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| Attention Cary CD Owners Every CD player will be Asian for the drive mechanism as a minimum. Philips or Sony. Usually Philips for the top players. Regardless of where the final assembly point is. All the top players will be the same in that respect. What counts is what ha... | |
| Attention Cary CD Owners They do offer an upgrade....it's past midnite here so my brain has run out of gas, but I recall it being $1000 or so. You get new innards. The new metal remote and tray, and faceplate do not change. I contacted most of my customers and worked out ... | |
| How are tubes to be purchased in general? As mentioned above, if your amp is self biasing or has individual bias pots, you don't have to get matched tubes, though it does not hurt as it may help to assure you that there is nothing whacky in the way the tube measures.If the amp is cathode ... | |
| Question about different tubes Just for the sake of clarity, Upscale Audio sells the vast majority of its tubes to anybody. That means any Mullard, Amperex, Telefunken, etc. The exception is 6DJ8, 6922, 7308, and 6SN7 or 6SL7 types. Those are reserved for people that have bough... | |
| BAT VK-60 tubes Jeepers...thanks. They are a great tube. And cheap. And durable. We found those in South America believe it or not. So it's been a nice deal for customers. | |
| Passive Preamps: Jumping Ship When customers ask, I tell them passive attenuators are like kissing thre most beautiful woman in the world....But she keeps her lips tight.So guys go back and forth...seeking more romance. A preamp is there to add color. You certainly don't need ... | |
| Tube amps that can hande 4 ohmsl What is important is the output impedence of the amp....kind of. If the amp has a low output impedence, like the Sonic Frontiers, the frequency response will be more likely to stay flat in the areas where you have an impedence dip.If the amp has a... | |
| BAT VK-60 tubes Hi Shari...If you got some defective 6C33 please let me know as we stand behind our tubes. That tube is impossible to test in traditional testers, as they draw so much filament current. And most people don't need them matched...But I paid the gent... | |
| What will cause my EL-34 filaments to glow differently. Swap them and see if the same tube is brighter. If so, it is most likely that the filament (which is what glows) is just sticking up and out a little more from the cathode sleeve it is slid into, which is just a manufacturing variation, is common,... | |
| Tube amp for a somewhat difficult load the Sonic Frontiers Power 2 110w stereo or Power 3 220w mono amps for a couple reasons. If you read the review technical/measurement section in Stereophile (where they earned class A recommendation), you will see John Atkinson say it was one of th... | |
| Who is selling Musical Fidelity Now ? The first one just arrived at the importer, and is for show. More will follow...we have deposits on three of them. If it is anything like the integrated is will be a stunner. The integrated amps...all of them...are something to behold. I was demoi... | |
| Tubes for Conrad Johnson Premier 11a ???? The most popular here has been the Ei KT90 Type III. Assuming they are burned in properly, they will last forever...I mean I have never replaced a pair that ran low on emmissions. But if you use the Svet 6550C or KT88 you will be doing just fine. | |
| reliable tube sources Just for clarity Upscale Audio sells most of its tubes, even the rarest, to anybody. The reason for the hold on certain 6922 and 7308 types is most dealers are out, and we were going to run out in six months. As it is now we sell them only if you ... | |
| NjoeTjoeb 4000 VS Planet2000 "Ding Ding" Go to www.audioreview.com and read reviews. We carry both, and if you are in Los Angeles area you are welcome to spend all day comparing them. The reviews of both units are excellent. Talking to end users in different systems may be helpful. | |
| Who is selling Musical Fidelity Now ? I think that Musical Fidelity wanted people to SEE the gear. And I don't blame them. While the gear looked nice enough in the catalogue pictures, you could not get a sense of how heavy and well built it is. I would not have guessed it until I saw ... |