rrog
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| What is turn on/off sequence of amp and pre-amp? Always turn the preamp on first. Some tube preamps take a while to stabilize. If you own a tube preamp and your preamp does not auto mute turn the preamp on and wait a few minutes before turning the power amp on. | |
| Counterpoint Solid-8 Pre-Amp You can contact Mike Elliott at Aria Ltd.www.altavistaaudio.comMike is offering upgrades on several Counterpoint models. I believe he is located in Bend, Oregon now. | |
| 12bh7a retifier 12BH7 is not a rectifier. It is in the circuit because it serves as an output tube in your preamp. | |
| Warming up the ARC LS2B Audio Research hybrid preamps need about 3 days to start sounding their best. If you thought your preamp would warm up in 30 minutes because it has a tube you are mistaken. I have known many audiophiles who never knew this, but thought their syste... | |
| VTL Terrific Support I have always had excellent service from VTL. I sent them my VTL Ultimate preamp because the volume control had a problem at the lowest setting. They replaced the volume control and performed numerous updates for no charge. VTL even paid for the s... | |
| Warming up the ARC LS2B First of all, are you leaving your LS-2B on all of the time? | |
| What's a "large" room You have a medium size room. | |
| tube choice for Audible Illusions L1 I can't imagine the harshness you describe is coming from your Audible Illusions preamp. The best person to talk with regarding tubes for your preamp is Art Ferris, the guy that designed it. | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? Yes, power cords make a huge difference. Without them you won't have any sound at all. | |
| tube watts vs transistor watts? Sounds_real_audio, I agree with you. I think its more an issue of perceived power than what the speaker will handle. With tubes we tend to be satisfied with fewer watts instead of continuously increasing the volume to bring out something in the mu... | |
| Experiences with mass loading stands Target stands aren't what they used to be, but if you want to compare these two stands you will have to fill the Target stands. Different speakers need different stands to sound their best. ProAc speakers need a very heavy stand. Epos speakers sou... | |
| Debate on a whole front end change This topic has been debated here many times and most audiophiles believe the speaker is more important than the source. However, I am not one of them. I agree the CLS has its share of problems and all speakers do. I learned a long time ago there i... | |
| Wadia or Arc CD player? Elberoth2, That is good advice. I might add any ARC CD players prior to the CD3 cannot be repaired with laser assembly and transport issues since those parts have been discontinued. | |
| solid state vs tubes Ask Bob Carver. | |
| Debate on a whole front end change It sounds like your father knows what he is doing. The CLS is an amazing speaker. I still regret selling mine. I too thought I was going to get much better sound since I replaced them with a much more expensive speaker. I was wrong and I'm still k... |