wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| How do you know when to replace tubes I had the same tubes in my '60 Fender Deluxe for over three decades. | |
| How do you know when to replace tubes I didn't count the hours on my 120s but it was about 2 and a half years of use...even 5 hours a day (I have my rig on more than that usually) is over 5000 hours, and they still held their bias and sounded fine until that last couple of weeks. | |
| How do you know when to replace tubes I say use your ears, and have backup tubes around from your god damn tube hoarding fetish...oops...got carried away there...there is NO way anybody else can suggest when to change the tubes on an amp they're not personally listening to so stick th... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I've been using tube amps since about 1962 (albeit that was my cousin's white Bandmaster guitar amp), and anytime my Nutz get into a thread, well, it's a good thing...note that with all of those tube guitar amps nobody cared one bit about warm up ... | |
| What sub under a grand? 200hz is bone crushing lower midrange. | |
| Directional speaker cables - switching direction Using cables attached in the wrong direction opens the door to chaos...once on that path you could be doomed...is it worth it? NO NO NO...However, one thing you can try is to erase the little arrows and anything saying "speaker" or "amp" on the ca... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I completely forgot how old this thread was, and I just re-read the whole thing (something I never do)...I've been using some Sovtek kt88s and Tung Sol 6550s from my "barely used" tube stash once I sensed recently that the 120s might have been fin... | |
| New KT150 tubes? I just ordered a quad of KT150s for my Jolida 502p because I live on the edge...also they hit my magic cheapness number on Ebay, so I guess I live on the edge of cheapness. | |
| Tubes for Jolida Fusion Preamp I'm happy to report that the Gold Lion Matched and Balanced (including triodes for another 5 bucks each) Gold Pin Premium 12Ax7s sound amazingly better than anything I've previously used in my Jolida 502p...and they're barely broken in. Maybe the ... | |
| Phono Preamp for Rega RP1 I have a Cambridge 640p that sounds great, although that might be partly due to the no longer available Pangea power supply. I've heard the newer version (651p?) in a friends system and that one sounds great also...it's a bargain compared to some ... | |
| What sub under a grand? Speakers and subs can function and sound differently of course, but "timing" and "speed" are useless terms often used by technically challenged gasbags like Bo, who seems to lack the ability or actual knowledge to explain himself. I'm not sure wha... | |
| What sub under a grand? "Fast response" from woofers is another example of audio nonsense...all woofers get the signal at the same time as the main speakers, there is no significant measurable delay related to cone material, magnets, or woofer amps, and there is pretty m... | |
| What sub under a grand? Claiming a "big positive difference" from using a sub for higher frequencies than around 50 to 60hz requires further explanation, and I hope there isn't anything of the sort forthcoming from the strange paragon of self parody that is Bo. | |
| Tubes for Jolida Fusion Preamp My 2 cents as a tube roller is to recommend buying from a dealer with a good return policy (thetubestore.com is a fave) as I've had NOS tubes fail...nice when they're replaced free of charge, and for me a key is buying NOS and not simply OS (old s... | |
| What is better 1 bigger sub or 2 small ones Look at the specs of the different REL models and get the one with the lowest possible frequency rating you can afford. My trusty old single REL Q150e (10" mosfet little monster) is located directly behind one of my main speakers, is all the sub m... |