waltersalas
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| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine I have checked the smaller tubes, but I do not have a substitute KT66 tube to try yet. The amp is new, so the tubes have maybe a hundred hours or so on them. One complication is the KT66 tubes are manual bias, and the design makes is very difficul... | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine By the way, I do have a dedicated circuit, and a Puritan 156 power conditioner. I have my components plugged into that, but not the ethernet switch. That might be worth a try. | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine Thanks for the help, folks. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. The cable coming into the house does seem to be pretty shabbily terminated.. There is some exposed wire and the cable can be twisted into an L at the switch, if that makes sens... | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine I tried a different switch today. Did not solve the problem. Next will be moving the cables and switches into the next room with the router, and then running a long ethernet cable back into the room and into the Aurender. If that doesn't do it, I ... | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine Fiber is not an option where I live unfortunately. I will try a better switch tomorrow and see if that helps, perhaps a Nighthawk. I appreciate all of the suggestions. | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine Thanks for the continued feedback and shared experiences. Just for some added context, I have not had these noise issues with other amps, especially solid state amps. It is not that I think the Synthesis is to blame, not at all. But the tubes appe... | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine Thanks, all. I will follow up on these suggestions and do some investigating. | |
| Internet Noise: A Pest in the Machine I agree. That has been my approach. I have used my phono stage and have been able to play records with no issue. I do not have a CD player but could borrow one as an experiment. It seems pretty clear that the noise is related to the internet, sinc... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k It's going to depend a lot on the kind of sound you prefer. I have owned several of the amps suggested here by others and liked things about each one, but they are also all different. My favorite by far in the upper end of your range (and well be... | |
| Live (analog) vs Digital Home Audio @gosta Completely get that. I think one's appraisal of their work will have much to do with their interest in bluegrass. The first one has a lot of bluegrass in it, the second one much less, and after that, very little indeed. I will check out... | |
| Live (analog) vs Digital Home Audio I loved their first two albums and have had no luck at all connecting with their later work. Did they play at least several of the older songs in their set? I have a chance to see them on Sunday at Merlefest and am hoping they dig deep into their ... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN @waytoomuchstuff Thanks, kindly. Your post reminded me I need to make some changes in my system profile, but the Fynes are still here and they are indeed quite excellent, as well as being efficient and very "amp friendly." I've heard some gre... | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN @waytoomuchstuff My comment was intended for the member whose comment was evidently deleted, just another tedious cable denier. | |
| Premium Power Cable Survey: The Results Are IN Thank God you came along to set things straight! | |
| Synthesis Amplifiers: One of High End's Best Kept Secrets? When I have time later in the week, I'll call about the remote. Believe me, I know what you mean about going to back to solid state. I had some very nice, very highly regarded solid state amps through here the past couple of years, but I much pre... |