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| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @immatthewj, great. thanks for sending this. I’ll check it out. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hey @blkwrxwgn, yes I did some tubes rolling on my SLP-05. I’m like you, I also found the stock EH a bit too bright for me. So I contacted Brent Jessee. Great guy to deal with BTW. He recommended the RCA black plates. So I bought 3 pairs to chang... | |
| Microphonic from Vacuum Tubes? Hi @immatthewj, actually no I have not. For whatever reason, it hasn't happened since I started this thread. So I just decided not to worry about it anymore. Will update you guys if this comes back, and if I can track down the root cause. Ch... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster @avanti1960, looks like your scenario is a little bit different from mine. From what I read on your post (excuse me if I misread), it sounds like you were going from an XLR output of your preamp and adapted that to a RCA input of your power amp... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster I would suggest the same kind of adaptor at the back of your DAC using the RCA connections and feed the lower signal to the XLR inputs to the Cary. Hi @avanti1960, regarding your suggestion above, I actually had tried this same experiment... | |
| Help and Advice Needed: Cary Audio SLP-05 Preamp RMA Disaster Hi @joshua43214, very sorry to hear about your experience with Cary. I feel your pain. I also purchased the Cary SLP-05 earlier this year, and added the Ultimate Upgrade. I’ve had 3 issues with the unit within 6 months of ownership. One of the iss... | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. +1 on "Quadrophenia" by The Who. My all time favorite band and all time favorite album. "Who's Next" would be a close second. | |
| Too Much Gain the Issue ? (preamp and amp) Hay @avanti1960, I also own the Cary SLP-05 and my power amp is the Parasound JC5, which has an input gain dial for both channels. There is no question that the output gain from the Cary is very high. When I got my Cary earlier this year, I w... | |
| What selections do you play when showing off your system to others? A few that came to mind: Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Corazon Espinado - Santana Just Like You - Keb' Mo' Year of the Cat - Al Stewart Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps Hey @immatthewj, love your description on tubes. Well done 😀👍 | |
| Car songs Red Barchetta - Rush Going Mobile - The Who | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @invalid, interesting observation. From what I remember, the connections between the tubes and the socket savers do seem pretty tight. Whereas the connection between the socket savers and the sockets on my preamp feel about the same in tightness. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes AFAIK, Linlai Global and Grand Fidelity are the only "official" retailer. Other members here gotten them from some Chinese Retailers or eBay at a lower price and had good results. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hi folks, I finally purchased a pair of the Linlai E 6SN7 tubes a couple of months ago from Grand Fidelity. I probably have about 150 hours on it now. I thought I would share my experience with my dear fellow members. I have the Cary SLP-05 pream... | |
| Microphonic from Vacuum Tubes? Thanks @kellyp and @larryi for the info. I hope it's not the capacitors. I've only had this preamp for 7 months. 😀 |