wolf_garcia
Responses from wolf_garcia
| McIntosh C 220 Pre amp tubes... I don't think old tubes necessarily sound better these days as a lot of new stuff from Russia and China have stepped up and are less expensive. I do use a pair of UK made Mullard 12AT7s (CV 4024) which provide an entertaining flare up when initial... | |
| Need a very neutral interconnect- Although I don't actually understand the post from Bo, I feel I have to object to it anyway...really...somebody has to. | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? No...do not play the amp until you've rested your ears for at least 112 minutes, you've cleaned up around the amp to avoid the dreaded "dust particle comb filtering", and you're made sure all the neighbors have shut down any major appliances. Then... | |
| Amp is plugged to the wall, why use a conditioner? Knghifi...you are wrong my friend (and what you do with your strangled personal parts is between you and your urologist), and that's exactly why I mentioned it. Did you miss the part where I said my system sounds great? A basic understanding of cu... | |
| Amp is plugged to the wall, why use a conditioner? My Adcom ACE 515 I bought new about 127 years ago keeps on truckin'. I run everything from it including a PS Audio Humbuster III that the 2 amps (a tube amp for main listening and a rarely used SS for outdoor deck entertainment). I did stick PS Po... | |
| Fun, small footprint, floor standers As an aside, it's interesting to me that the regular Prelude is unique in the Silverline speaker lineup...the 3.75" metal woofers don't show up in anything else they make, the metal tweeter with its screen and rubber deflection pad thing doesn't e... | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Preamp outs would be better if available. | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Tape outs generally bypass the volume pot of a receiver, although I'm not sure about the rest of the circuitry like tone controls and all that...they're designed that way due to the fact that tape decks have input faders that should be impervious ... | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Take the tape outs...cleaner. | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? I do think it's important to turn it on before listening to it, although leaving it off all the time does make the tubes last longer. | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Did Audio Research tell you where you should wait? Can you pace around or should you just sit there? Leaving a new tube amp on for one hundred hours continuously is fine if you're going to sit next to it...this should be easy if you have 2 kids as... | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Note that it's OK to leave it unattended when it's not on. Waiting 3 hours to turn it on after turning it off is silly. Tube amps, if designed and built properly, are tough little buggers and don't need nearly as much pampering as many think. My e... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "Audio fan ravaged by hobby." details at 11. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D El tubo even order harmonico bueno, solido stato odd order mundo problemico. | |
| Ever Used the Audioquest King Cobra? I've been using AQ XLR Diamondbacks in my system for a few years (DAC to preamp, preamp to tube amp) and they're amazing...sonically transparant and VERY well made, and the Cobras should be even better. I use an RCA King Cobra pair out of my phono... |