rodman99999
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| Tweaks 4est- I personally prefer the Caig products for cleaning accessable contact points of all kinds, after having tried a plethora over the years. As far as experience; I was building and experimenting with electronics as a hobby, from the age of 13(1... | |
| Tweaks 4est- Regardless of how long your tube dealer has been around(I've been in the electronics business,in one capacity or another, since 1975- SORRY about your erroneous assumption), the product in question hasn't been around NEARLY that long. NO, NO... | |
| Tweaks Mr C: NO- If applied AS DIRECTED(VERY SPARINGLY), these products are COMPLETELY SAFE on tubes and sockets(OR- anywhere else). The problems stem from those that are too inept, or with too little attention to detail, to apply the substance without c... | |
| Solid State to Tubes and Back Again How much/often does one listen to LIVE MUSIC, and HOW STRONG is their DESIRE for TRUTH? HOW MUCH VALUE do you place on REALISM? Everything is relative to your REFERENCE(OR PREFERENCE)! OF COURSE: WHO is to say what is RIGHT in YOUR listening room?... | |
| Are All Mullards Created Equal? The Blackburn Plant 5AR4/GZ34/CV1377(especially 1958-62, F31 series) = #1(ie: http://cgi.ebay.com/LOOK-NOS-NIB-f31-Fat-Base-Mullard-GZ34-5AR4-/360331594538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e56fcb2a) | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Just buy these: ( http://cgi.ebay.com/new-old-stock-tubes-Western-Electric-300B-match-pair_W0QQitemZ290512896436QQcategoryZ64629QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5749337515894... | |
| Tact RCS 2.0S Advise needed The TacT is actually a preamp/EQ/RCS, and as such; trying to feed the output of your NAD into(or through) it would be a problem(especially trying to adjust the gains). There is no way to bypass the preamp section of the 2.0, to utilize JUST the RC... | |
| How "Rare" are Audio Classics, Really ANY Futterman OTL amp: (http://meta-gizmo.net/futtrmn/intro-futtrmn.html) (http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/clsk.pl?ampstube&1262986958) | |
| Perfect sound Now what? Knuckleheads? LOL! Let's name someone that thinks ANYTHING BOSE achieves, "perfect sound." | |
| balanced vs. unbalanced sound quality QUOTE, "Reduce NOISE, and NOT INCUR significant sginal loss, due to EXREME cable lengths." THERE you have it! That's exactly why balanced cables were developed, for professional use. The environment DICTATED it. Many power lines/transformers(RFI/E... | |
| Receiver with no phono input: Solutions? Make it easy on yourself! Here are some low-cost, decent sounding options: (http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=THTD170) (http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MFVLPS) Those will be a no-travel, no-risk deal as well: (http://... | |
| Best Overall Value in a KT-88 tube Second the suggestion of purchasing from Upscale Audio. Kevin can also guide you, as to which KT-88 will provide the presention you appreciate(ie: warmer or more transparent, etc), as he as experienced a plethora of tubes, in as many brands of gea... | |
| Should I end my search I've not tried Shunyata PCs, but have some PS Audio xStream Statement SCs, which are now on my video system(OPPO BDP-83 and Sharp AQUOS), having been displaced by SR's active A/C Master Couplers. You won't be sorry, if you try the SR products. BTW... | |
| Should I end my search Sounds like we share a desire for accuracy. I followed much the same path, regarding interconnects, though a bit farther up the Kimber line(KCAG), between pre and monoblocks, before purchasing Silver's Hyacinths(I've got Kimber KS-1130s, CDP to PR... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached Transformers CAN'T, "store" anything, or feed anything back into the amp. Neither SS, not tube amps will suffer, IF THERE IS NO INPUT SIGNAL. I've turned on, and tested amp circuits, voltages, etc., with no speakers/loads attached to the outputs, ... |