouldn't ever have to be replaced. I bought a couple extra arms, so I could cannibali... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I am no fan of SS amps(except for driving woofers), but- when someone makes blanket statements, regarding MOS-FETs and ESLs; I have to take exception. Whatever their application; they still protect themselves against thermal runaway, unlike BJTs, ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics MR G- I can't recall ever seeing anyone publish specs, claiming to double output wattage, all the way to two ohms. Nor did I claim that for the amps that I sold. re: Current handling/MOS-FETs vs BJTs: Maybe that first article wasn't clear enough, ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Mr G- You may want to realign your blanket statement, re: MOS-FETs and current. MOS-FETs are innately self-protecting, regarding thermal runaway, unlike bi-polar transistors (http://www.onsemi.com/pub_link/Collateral/AND8199-D.PDF). I sold(mostly ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Sure(the 303 being the first)- But not until 11 years after Walker demonstrated his first truly full-range electrostatic speaker(in 1956). Around the same time that everyone else(McIntosh, ARC, et al) was bowing to SS and the output power demon. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Probably why Quad, aka- Peter J. Walker(RIP) & 'The Acoustical Manufacturing Company', has been building a line of tube amps, for so many decades. | |
| Cable recommendations for cary slp-98p & cary 120s BTW: A good way to audition cables, in your own system, without having to buy outright, is The Cable Company's lending library: (http://www.usedcable.com/) & (http://thecableco.com/) Whatever you pay for an audition, will be deducted from the ... | |
| Cable recommendations for cary slp-98p & cary 120s You already know that Kimber works well with your equipment. The signature stays the same, as one ascends up the Kimber line. You just get more and better, of everything good, along the way. I've got both 1030 and 1130's in my system now, and have... | |
| Soundstaging test tracks: Height LOL! It's unusual to have a lung capacity test, on an audio demo disc, but- there you have it. Leave it to David Chesky, to be comprehensive. | |
| Soundstaging test tracks: Height You can download this test, to check your system's performance, in that regard: (http://www.audiocheck.net/audiotests_ledr.php) The 'Listening Evironment Diagnostic Recording' is also included on this Chesky CD: (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Che... | |
| Upgrading Odyssey audio Khartago Why not talk to Odyssey and ask about having the Khartago upgraded? If yours wasn't hot-rodded when originally built; I know they can double the capacitance in the power supply, and offer 52 driver board mods as well. Have you considered going dua... |