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| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? If a tube is glowing my understanding is it is wearing out. Yes, it is wearing out in the same manner that car engine is wearing out when left to idle. | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS @autospec Testpilot: Help me with this "OP" ?? OP = original poster, that would be you. | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS I believe that the OP's pre-amp only accepts xlr inputs | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables Audio shows are "Gear" conventions, not conventions for music appreciation. | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? Your question is too general to give a specific answer other than to say that price is a function of supply and demand. Just look at vintage Western Electric 300B, United 845 as examples. | |
| Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers @jea48 Martin Logan sells the speakers to his authorized dealers for 60% of MSRP. plus shipping.Is this an assumption or fact? | |
| THE LITTLE BLACK BOX, 399.00 ABSOLUTLY NUTS Am I reading your issue correctly? You have a Rega tonearm that you would like to convert to XLR connections to use with Atma-sphere pre-amp. You plan on re-terminating your Rega cable by attaching a Lemo connector to be used with another manufac... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE I'm with jafant, I enjoy reading about your audio journey. I love how you only use audio reviews and opinions as a guide as to what to try. There is no substitute for first hand experience. You may not know what you want until your hear it, but... | |
| How many spacers for a dynavector xx-2 mk2 on a rega. Since your tonearm does not have the ability for fine adjusting VTA, I would suggest setting the tonearm spacers so that the cartridge top is parallel to the platter. If the stylus is properly affixed to the cantilever, this should get you very c... | |
| Non Authorized Martin Logan Dealers Non-authorized dealer = No warrantyThank you for purchasing a MartinLogan product. All MartinLogan products meeting the conditions set forth here are eligible to receive the Limited Warranty. Please retain your sales receipt for proof of warrant... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? IME, it depends on the tube amp. With a push pull KT88 based amplifier, I would say that a tubed pre-amp contributes more to the tube sound, but change the amp to a single ended triode, all bets are off. | |
| Kronzila DXL or Allnic A-10000 DHT? The Allnic A-100000 is extremely rare with less than 5 sold in North America. I am not a fan of "KR" anything, horrible customer service and some reliability issues from their Czech factory. Allnic has a very good reputation and has credible NA ... | |
| Advise on TT Support Platform Using cables attached to the house foundation to provide support for the verticals post will in affect provide a path for addition vibration to be transferred to your rack. You need to internally brace the vertical supports to help isolate the ra... | |
| What happened to CAT? The reason you don’t hear too much about CAT is that they are slowly pricing themselves out of the market. | |
| Turntable getting back to vinyl Unless you have a significant vinyl collection, my answer would be no. |