rodman99999
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| Foam Plugs Mr T- Yes, I do understand your point. However, most make no distinctions between sealed box and 2nd order/acoustic suspension designs nowdays. ie: This site moves directly from a 2nd order alignment(calling it variously, "2nd Order", "Acoustic Su... | |
| Difference between KT88 EAT and NOS in Jadis No "long term personal experience"(sorry to say). My recent past financial state(expensive divorce) had precluded that possibility. Thus- I can't say anything concrete concerning their reliability, but they do carry a warranty. It's been my experi... | |
| Foam Plugs If the plugs are closed cell foam; the alignment becomes an acoustic suspension. If the foam is somewhat open; it will serve to partially damp the port's output.If your speaker's placement was say, closer to the corners of the room; they could ser... | |
| Difference between KT88 EAT and NOS in Jadis EAT tubes are manufactured with great care and expertise, comparable to that expended on the better tubes from "the good old days"(NOS GE, Genelex, GEC/Mullard, etc). Whether the difference in sound quality is worth the difference in cost TO you, ... | |
| Infinity Circuit Breaker CBF Filtering RF/EMI Any info available on this item? | |
| Need suggestion on VTL TL-5.5 tubes Here is a site that will guide you in the choices available, to reduce the gain in your preamp: (http://thetubestore.com/gainfactor.html) Whatever tubes you choose to try; be certain they have been tested, and certified, "Low Noise". Upscale Audio... | |
| Used tubes question Borders on a musical epiphany, does it not? As Trelja noted: The built quality back then was much better than that exhibited in today's manufacturing. Try to locate either TungSol or Sylvania 6CS7 dual triodes, for the preamp section(must be close... | |
| Fried R4 no midrange If you have an ohmmeter; test the midrange speaker(disconnected) for continuity. If you have no reading: either the lead-in wires have broken, or the voicecoil has opened up. If you have no ohmmeter; use a 1 1/2 volt battery(like a AA cell) and a ... | |
| Recommended AES/EBU cables under 800 dollars Kimber Illuminations Orchid(at least 1 meter long). | |
| High End and cables and tin ears.... If your ears and mind are satisfied; what/who else matters? | |
| Tubes for ARC VT100 Sad to hear that! The VT-100 can be hard on it's output tubes, somewhat convoluted to bias and requires matched quads. Perhaps Kevin weighed a possibly high failure rate's impact on his product's reputation against the ire of the ARC owners, and o... | |
| Bi-amp befuddlement If you were going to vertically bi-amp with separates(pre and two stereo amps), I wouldn't have mentioned any POTENTIAL imbalances. When/if you DO try that configuration; please post your impressions. | |
| Bi-amp befuddlement You are correct in assuming that the Arcam amps(same power) will be matched, and you don't need further attenuation. You have to realize that the crossover point of that system(601 Series 2) is at 4kHz, and very little music actually exists above ... | |
| Tubes for ARC VT100 Danieljoseph- I know that the Upscale site states that they are no longer retubing the VT-100's(ie: on the SED 6550 and KT88 pages), BUT- has Kevin actually told you that he won't SELL you tubes? Perhaps that statement refers to THEM doing the ret... | |
| Bi-amp befuddlement If you are actually, "bi-amping" and you turn the amp off that's powering your bass drivers: guess what? All that you will hear is the integrated, powering the mids/highs(only the output above the crossover frequency). YES- It WILL sound VERY thin... |