rrog
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| Tube newbee question The blue glow in tubes is not normal. If the blue glow suddenly appears it means the tube has developed a vacuum leak. If the blue glow has always been there it means the tube did not have a good strong vacuum to begin with. The strength of the va... | |
| Best ARC tube amps for classical music? I have owned many Audio Research amplifiers with incredible results, but I have never asked a tube amplifier to drive a low impedance load, so I really couldn't say. | |
| Wadia or Arc CD player? I also found the Wadia too antiseptic. I am currently using an Audio Research CD player. If you like analog you will like the ARC. Audio Research CD players also have internal isolation, so they are not sensitive to what they are setting on. The s... | |
| Best ARC tube amps for classical music? All of the Audio Research amplifiers are very good. It just depends on how much money you want to spend. One of the best of the older amps is the D-115 MKII and it mates perfectly with the SP-8 MKII. | |
| Best ARC tube amps for classical music? All good preamp choices. I have owned an SP-8, SP-8 MKII and SP-11 MKII. I have intentionally stayed away from the SP-10 because of the high tube count. The D-79B is an excellent amplifier. The only other choice may be Classic 120 monos. They are ... | |
| Best ARC tube amps for classical music? What preamp do you plan to use? | |
| Krell KST 100 Yep, send it to Krell. | |
| Current Inexpensive sub that can get it done cheap Madisound has either a 10" or 12" powered subwoofer at a reasonable price. Check their website. Highly recommended. | |
| This is no joke. Try the "dollar twenty tweak". Take four quarters and two dimes. At the front edge of your speakers place a quarter in each front corner with a dime in the center. This came around several years ago. At the time I was giving single ended amplifica... | |
| mid-fi to hi-fi evolution...power questions Chazz, More likely to damage tweeters with too little power and damage everything else with too much. I am a long time Vandersteen fan and as I mentioned earlier and in previous posts, crossover parts are easily damaged due to over heating from to... | |
| mid-fi to hi-fi evolution...power questions I have always known Vandersteen Model 2 speakers to be very easy to drive. Based on Vandersteen Audio specs the impedance is 7 ohms nominal with a minimum of 4 ohms. Efficiency is 86db 1 watt 1 meter. Recommended amplification is 40 to 160 watts p... | |
| Manley stingray and tannoy Philjolet, I also have the first model which is rated at 50wpc. The newer models are 40wpc due to a lower voltage power transformer. | |
| Room EQ to eliminate the BBC dip? I have not known B&W speakers to sound particularly smooth. I always thought their sound was fairly flat with a lively treble. Early KEF speakers have that smooth sound especially with Krell. | |
| Manley stingray and tannoy Philjolet, Was your Stingray an early one? I understand the power has been reduced on the later models due to different transformers. I ran SMGa Maggies with original Quad tube monos with 15 watts. I did not try them with large scale music, but th... | |
| Entry into HiFi What old receiver and speakers do you have now? |