swampwalker
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| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. At the risk of stating the obvious, they should have a high, relatively flat impedence curve for the most part, although as others noted, they are reported to mate well with Quads. Also Soundlabs and Magnapans, IIRC. I have used them successfull... | |
| Psvane 300-B Tubes ? ? ? As far as reliability goes, I have used the Shuguang Black Treasures in a VAC Ren 30/30 which pushes the output tubes pretty hard and have had no problems. I really cannot estimate hours reliably, but definitely more than 600 hours and while star... | |
| How do I remove the woofer from ads 300 speaker? Thx, all; I got the driver out, which I needed to do to send for repair/rebuild. Surrounds are fine so my guess is voice coil needs to be replaced. I’ll be checking in w Richard So next. | |
| How do I remove the woofer from ads 300 speaker? For those who don't know this speaker they are small, metal enclosures w 5 1/4" mid-woofers and a 1" (I think) done tweeter. A little bigger than an NHT Superzero. I have tried prying the metal frame of the woofer w a screwdriver and it's har... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Not sure if anyone has mentioned them yet, but if a group qualifies, then Wailin; Jenny's should be on the list. If you ever get a chance to hear them perform, do not miss them! Two hours of total goose bumps, finishing with an a capella, unampl... | |
| Seeking advice on possibly returning Audio Gear I got on another marketplace. Return it. DAC quality at the lower end of the range is very very good, these days. There are 10 nice DACs in the $200-300 price range on this board right now. | |
| JBL Paragons Snewman01- Sorry for your loss. And sorry for the callous 'tude taken by others. No wonder this is a dying hobby. You can check eBay for closed sales to get some historic info on what they have sold for in the recent past. Audiogon also has a ... | |
| Expectations for warranty repair timing I buy most everything used so I can't say I have much experience with warranty repairs, but I do know that the local respected techs have a 2-4 month backlog. | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile From time to time, you will see a Doshi Alaap come up for sale. Line state only would be well within your budget but they are more rare. Full function would be near the top of our range. Also highly recommend VAC Ren. | |
| Speaker to mount in a bookcase - up to $2000 (somewhat long) Sojn "the clue" speakers are designed to be mounted (IIRC) about 2" from the wall behind them. I have heard them in that configuration in a small room and they sounded fantastic. I think that they are about $1K/pair new, and a bargain at that pr... | |
| My Audio Research experience In the USA if you send in an amp or preamp to ARC they replace all tubes with ARC tubes before they fix the amp. They send back the non ARC tubes.Remind me never to buy ARC. While there may be some justification for charging more for tubes due to... | |
| Mccormack DNA 0.5 schematic/service manual SMc Audio is top notch. Steve McCormack, owner of SMc and of course designer of the amp shows up here from time to time. Maybe he'll check in. | |
| 12AT nos , flash at start ? Yep, normal. | |
| Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio rbogartr-I'm very sorry for your loss. It sounds like you are not letting the tragedy define your life and I applaud you for that. My wife went for her annual and her OB/GYN immediately found a stage 2 tumor that her annual mammographer "missed"... | |
| How many shipments can audio equipment survive? Interesting question which is a by-product of the world-wide secondary market that the internet has facilitated. I don't think the packaging is the only variable. Leaving aside the gorillas at OOOOPS and the other guys, another variable is the w... |