swampwalker
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| Tube preamp with cinema bypass?? BAT with remotes have unity gain setting for HT pass thru. | |
| Amps to drive Vandy 3A signatures Pair of McCormack DNA-0.5s run in vertical bi-amp mode. Should be able to pick up 2 DLXs for about that price. Lots of current, nice sweet sound, actually better sounding than 1.0s (I've had both with these speakers) and clear upgrade path via SMc... | |
| How hot do a pair of Pass Labs X600 amps run ? Don't know about the conversion, but surely not all of the energy is dissipated as heat. However, if they are Class A 150 wpc, I would imagine they run pretty hot, unless the heat sinking is very extensive. | |
| Help on Telefunken tubes Marty- terrific hint. many thanks. | |
| Adding a phono stage component ? Advice needed You need a separate component called a phono pre-amp or phono stage that is specially designed to do 2 things: bring the very low output voltage of the cartridge to the necessary input voltage of a line stage and secondly to apply the RIAA equaliz... | |
| Best 12at7 tube?????????? See Joes Tube Lore in the FAQs at AudioAsylum. Probably more than you ever wanted to know about 12AT7s. | |
| FYI - Who Should Pack Your UPS Shipment. Well I just went in there to ship a 0.5 back to Papa Steve for an upgrade. Ship estimate was about $35.00 per UPS computer. I asked them to overbox cause the box was a little beat from other trips back to Papa. Add 6 lbs for the extra box and the ... | |
| Shipping/packing-what's the standard for pre & CD? Although I've been lucky so far with original boxes, for items of this $, I would insist on double-boxing and Fedex overnight or DHL. If you agree to pay, there should be NO QUESTION. It protects both parties. Otherwise, w/o double-boxing, you can... | |
| Home brew vinyl & stylus cleaning fluids? Wow- Thanks for the tips, Scott. U Da man ;~) | |
| What's the diff between 12AX7 and 12AX7A tubes? check out Joe's Tube Lore at AudioAsylum for a detailed discussion of the various 12AX7 tubes. Also http://www.machmat.com/sales/Ecc82 | |
| London or Europe Anyone: Changing Voltage Again? All I can tell you is I sent a DAC to Classe' to change the voltage from 220-110 and they only charged $60 and that included return shipping. | |
| mixing old and new components Vrathke- go ahead, but first try those Aerial 10Ts with theARC/McCormack combo. Should sound pretty darn good for 2 channel. | |
| Preamp Options-Classe,Muse,SF,BAT,Adcom The Unity gain setting on the BAT is available on the VK3i as well, as long as it has remote. Should be in the lower portion of your range, used. Excellent unit. | |
| Will a Classe SSP30 operate in 220V 50Hz Environ? Their support still is excellent. They were fast, courteous and inexpensive ($60.00) to change a 220v DAC to 110 for me in the States. Give them a shout. | |
| Rat Shack SPL meter: Analog or Digital? I think the idea behind the analog is that SPLs will vary significantly over time, and with a digital readout it is hard to mentally calculate an average, as it is not simply the mean between the highest and lowest level. There is a time component... |