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| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs Aesthetix Calypso | |
| Anyone with Rhea and Shelter 501MkII? I have a Rhea and you can load at 75 or 125 ohms but not 100. Close enough.My experience is not inconsistent with that of Dan_ed but I would suggest the quality of the tubes in your Rhea will be a factor. After spending considerable time finding q... | |
| Where's the best spot to put my audio stand Thanks for the responses. My listening room is 13 x 19. I had the same thoughts about big bass sound waves if I moved it to the corner. Probably not a good idea. Sounds like moving the rack to a side wall won't be of much benefit either.My speaker... | |
| lps sound bad I think this may be a VTA issue. Lack of bass suggests your tonearm is too high.The older recordings from the 50's and 60's were on heavier vinyl. If they sound good but the thinner vinyl does not, try lowering your tonearm for the newer stuff. If... | |
| Gain versus volume Which one sounds better? If your preamp was a lot better than your Rhea, you might want to use the lower 62db setting on the Rhea and turn up the volume on your preamp. If it was the other way around you might want to do it differently.The distrib... | |
| High End Isolation - HRS, SRA, Active platforms I first heard of this one man company via a PS Audio newsletter last year. Paul McGowan liked his stands.http://www.akustik-manufaktur.de/Unfortunately, the website is in German but there are lots of pictures featuring his hand made modular stands... | |
| rhea better with high or low output MC? Ebay is a crap shoot but I do have a tester and I wouldn't recommend anyone buy tubes without one. You're also correct that experience helps. I consistently look for tubes from vendors who have test results that are similar to mine. Certainly buyi... | |
| rhea better with high or low output MC? Rolling tubes in the Rhea is difficult without a tester. I tried for a few months without much luck and finally bought a VTV. Since then no problems. V1 & V2 should be treated as a unit. You can't assume they are matched pairs because only the... | |
| rhea better with high or low output MC? The Rhea isn't inherently noisy but it does require quality quiet tubes to show off. The factory supplied Sovek 12AXLPS are not a bad tube. They test them by ear at the factory. With a low output cartridge the tubes will need to be better quality ... | |
| How Do You Organize Your Music? As I'm disorganized the best system for me is a simple one. I have one of those IKEA cubed wall units where each cube represents a letter of the alphabet. The key to making this work is NOT to organize alphabetically within each letter as it's way... | |
| A higher level than Mullard in tube quality? I always thought that Philips SQ 7308 were the best of this bunch and they go for around $200-300 on eBay. I've had the best luck buying from sellers who use good testers and post the results. Be sure to ask first that the tubes are not noisy or m... | |
| Tubes Became Microphonic It can happen to any tube. If the tube makes it past 250 hours it'll probably last it's expected life.You might want to look at tube dampers. I recommend them but with reservations. They can create a more quiet background although I couldn't say t... | |
| Rhea Noise Like most Rhea owners in this forum I too have had tube issues since the day I purchased it; however, I recently purchased a VTV tube characterizer that solved my problems. I have been able to go through old tubes and find nice matched pairs that ... | |
| Rhea V1 & V2 NOS tubes Thanks to everyone for their input.I rolled all the 12ax7s (v1-v4)with Brimar CV4004s and started getting what sounded like feedback from the speakers. I then switched v1&v2 back to stock and that worked out well. The sound is different to be ... | |
| balanced connections Calypso/Rhea You're right.I contacted Tom at MusicalSurroundings who suggested using input 5, the tape input but not bypassed. I didn't realize that the gain didn't increment in small jumps but goes directly to 75dB from 62. Since I'm using the .24mv Airy for ... |