rodman99999
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| Yet another balanced/XLR cable reco "?" $200 Try Kimber's Hero or Silver Streak, and I'll bet you never use Zu again. Transparent and overall balance/realism- YES, and it just gets better as you move up the product line. | |
| OK to use unmatched or different brand tubes? I wouldn't spend a dime on tubes that were just tested as, "working." Any tube vendor of worth will be able to test for triode(gain) balance within a tube, cathode current, percentage of tube life left, microphonics etc., and should be able to pro... | |
| OK to use unmatched or different brand tubes? My original post was based on the thought that you were trying out different small signal tubes to compare them. If you are planning to use them in the system: By all means buy closely matched pairs, of the same manufacturer. Your balance, imaging... | |
| OK to use unmatched or different brand tubes? As long as the tubes are of the same family(IE: ECC83, 12AX7, CV4004, 12AX7A, 12AX7WA, ECC803S, E83CC, CV492, 6681, 6057, M8137, 5751, 12DT7), you can mix and match pairs to your heart's content. You won't hurt anything. | |
| impedance of HEIL AMT tweeters? If yours use the ESS 689-1107 diaphragm: the DCR is 3.8 ohms. | |
| Long speaker cables - cost vs performance Yes- If at all possible: Move the amps(shorter cables/longer interconnects). | |
| Studio Signal Flow advice 01 I'm using a custom 48 channel John Oram BEQ-PRO(over $30K, can send pics) and wouldn't think of feeding my audio through it. Regardless of how good your mixer might be, the more connections, cables, pieces of equipment(and their passive/active dev... | |
| Speaker out of service If the pop came from inside the speaker cabinet: you may well have blown up a crossover capacitor. I've replaced a lot of popped electrolytics over the years. Have all the drivers stopped working, or just the woofer, mid or tweet? If the speaker h... | |
| Do enzymes only live for 8 hours Punkuk- A little Comet w/Clorox on that Brillo Pad will keep the mold/mildew down as well. | |
| Do enzymes only live for 8 hours Hey Dick- kinda like this?: (http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/E/EnzymeKinetics.html) | |
| Bi-wired vs Single Termination I've read the same article a number of times. In fact: It inspired me to go with WireWorld Atlantis 5's for awhile. I now have the Eclipse 5's on my mains(I'm actively bi-amping with a TacT RCS 2.2XP). As inexpensive as the Home Depot extension co... | |
| question about the "analog sound" If you are satisfied with the sound/dynamics of your digital front end: Try auditioning a few different phono pre-amps and cartridges with higher outputs. That's one of the most critical relationships in an analog system(that and cartridge complia... | |
| 1, 2 , 3 , 4, etc of speaker mod / upgrade I built a pair of LS3/5A's back in 1980, using the KEF drivers(I'm guessing you meant B110), Marshall's orginal crossover design and then a pair of actively bi-amped subs(loaded with the B139's). The reason I mention this: The drivers are excellen... | |
| 1, 2 , 3 , 4, etc of speaker mod / upgrade Good info above. Keep in mind that some of these changes will produce strange effects at first(especially the caps). Many people will dispute the truth of "burn-in" for components and wire. To those that can hear it: No explanation is necessary. F... | |
| Tube change You don't absolutely have to, but- It won't hurt. I always turn my bias pot down 50% before changing power tubes, then bring the bias up to spec slowly as things warm up(I wait 1/2hr at least for the voltages to settle), then keep an eye on my amm... |