rx8man
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| 1 tube glowing blue? It's normal, I called SED a while back, they said not to worry.I have two quads of SED KT-88's, they all have a blue glow, plus they sound great. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Gammajo,I felt my idea was getting rained on, so I was going to drop outta here.As far as this safety issue : There are many tube amps that run "wide open" no chassis top, bottom or sides to speak of, with big hot driver tubes staring at your face... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Gammajo (and others)The lid I created is 3/4" thick gloss black, acrylic.I routed a step along the underside perimeter, so it (sits in) the top of the preamp with no screw holes.The weight alone is plenty for safety reasons or whatever (yeah, I ha... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Hey Everyone !When you pop the top for tube rolling, or for plain visual curiosity, listen with the metal lid off for a while (hours) and tell me if there's a difference to your ears ?I'll tell you my impressions after I hear yours, just to confir... | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier The TP 2.0 preamp with my recent VAC 220 monos is a heavenly listening experience, very musically correct and satisfying.I'm calling off work for a couple days ! | |
| Tubes for Vac Super Avatar ?? I replaced two quads in my VAC 220's with SED KT-88's from Tube Depot at a reasonable price, they sound great and are durable. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier I use the original, White Teflon Halo 7's.There's a brief description of the sonic character for each ring type (white, nickel, black) | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier Grannyring, check out Herbie's Audio Lab for tube damping rings, best stuff out there.I also use his special footers under my components, including the preamp.Herblin is a friendly, honest guy, his products *really work* and the prices are down to... | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Tvad, thanks for the input.Photon46, I checked out Cryo-Parts, excellent link, I'll try that, thanks. | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Thanks guys.BTW, anyone try Signal Cable Magic cords in their system ? | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? I bounced over to A.A. via the Cable Asylum and found some pretty useful imfo under an older thread titled 'Bob Crump AC Cord' I was pretty aware of the majority of budget alternatives, just wanted to hear if anything else surfaced after the years... | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Psychic,It'd be a real bear trying to fit ends on that stuff, talk about current flow ! | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Unclejeff, a bad hummer ? | |
| Budget Power Cords For Tube Mono Amps ? Tvad and Raquel, I tried a few "esoteric" cords on the VACS and hardly noticed any difference. My mid-fi solid state back-up amps (much cheaper power supplies) is a different story.Thanks for the darned good advice. | |
| Audio Horizons TP 2.0 Preamplifier That's exactly what happens when your equipment is quiet.You're able to talk (without shouting) at normal conversation levels while music plays.Running dedicated 10-2 lines helped further, the only thing I did was drop the ground inside my preamp ... |