rodman99999
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| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt "High-End" relative to YOUR discernment. The Behringers Behr-ly sound like music in a professional application(when they work). That's why I'll only install/recommend them for my won't-budge-cheapskate venue or musician customers. Have fun with yo... | |
| Are "good" cables needed for vintage system? You may as well extract as much music from your present equipment as possible. Find some used Kimber PBJs, in here or on eBay. When you improve the rest of your system, you'll have a head start. The PBJs outperform many more expensive interconnect... | |
| Crackling coming from Right Speaker - Help Just start with the smaller(dual triode: 12AX7/6SN7) tubes. Not that it would really matter which you happened to tap on first, but those seem more disposed to the type of sound you described. | |
| Crackling coming from Right Speaker - Help Before you do anything else: Next time you hear the crackle, tap each of the tubes in that channel with the eraser end of a pencil. It the sound gets worse, or disappears- you've found your culprit. Start with the driver/phase splitter tubes, as t... | |
| US only sales WHY??? I'm not aware of any import duties, value added taxes, customs papers that have to be filled out or customs inspections on items coming in to the U.S. from elsewhere. I've puchased vacuum tubes, and other small items, from W. Germany, Australia, C... | |
| ordering from Michael Percy Audio I've been ordering parts from Michael for over 15 years, and have yet to be disappointed. He's a one man operation, and doesn't notify anyone when/if he leaves his desk for any length of time(ie: vacation/illness). I generally call (530-470-8650) ... | |
| Best Digital Coax for Tube System under $300 (http://www.cs1.net/products/canare/LV-77S_digital_audio.htm) | |
| Need to finally replace my 8TC, but with what? Everyone will have a different opinion of what is "better", based on their personal preferences. I've found that every step up in the Kimber product line(whether interconnects or speaker cables) has delivered exactly what you are seeking(more of t... | |
| EMF/RFI isolation with aluminum sheet metal Find the TI Shield(what I use) on page 14 of this catalog: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) Digital equipment puts out much interference. If it weren't important with regards to your power supply/cords; there wouldn't be any audible improve... | |
| Someone can better BAT? Or not? WHATTA CROCK!! | |
| solder-Eutechnic,Wonder,WBT?? Percy has been my source for Wonder Wire and Wonder Solder in the past, and yes- he does list Signature in his latest catalog: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf). | |
| Beginners guide to tube audiio. The above mentioned books are excellent reads. If you are lloking for something lighter: This book- (http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Complete-Guide-to-High-End-Audio_W0QQitemZ280332119531QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item280332119531&_trk... | |
| My Woofer Sounds Like a Tweeter Just use a couple wires and a battery(ie: AA, C, D, or 9V), briefly touching the woofer terminals. You can do the same test with a multimeter, set to "ohms". The speaker should either push out, or pull in, depending on the polarity of the hook up.... | |
| What tubes for ST-70 Circuit topography hasn't changed much at all and the ST-70's came with excellent output transformers too(very important). The major differences in sound that can be appreciated with later designs comes from the improvements in passive components.... | |
| Single most effective electronic room treatment? I'd been an active bi-amping, straight-wire-with-gain guy for over 30 years, and was about nothing, if not transparency(I listen to live acoustic music every week, at least twice per). Colorations iritate me, no end. I'm now a devout TacT RCS 2.2X... |