russ69
Responses from russ69
| Does music give you longevity? Music is life. | |
| Help me diagnose a terrible new noise from my tube amp!!! "...I replaced the coupling caps on both of these monoblocks a week ago..."That might be a good starting point. Are you really good at soldering? You might have smoked the caps. | |
| Speaker Wire for Popular Budget System AQ Type 4 but don't expect miracles. | |
| What do "audiophiles" use to judge equipment? I may often buy "sound unseen". But it is purely the long term evaluation that I use to judge a products sound. Often mixing it with other equipment and setups to give it the best opportunity to shine. The only thing that keeps it in the lineup is... | |
| Cheap Amazon Chinese tube pre amps I have a cheap (but well made) tube preamp. It was less than $150. The darn thing sounds very good. I've had for years now. It's going to depend on the individual unit but they are not all junk. | |
| Hang / move large tv by myself? Is there a tool? Dry wall lift? | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS "...Russ69 how about ribbon in the middle?..."I'm not a speaker designer but using known upgrade parts might save you a lot of experimentation and frustration. Not sure if the crossover would need to be changed for the single driver upgrade. | |
| Should i replace my MC255 macintosh 5 channel amp? "...Why?..." (Parasound A51)Because it's a lively amp that would work well with your existing system based on my listening experience of your gear. Not so sure about your preamp but I would try the amp first. You'll get good money for your Mac gea... | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS FYI: The beryllium single tweeter upgrade on a Double Impact is shown at $600 and the fully array upgrade is $4200. I'd be looking around for other drivers, perhaps one that is a direct replacement. | |
| Should i replace my MC255 macintosh 5 channel amp? A 5 channel Parasound A51 would work nice with your system. | |
| What is wrong with my system? A tube preamp is the economic choice for you system. You have nice stuff, it just isn’t working together. No need to dump it all or the expensive pieces, a nice warm tube preamp will do the job. personally I would not go with Audio Research for yo... | |
| advice re old shelf speakers What is your budget? | |
| Stuck point! I view the class A amps using 300Bs and 845s as an advanced audiophile type of equipment. If this is your first tube amp, you might want start with an ultra linear EL-34 type amp. They have good power, don't get too hot, and are much simpler. Perh... | |
| Volume Control with 6 speakers:/ If your speakers are high impedance and/or you wire them in series, you can put quite a few loudspeakers on a single amp until you run out of power. | |
| Let’s make this a better community!? With a follow up! Yes, a guy posted he had an Athena preamp the other day. Turns out there are at least two brands using that name. Technical shorthand often leads to confusion. |