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| Manley Chinook - chronic issues Did you buy this new from Upscale? Even used I think they warranty the used stuff for perhaps 90 days? When did this start or did it start in September? If so, I hate to mention the obvious but that piece should have gone back as soon as those dem... | |
| McCormack DNA 125 vs. DNA .5 Old thread I know but in case someone happens across this as I did, here is my two cents:I have owned both amps. To me, the 0.5 is the better of the two, and as a result I have owned two 0.5's and was happy to sell off the 125. While the 125 was "... | |
| Smoke on my power amp All I know is that the vast majority of amps I own or have owned have a huge warning in the owner's manual that states not to operate the amp without speakers being hooked up. And I think you now know why. It is NOT safe to operate so don't even t... | |
| Tubes OKay - I lied. I am back. And this is not about tubes so relax:gguy767, you said something interesting to me in one of your posts. You wrote this:"I think I'm a tad more of a music lover than an audiophile."Interesting as I said. What is your def... | |
| Tubes As long as I am being long winded and opining away, I would like to add one more thing and it is this: where a lot of people recommend going with NOS tubes for their or others tubed gear, how people are actually running NOS power tubes? Who out th... | |
| Tubes To dmk_calgaryAh, tubes. An area as dangerous as cables. I see from reading some of the replies that at least person believes that I prefer new production over NOS. Not always the case. What I am stating is that there is almost a prejudice that ne... | |
| Tubes You are welcome. This is why we call it a "community". There is a lot of information and opinions out there. I try to temper mine with experience rather than blind allegiance or romantic notion. This can be a really fun hobby but also painful at ... | |
| Tubes I would also like to add that tubes / tube changes cannot correct a poorly designed piece of equipment. I have looked at schematics on some pieces of equipment and could not make sense of what I saw. Some tubes were tied into others and some not ... | |
| Tubes As a man who owns all tube gear and has for 25+ years, the whole tube arena is not for novices. No insult here because I too, was one of those who learned about tubes the hard way; spending way too much, or not enough, seduced by NOS tubes when in... | |
| Opinions what are the best floor standing speakers in these ranges $$?? Anything DALI. They have a lot of good speakers but yes, you should look at monitors as well. And start saving your money because you will want to upgrade soon as nothing in this price range will be satisfying for long. And the Silverline speakers... | |
| Ebay sellers switching tubes Not more than a few months ago I walked into one of my favorite local high end stores and the owner hands me a tube and asks me what it is. Easy. It was a very common and not too good sounding run of the mill GE tube. It was easy to tell with the ... | |
| Who else here is frugal? Deaf thief.... | |
| Who else here is frugal? A friend of mine was possibly the second coming of "The Audio Cheapskate". He was constantly, and I mean constantly like every hour of every day looking for that one "giant killer". I helped him haul more speakers, amps, speaker stands, cable etc.... | |
| Who else here is frugal? Frugal and high end audio = oxymoron. | |
| BAT VK 53SE vs ARC Ref 5SE hk_fan also nails it. The 6H30 tube is like a transistor and yet in my experiences even worse than some transistors for even a MOSFET has some life in it compared to the 6H30. Truly, with some excellent new re-released tubes out there plus several... |