swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Covering silver wire for use as a speaker cable IIRC, silver is supposed to more conductive after it tarnishes. Is that urban legend or is the concern about the tarnishing just about appearance? | |
| Meeting up at RMAF this year well I will b there for the first time and would love to meet up w one and all. | |
| Can someone tell me the Class of my Tandberg amp Leaving theory and implementation aside, all things being equal (which they rarely are) Class A operation generally sounds better. I don't think the schematic will tell you anything, but if you turn the amp on (safest if connected to a load) and l... | |
| 3 three channel system, anyone? IIRC, Dynaco had this accommodated in their pre-amps at one point in time (many, many years ago). I could be wrong. | |
| best Integrated amp under 4000$ ARS Sonum Filharmonia if a line stage only will work for you. | |
| Tube sound Comes, mainly, from? Pre or Power? Part of the rational is ease of implementation. A tube pre-amp does not need to be biased (there probably is an exception somewhere), the tubes usually last a lot longer and are less expensive (for current production), esp on a cost/hr basis. Tube... | |
| Joule LA100 MKIII or Granite Audio 770FP or Modwrt I have owned both the Joule and the Modwright, altho several years apart. I would say the description of their sounds ( I am more a gestalt guy than a dissector of individual aspects of a piece) as Joule- natural, organic, good at conveying emotio... | |
| SPEAKER HUM IIRC, plugging the amp and pre to separate lines is a very good (BAD) way to induce a ground loop. However, since my electrical skills/knowledge are slim, I could easily be wrong. However, its an easy experiment to try them on the same duplex. | |
| I need a turntable, only have $450 to spare... MT- If you are gonna change ICs, my suggestion would be to get the whole tone arm re-wired from the cart clips to the RCAs in one continuous run. | |
| Getting back into analog Well then the VAC will fill the bill. | |
| How Much Does Damage Affect Value? did the UPS store pack it or just ship it? if the former, as far as I am aware, they guarantee their packing to be to UPS standards. | |
| Getting back into analog FWIW, if the Janus is the one box combo w the Rhea phono stage, the VAC was far and away superior in a head to head with a Rhea and also w a Rhea Sig w NOS tubes. One other option which is a very good stand-alone is the ZYX Artisan which head to h... | |
| Getting back into analog Well I just sold my VAC Ren Mk2 which is a full function pre that would have been right in your price rang and has an outstanding phono stage that can accommodate MM and MC carts. Highly recommended. At the top of that range you might, if you are ... | |
| TUBE NOOB: ADVICE NEEDED ON REPLACEMENT TUBE Also try A'gon member/tube seller Jsautter. | |
| Buy new tubes, or use "stock tubes?" 12 AX7s are NOT equivalent to 12AT7s. They may "work" but they are not the same tube. |