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| Red Plating?? Interesting, the manufacture designs an auto bias amp around the kt88 tube and then recommends the user to use 6550 tubes. | |
| Cary 805B without bias pot Well, if your 805b amps do not have a chassis cut out hole for the bias pot or the meter jack, I would hazard a guess that your amps are a prototype of some sort. If they were upgraded/modified, they would still have the chassis cut out holes. | |
| What about Uni Din? All the science and physics related to setting up a turntable is just another part of the hobby which some enjoy and appreciate more than others. I appreciate the fact and joy some users achieve when they view their cartridge under an electron mi... | |
| Cary 805B without bias pot The Cary 805 series was never designed with auto bias. If in doubt, go to the Cary website and look at all the various 805 manuals and they all have a section on how to bias the tube. To check yours, plug in the bias meter and turn the bias pot ... | |
| Purple Heart = Purple Rain? @schubert, Purple Heart is the type of wood used for the cartridge body. Thanks for your service. Add me add me to the list of people who had QC issues with the Purple Heart. | |
| Perfect Speaker Placement - Put next to the back wall as much as possible. The best part about speaker placement is that it cost zero to try for one self. | |
| Mistakes I’ve made Imho, it sounds like your friends confused loaned with gifted. Since this has happened on multiple occasions with different people, perhaps you should make your intentions more clear. | |
| Mark Levinson 332 - Buying decision If the 332 has not been recapped, stay away. | |
| Got a new (to me) VPI Aries for Xmas... what’s the arm upgrade path? Before you make ANY changes, live and get to know what the current configuration sounds like. Later on, you will be able to discern what aspects of the table’s performance you would like to improve upon. | |
| Living room system: class A or AB amps? Just get the amp that sounds the best with your speakers. The only limiting factor would be if you needed to hide the amp in an enclosure. | |
| For the Audiophile with a taste for good design(looks)....a question. spread across a sea of 1971-vintage Marriott hotel red carpetLOL! | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage Actually, the Herron uses external male rca plugs each with a specified loading resistance that get inserted into the circuit. The Herron also has a mechanical switch to change from MC to MM. Gain adjustment is done by changing the output/gain t... | |
| Dedicated line questions... If you want to get and idea how much amperage your component draws take a look at the ac fuse rating. | |
| Reference 3a Decapo Anniversary From the manufacture, the difference between the standard and Anniversary edition is as follows:1) Additional panels, bolted with a thin layer of constrain mode isolation to the sides and top of the cabinets.2) Dense and heavy contoured rear panel... | |
| Are there speakers with cloth/soft enclosures instead of wood? Vandersteen Model 1,2, and 3 |