rodman99999
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| 2 sextets of KT88s or a matched dozen for Defy7 ? Upscale Audio will match as large a set of tubes as you require: (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/rare/tpm.htm) Their screening, burning, and matching procedures are second to none. I've been purchasing my power tubes from Kevin for quite a few years,... | |
| Have any VAC owners tried any KT-88's YES- Svetlana(AKA Winged 'C'/SED St Petersburg)) has been making KT88s since(AT LEAST) 1999. I was using their EL34s in my ST-70, over 16 years ago. | |
| Sumptuous, lush, rich, liquid golden midrange amp? Whatever you end up with, load it with NOS Mullard, Brimar, or Genelex tubes, and you should have all the sumptuous warmth your little heart desires. If your equipment takes any 6SN7's: Try either RCA black plates, or National Union(both VT-231's)... | |
| HiFi tuning fuses, some benefits help Depending on your view of a power amplifier's operation, the AC line fuse can be considered directly in the signal path. The voltage/current taken from the wall/AC line is converted to DC, stored in filter capacitors and is connected to your speak... | |
| Black Gate caps Rja- Read the 'Industry Update' that I cited in my post(second URL). That was speculation(very plausible), but nothing else was ever mentioned as to why production was ceased, outside of a rumor of problems between Jelmax Co.,Ltd. and Rubycon Corp. | |
| Black Gate caps Taiwan(China or anyone else) has NEVER(yet) manufactured ANYTHING that can compare to the Rubycon Black Gates, in sound OR technology. We(modders) lost a valuable resource when they discontinued the line. Read: (http://www.acoustic-dimension.com/b... | |
| Changing caps Are you certain that those aren't 12,000uF/80V? Parts Connexion or DigiKey supply can supply them. Click, "Miscellaneous" at the bottom of this page:(http://www.partsconnexion.com/t/catalog/CapacitorsElectrolytic.html) DigiKey gas a few different ... | |
| tact reliability I've owned a Tact RCS 2.2X for the past 4 years. Mine has a modded power supply, is run hard every day(high volume levels that tax it's output voltages), and has proven quite reliable. Any questions that I've had have been answered/addressed quick... | |
| Synergistic LED's How long do they last ??? NOW- That's what I'd call a very personal commitment to customer satisfaction. Another reason to love their products(aside from the excellent musical reproduction). | |
| Why did I get married? Glory- My condolences on the loss of your sense of humor. | |
| Underappreciated components. YES- I've definitely learned to appreciate the power cords that came with my equipment. Without them, I'd never have known just HOW MUCH BETTER the ones I replaced them with sounded! | |
| Why did I get married? Q: Why do men die before their wives? A: They want to! | |
| How much can a leaking storage cap degrade music? If it's leaked it's electrolyte, it no longer has it's rated capacitance(may be completely open), and the amp will have lost it's dynamics. I would replace all four of the power supply's 10,000mF caps at the same time, to avoid further problems. | |
| Running 4 speakers from a 2-channel amp Hello Mr H- The highs that pass through the inductor of a second, third or higher order filter, will be selectively shunted to ground via a cap, to increase the roll off to the woofer(and midrange, if applicable). The highs will be passed through ... | |
| Running 4 speakers from a 2-channel amp re: Series connection- Anytime components are added to a signal path, the signal is degraded. Introducing the reactance(and Back EMF) of the drivers of the systems to the signal path WILL CERTAINLY cause distortions. Whether they bother the listen... |