swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Best tube amp or mono blocks within 5 k new/used. Three possibilities1. Llano Design Trinity 300 300 wpc, super high current, hybrid. Can use multiple tube types in voltage stage for customizing sound. Fantastic bass. Or for you $, you could get the Phoenix monos.2. Send the DNA to SMcAudio for t... | |
| What tattoo to get next? LOL Rossta- good to hear from you. What an image! Enough to make the FCC go into cardiac arrest ;~) | |
| What tattoo to get next? I was also thinking of a W.E. 300b. Although non-'philes will think its a lightbulb! Hmm, maybe the making of a secret symbol;~). Not my cup a, but its your body (and they ARE making great advances w/laser surgery! | |
| is TV varity a good way to break in speakers? Sorry about the non-sequiter. Software operator failure. That would be me!!! | |
| is TV varity a good way to break in speakers? Beatles & Stones (of course)DylanDeadCreamJeff Airplane (before that Starship nonsense)YougbloodsMoody BluesJethro TullAllman Bros.Quicksilver Messenger ServiceThe BandI've been lucky enough to have heard most of them play at least once (w/exc... | |
| i hate to ask but I Really Need Help Well it sounds like there is a ground loop btwn cdp and amp. Try grounding the cdp chassis to a true ground or to the amp and then to a true ground. | |
| Clearing up bad info on Plasma Display's. If yer that high, doesn't matter what yer watchin' ;~) | |
| Why Sellers Forget To Update Ads, Sold/ Pending Its in the subject of your post (Sellers forget). At least I do. Guilty as charged. | |
| Explain it to me like im 4 please? dedicated line Your electrician and town inspector may balk at installing the speaker wire that is not code rated for in-wall use. Not many are. | |
| Headphone amp as main amp? The microzotl which puts out about 1-2 w will drives 92 dB speakers very nicely in my home office (moderate volumes of course) and 95db horn speakers in my 14 X 22 living room to very nice volumes. | |
| 6DJ8/ECC-88 Equivalents? In terms of tube designations, you're looking at 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, ECC88, E88CC, CCa. Also maybe 623Ps from Russia. Also try http://www.machmat.com/sales. In terms of sonic character of the various brands, Joe's tube lore has the goods on his very... | |
| Question about grounding?do i need one to stop hum Clingman is referring to cable TV, which is often a source of hum. BTW, if your house is old enough to have the metal armored cable with the solid wire inside for wiring, then just changing the outlet itself to a 3 wire will usually give you a gro... | |
| Selling speakers here at Audiogon Great directions for packing, Cello. I used to be a shipping clerk in a warehouse and I think that you have given as good a recipe as there is. Only disagreement; they can get damaged from the outside, for example bu driving the "fork" of a forkli... | |
| Kora Eclipse preamp oddity YOu've got crosstalk!!! | |
| Selling speakers here at Audiogon Not sure why your shipping charges are different; the calculators here access the UPS and Fedex sites, I believe. Packing floor-standing speakers is difficult w/o orig boxes. Make sure that you are getting quotes for each box and then multiplying ... |