wolf_garcia
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Directional speaker cables - switching direction I think it's a shame more women aren't into this hobby, or more anybody actually. | |
Tube Preamp vs Solid State My SS preamp is very clean sounding and puts an accurate signal into my tube power amp grease festival...I would like to get a tube preamp someday but anything I like is so expensive that I don't give a crap, and my feeling is that my tube amp is ... | |
tube preamp with SS amp Your central air sucks...it gets hot as hell where I live in the summer and the central AC works great, absolutely negating tube amp heat issues....I've been to AZ plenty and if you can't get the air below 80 you need a plumber, or a filter replac... | |
New KT150 tubes? The latest data from my uber-scientific research regarding "damage from 120s/150s due to filament draw" says they will not damage a god damned thing. You can read more about this study in my earlier post, and if they damage your ARC it will be the... | |
Directional speaker cables - switching direction The "women hear better than men" comments refer to hearing range which is likely better than many men might have. However, the sound QUALITY of a hifi rig to the trained and experienced ear is a different thing and is subject to the tastes (or lac... | |
cable reviews? Don't forget that USED cables are among the best deals in hifi out there, and unless the cables were used on a lobster boat or in a greasy diner kitchen you can't really go wrong and you'll save a pile over new stuff (if you buy something that suc... | |
RCA or Optical? I use 2 AQ coax...VDM3 from the CD player to the DAC, and a VDM5 from my streamer...they both work very well, and although they're different lengths and designs (the "3" is silver coated copper, the "5" is solid silver) they are absolutely indisti... | |
How do you know when to replace tubes Once again, the risk of transformer failure from wildly careless drunk and clearly insane risk taking tube rollers raises its ugly head. I did an informal study of this issue a couple of years ago (this study is ongoing by the way) and determined.... | |
How do you know when to replace tubes LONG time...not "ling" time...my retired 120s were about 100 bucks less than the 150s I just bought (they're still available by the way), and when you adjust for inflation, "present value" of money, Russian raw goods indices, jo mama, gross weight... | |
Power blackouts - problem for tube amp & speakers I use Serge protection when confronted by churlish Italian waiters. | |
Power blackouts - problem for tube amp & speakers My Jolida power amp (and many other designs) needs to be re-started by hitting the amp power switch if it goes off, and it's happened...only rarely though. Do not be frightened by tube amp risk myths as well designed modern tube amps are pretty da... | |
DAC straight to power amp? If you attach it directly to your amp you have maybe one shot at ALWAYS having the level controlled by your computer, as you can be dumping a nice line level surprise to your amp if you take your eye off that ball. Good luck, and wear earplugs jus... | |
Tubes for Jolida Fusion Preamp Those AT7s with the gold pins are tempting and I hope they have those when my 4024s wear out. | |
How do you know when to replace tubes They became more affordable and now cost about the same as 120s on a weight basis (it might take 5 120s to equal 4 150s), they could last a ling time, and they're larger than any other tube that will fit in my amp (!)...I was listening to a great ... | |
New KT150 tubes? Happy to report that the 150s are great...not unlike the 120s initial impression of effortless expansion of the whole frequency spectrum, and it seems the amp is a little louder, although that could be my imagination...little more heat but no bigg... |