whart
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| Is a home theater even worth it or doable? I’ve run several large home projection systems and they were always separate from the two channel hifi. At one point, I was using all ARC tube amps just for home theater, with a projector, native rate scaler and various inputs, there was Blu, HD, ... | |
| Subwoofer - thoughts on Rythmic F12 I bought one with the paper cone several years ago to experiment with. I liked it. I also got it in a piano ebony finish- not sure if that was a normal option. So I bought a pair of the 15 inch units- also ebony piano finish- those don't have a pa... | |
| What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo? A wide variety of non-audiophile records. You want to hear the shortcomings, where the illusion fails. Something that is demanding on bass will not reveal midrange anomalies and vice-versa. | |
| What is a reasonable price for NOS 6H30P-DR Reflektor Tubes? I paid 1200 US for a matched Quad a couple years ago, dated from the late ’70s. And that was a "buddy price." The earlier the better in terms of date of manufacture. I knew the source of these and knew they were not pulls, i.e. used but measured N... | |
| Goodbye Everyone My take- don't worry about the "likes" or positive feedback from your posts. (It's a dopamine hit, I know). Instead, just contribute where you can here, there and elsewhere. I got frustrated back in 2014 that none of the sites were addressing my... | |
| Shipping large item to London Part of the trick is how it is packed. We went through this on our move from NY to Tx. There was a specialty packing company that came and had a whole selection of different foams-- with different "springiness" (what I referred to as durometer). T... | |
| I have a pair of Lamm ML 1.1 amps and do not know how to set the tube bias... Call too. And say you know me for whatever that's worth- bill hart | |
| Shipping large item to London Standard would be custom crated with different durometer or whatever of packing foam, palletized and air-freighted. You don't want to buy the full-custom road case for this thing. Cool instrument. Maybe talk to some brokers or some are on here? | |
| I have a pair of Lamm ML 1.1 amps and do not know how to set the tube bias... I would reach out to Lamm and leave a message for Elina, Vlad's wife/widow, telling her briefly what you need. I have the ML2, a completely different amp and the first thing Vlad told me to do was to buy a Fluke meter. But your amp has built in me... | |
| Best US second hand dealers that ship overseas Don't you have heavy "duty" to pay, apart from shipping? Japan is a good source for a lot of esoteric hi end and there are other places that may be nearer you. I don't know if AUS has any trade relations with countries that get a "pass" on import ... | |
| Tubes, Tubes and more Tubes... And "NOS" doesn't mean never used. It's a marketing term for a tube that "tests" good. How are the tubes tested? At high voltage? Good luck doing this on your own unless @dill is suggesting he can do this and handle marketing. I buy quality tube... | |
| Tidal class-action I'm not getting this either. MQA was developed by that one Meridian guy, then spun off into a company. It licensed its technology to various companies, including Tidal. From what I gather--I was not a close watcher of this technology, I'm an old v... | |
| Tubes, Tubes and more Tubes... You could sell them as a lot to a tube dealer by taking photos and listing what you have but I wouldn't let them cherry pick- make them take 'em all- you'll get a fraction of what you might be able to sell some of them for at retail, but dealing w... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I don't really patronize any dealers where I am now but in the luxe goods market (which is what "high-end" is), I would always call well in advance to set up an appointment. That process itself was often instructive. I dealt with many dealers wh... | |
| Western Electric 12AX7 coming this summer. Didn’t the Wired piece say "Blackburn"? That’s Mullard territory. Somewhere on the web is a very long set of pieces about Mullard back in the day. It is fascinating and almost steampunk like the movie "Brazil." Rube Goldberg stuff that was mechani... |