zaikesman
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| Tube Upgrades for CJ MV-52? I am an MV-55 owner. I have gathered that it is true, as the above post suggests, that the operating parameters of the older Sovtek EL-34 were assumed as the standard in engineering the applied bias value of this circuit. c-j advises that other tu... | |
| Magnepan 10.1- any good w/out a subwoofer? I used to sell these speakers at a local retail audio/video shop, and as I recall, they were expressly designed for use in conjunction with a subwoofer. I can't agree with the above post about the soundstage; the 10's seemed no more or less touchy... | |
| AudioLab FM 8000T tuner Display light I own an 8000T and haven't even been able to successfully remove the top cover (out of curiosity - it works and sounds fine). It seems like there must be a trick to it, unless I'm completely clueless, since it won't let go of the top with all the ... | |
| RECORD CLAMPS HELP An excellently made, inexpensive, and simple to use clamp is made by J.A. Michell. It is of the collet variety, and is available in satin-finished aluminum or black delrin (I have the latter). It is commonly sold for about $50, and my previously c... | |
| 1.0 vs. 1.5 Meter Digital Cable From what I have gleaned over time on this topic, the main objective is to end up with the smoothest, most regularly shaped curve to the cable run between the digital components. Depending on how the transport and DAC are positioned relative to ea... | |
| "I am there" vs. "They are here" "I am there" is of course the correct ideal model of what we want a music reproduction system to accomplish. But Sndsel and Danner (above) have gotten to the crux of our shared dilemma as critical listeners - what you might term the "Audiophile Co... | |
| HHB "BurnIt" vs. Sony CDR-W33? Any experience?? See my post on the HHB in the digital forum from a few days back (vs. Marantz CDR-500). One of the respondents talked about the Sony machines. Good luck. | |
| CD burners: Marantz vs. HHB Thanks for all of your responses. There does not yet, however, seem to be a great amount of interest in the forum for home-brew CD's if the number of replies to this post is any guage. Just post a cable comparision and watch what happens! | |
| CLASSE - Great amps or highly flawed? I can only offer my opinion about an older Classe amp that I owned. The Classe Seventy (about $1300 when new, 70wpc, natch) was already a few years old when I bought it 3 years ago, but in its time, I recall that it was a lower-powered SS referenc... | |
| CD burners: Marantz vs. HHB Errata: In the section where I discuss why the HHB CDR-830 BurnIT is more user-friendly than the Marantz CDR-500, there is a sentence about the HHB's adjustable analog sync-trigger level control (from -66dB to -24dB) vs. the Marantz's fixed -55dB ... | |
| Marantz CDR500,.. up to the task? See my new post on this subject on 10/20/01 | |
| can't Bias a tube If an output tube cannot be biased within its correct operating range, remove and replace it, don't continue to run the unit with that tube in place. If the the interior power supply fuse blows (not one of the externally accesible output channel f... | |
| Aerius i: Will CJ CAV50 or MV55 drive them ok?? Forgot to answer the second part of your question. Clipping a tube amp will not damage anything (this is the normal operating mode of tube guitar amplifiers, known as "distortion" or "overdrive", the resulting sound being considered desirable), bu... | |
| Aerius i: Will CJ CAV50 or MV55 drive them ok?? I have not tried these amps on the ML's, but I do own a MV-55. The amp is not switchable between triode and ultra-linear operation, it must be hardwired one way or the other by the factory (or a c-j approved tech). c-j reports that a high number o... | |
| Digital Interconnect Questions In my very limited experience, yes, differences can be heard (in a good, highly resolving system, of course). I just recently bought my first outboard DAC, a Theta DSPro Basic IIIa, to feed from my Adcom player. I went to a dealer and picked up tw... |