wolf_garcia
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| New KT150 tubes? I do have one dissimilar 120, and since it works fine I ignore that although it did bug me...but I get it. I suppose the good news is the fact that anybody makes tubes at all since it really seems to be a fiddly hands on thing. I watched an entire... | |
| What are the purpose of "Tape" and "Rec" preamp ? You can also use the "out" for a headphone amp. I'm surprised so many current preamps offer these...maybe in anticipation of the reel to reel boom that is (barely) happening. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D As a musician, I have played in a room with a "black background"...it was empty, and the manager sent us home early (true story...a club on a mysterious empty military base in hills above Honolulu). Does this information help anybody? | |
| What amplifier to get for Vandy 1 C's I LOVED My 1Bs...sent 'em back for cloth replacement and sold them (too many cats messing with them back then), but what a great speaker. They're efficient so why not try an inexpensive tube amp? Well? Why not? Come on! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH... | |
| Tube Dealer Recommendation Here's a BAD experience tale...for no reason in particular I ordered a matched pair of gold pin blah blah Psvane 12AX7-T IIs from China. They arrived with one tube looking sadly oversprayed and off kilter. I had 'em send a second pair (sent the fi... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D It's an interesting proposition to compare high cost SS amps to low cost tube amps. I've hear various Boulder, Pass, Krell, and other SS amps and think they work really well...some of those cost more than a nice car. I've also lived with a modest ... | |
| New KT150 tubes? This is the first I've heard of KT120 quality issues, and I think it's interesting Davide has experienced "erratic" manufacturing when they're made in the same factory as GL tubes (maybe the Gold Lion quality control team should visit other parts ... | |
| Fun, small footprint, floor standers The Prelude Plus is pretty dissimilar to the Prelude...no metal woofers, no screen on the soft dome tweeter (maybe I worry about that too much, but still...), although I bet they sound great. I would like to get my regular Preludes covered in stri... | |
| New KT150 tubes? 7000 hours is two years or so at 10 hours a day...or 30 years at one hour a day...300 years at a minute a day? | |
| Fun, small footprint, floor standers I keep looking for speakers to replace my Preludes (for no reason, and much more money), and I can't do it. Although opinions vary, I think putting great gear in front of these can, and does for me anyway, work very well. I have these on little bu... | |
| New KT150 tubes? The current best price for a quad is 300 bucks...that's where they should be I think. My 4 120s have been in heavy daily use for a year and a half with no signs of weakening...serious hours...they refuse to die...what the hell is wrong with them? | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I may have mentioned this before, but we used 2 (music store lent to us) 2000S amps with the "jumbo" JBL loaded 2X15 Sunn cabs (weird, larger cabinet, but no argument from us!), and our own 200S with the standard cab when we opened for Led Zepelli... | |
| New KT150 tubes? KT150s are on Ebay for less than that, so maybe those are cryoed or something. | |
| Do you indulge when listening to your rig? THREAD SCHMED! | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Metralla...I was being ironic...or sarcastic...or something...Since when did people start taking this stuff so literally? Is this an Aussie thing? Also, it is difficult for me to get by the fact that Isochronism has a Sunn 2000s, and that it's onl... |