tomcy6
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| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? The plates are the black or gray (usually gray) rectangular or square objects that take up most of the space in the tube. Long plates are usually found in older tubes, early (1950s) versions of tubes like the 12AU7. They may sound different from t... | |
| Teach an Old Dog New Tricks The Bluesounds are nice players but they will not give you the sound quality of your Ayre. If you’re like me, you won’t want to rip all your cds. I just stick one in my cd player if I want to hear it. In my view it looks like streaming may be wher... | |
| Publish the age of your component when selling (let's discuss) It would be nice if all sellers told us how old their gear is, how many hours it has on it, etc. I think most sellers are pretty good at letting you know what you’re getting and if they’re not you may want to just skip that purchase.Always check t... | |
| Why did it take so long I think the cd was released before it was ready for prime time. All Sony could see was those $ signs. I think digital will continue to improve for a long time to come. | |
| Best music of 2017 Allison Pierce - Year of the RabbitChelsea Williams - Boomerang | |
| What other streaming services do you recommend besides Tidal? Here is the link to a spreadsheet of Tidal’s MQA albums:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T0xnOzPQZai32L7R7e_uzxfBqhXrPuXh3USOjvuztYg/edit#gid=1176054952 | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Schubert, you can not possibly be a historian. Your lack of understanding of the causes of problems in this country and the world is truly staggering.Genocide and slavery were introduced to this hemisphere by European countries and since its incep... | |
| Eric Clapton reveals this week of his declining health Yeah, Getting old is just no fun. | |
| Tube or Trasistor vtv, Yes solid state has many benefits over tubes but the amp or preamp with the lowest distortion does not always sound best. Some people prefer the sound of amps or preamps that include tubes in their circuits. So why buy a more accurate solid... | |
| Another streamer option I don't know about in your system (I'm not knocking it, I just haven't heard any of those components) but streamers do improve as price increases (not always and not in a direct 1:1 ratio). I don't know if buying something like an Auralic Aries ... | |
| NOS tubes That's a nice amp wownflutter, but I can't tell you who would be the best tube dealer for you. When you get ready to try rolling I'm sure there will be people here who will be happy to offer advice. Enjoy! | |
| NOS tubes What amp did you buy wow? If you decide to start rolling tubes, it would be best to work with a good tube dealer (Brent Jessee, Andy Bouwman at Vintage Tube Services or Kevin Deal among others) rather than try your luck on ebay. They can offer e... | |
| What is really the purpose of streaming?? OK. Enjoy those same old cds! | |
| NOS tubes To answer the OP's question. And I'm talking about preamp tubes not power tubes. Tube quality was very important back before transistors replaced tubes, when tubes were used in essential functions in airplanes, radar, early computers, televisio... | |
| NOS tubes I don’t think that’s true freediver. Current production tubes are made in Russia and China and their construction is very different from the classic tubes made in the US, the UK, Holland, West Germany and many other countries. I’m not saying that ... |