tonydennison
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| How much hum is normal from a new tube amp Know that I think of it I had a hum that was intermitant and it turned out to be a loose wire on a Cap. BE CAREFUL investigating that one. | |
| How much hum is normal from a new tube amp Tube amps should have zero hum. Return it. | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney Weird. I thought I replied to this last comment. When I first received this AT7 it had the noise problems you mention. I sent it back to mike and he fixed whatever it was. Seeing this discussion make me wish I hadnt sold my ful... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @roxy54 No, I'm cool. If I was having any actual issue with my sound......everybody would know it :-) I can just be a hothead and I'm not the greatest at expressing in chat. Audiophilia is an addiction and can make us irrational and testy. Loo... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. LOL Sorry @decooney , I didn’t notice that was you that said "take the preamp and amps with you to the tech at the same time then - have it all checked out, tubes, bias all input/driver (inside bias adj) and output tubes (external)" When I read... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. I am using E34's now and it sounds great. The KT88 in question is an older set I haven't used in years. The bottom of the 4th tube broke off while rolling tubes. I probably used them for about 1.5 years. Nothing needs to be checked out with my sy... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. Also something I did that I think may have improved the H4's, but most likely just in my head. I removed the steel jumpers and made some out of bare copper solid core. if anyone hasn't thought of it. Then again, on the inside of the terminal doo... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney Speaking of matched.... I was looking on the TCTubes site and I was thinking, well, they're not matched so how big of a deal is it? I have 3 matched KT88 gold lions, the forth broke years ago. What would happen if I rolled the dice o... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. Thanks everybody. @decooney TCTubes, awesome. Maybe my first step will be trying some NOS 12AT7, who knows? Thanks again All | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney "IF you share your local city here, i’m sure someone near you might have a tech or area to drive to." Yes. Anyone recommend someone in MLPS to reach out to? I sent emails to Minneapolis Hi Fi and HiFiSound. Thanks T | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney "can you do some searching for a local tech near your first" LOL, I just did. I emailed the two hifi shops in MLPS just 10 minutes ago. Thanks TD | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. OK, thank you all 'for all the input. I think I will look into upgrading the caps in both my line pre and the mid-monos. Is there a site you can recommend so I can learn what I need to so I don't kill myself or the amps? I imagine it is just lo... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @perkadin "Some stuff sounds amazing, other stuff not so much." Yes, I hear you. So far I'm finding, luckily, the stuff I like most is sounding great. And although it's true some sound, NOT so great, these are things, so far, I can live ... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney "the average person is absolutely good with any of these units in stock form. For the other 10% of us who want more, it can be achieved within reason, and for fairly low cost too." Yeah, I like the quest as well, but Im just wor... | |
| My Heresy IV at 168 hours w/ a change of tubes. @decooney What does "FWIW" mean? T |