rodman99999
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| Tubes for VTL 7.5 Search for a pair of Siemens E83CC(triple mica) or ECC803S tubes from the sixties. The 803S was a specially selected tube for the German Telephone Service, but you'll still want them(or whatever you buy) screened/certified pre-amp grade. You might... | |
| Tubes for VTL 7.5 Do you get to listen to live music, and prefer a realistic/transparent reproduction, or do you like a "warmer/tubier" sound? Good to know your tastes before making recommendations. | |
| Black Raviolis Glory- The Sobakawa Pillow is stuffed with buckwheat HUSKS. Not very tasty first thing in the morning, and BOY do they ever get caught in the teeth! =8^) | |
| Kimber from Monster First sound thin Now awesome If you'll bother to look at the site I posted: You might note that National Semiconductor listed some simple tests that you can perform to verify that dielectrics DO INDEED store energy. It's not a matter of "buying" anything, but rather accepting... | |
| Black Raviolis Buckwheat Pillow: (http://www.target.com/Sobakawa-Buckwheat-Pillow-Off-White-20x15/dp/B000FJQCP8) They are great for sleeping, and I've used them for decades. Never thought of them for audio isolation. HMMM! | |
| Album Storage Genre/last name- Works for the library! | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes Gunbei- My Cary monoblocks take two pair of 6SN7's: one each as phase splitters, one each as drivers. When I used the VT-231 Sylvania(driver) and Ken-Rad(phase splitter) in combination, I was able to enjoy the strengths of both, and found no downs... | |
| Kimber from Monster First sound thin Now awesome Believe what you want. The only perfect dielectric is a vacuum(second best is air). All other dielectric materials absorb energy(it's called, "dielectric absorption") and in a cable, will release it with a slight delay(not desirable for a number o... | |
| Black Raviolis Red- If they're filled with meat and served with a tomato sauce, white- if with seafood and a white clam sauce or pesto. | |
| Kimber from Monster First sound thin Now awesome If cables have been sitting, unused, for a period of time- the dielectric will lose the charge that they've built during the "burn-in" period. That takes a bit of "burning-in(re-burning?)" to restore. Wait until they've been in the system for a co... | |
| 6sn7 and 5u4 tubes A good place to start would be to find a NOS pair of Sylvania or Ken-Rad VT-231 bottom getters from the 40's. That's IF you enjoy a very accurate and transparent presentation. This is what to look for: (http://cgi.ebay.com/Pair-Sylvania-6SN7-GT-VT... | |
| Random pop sounds in my system are scaring me No surprise that you would hear a pop when powering up a source while the rest of the system is active. You've still not mentioned if one or both channels are making noises. If one- Have you tried the tube swap? | |
| Random pop sounds in my system are scaring me Are you saying that you are plugging in and unplugging your interconnects with the equipment turned on, and selector turned to that input? That's never a good idea, and will always result in a "pop". Lots of potential for sending an unhealthy tran... | |
| Where to find 'good sounding' resistors? Vishay Bulk Foils from: (http://www.percyaudio.com/Catalog.pdf) Ask him to match them to 1% for you. | |
| Random pop sounds in my system are scaring me Hopefully- It will simply be a defective tube. Let us know your results. |