lostbears
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| Chicago stereo shop recommendations Pro Musica is a good shop, John is a great guy. He is heavily into Naim. Saturday Audio Exchange is mostly inexpensive stuff, Some factory refurbished and used gear. They can be busy so it can be difficult to demo a piece uninterrupted, I did n... | |
| Zoethecus Cone - Long Shot Not all Zoethecus cones are the same thread size. I have 2 Zoethecus 4 shelf stands. When I moved, I found that the thread size was not the same on both racks. The cones were not interchangeable. I have seen cones for sale on occasion on Ebay.... | |
| Spam threads gone wild... Spammers most likely use a VPN and change their ip and location often. Blocking IPs probably won't work. And it may affect real users. I am also against fees, a lot of regular users will just move to other audio sites. In my opinion restricting... | |
| Spam threads gone wild... I use the HTTPS Everywhere extension on my browser. If the website is secure then the https in the web address is green. If there is a problem it is red. On Audiogon it is red, so there is an issue. Other sites like Ebay, yahoo and Amazon are gr... | |
| Spam threads gone wild... I saw it this morning. Just about every new thread was spam. There were about 20 of them. The moderators should ban links. They should also scan posts by new users. They use to do this. Other forums that I am on only allow new users to respond to ... | |
| which Audio Research pre-amp? The Ref 5se is very close to the GSPre. The Ref 6 is a bit better. The Ref 2se phono stage is also better than the one in the GSPre. The Ref 6 and Ref 3 Phono or Ref 2se Phono combination would be my choice. I own a Ref 5se and Ref Phono 2se and ... | |
| Amp for SF Amati Homage? Rogue Zeus or 180, Jadis Defy 7, Quicksilver 88 or 90 or M-135 ARC Ref 110 amplifier. You can run any 6550 variation including KT88 and KT120 tubes. It has a tube hours meter which lets you keep track of how many hours are on your tubes. It is a very nice holographic sounding amp. | |
| Cary 805 questions; with Sonus Faber Amati Homage speakers The Sonus Faber Amati Homage speakers are very nice speakers. You really want around 100 wpc in a tube amp. I know they are 92db. I have Sonus Faber Elipsa SE and use a Ref 110. If you don't have enough power the bass and sound stage can suffer. ... | |
| My Amp is Broken - Not Sure What to Do - Any Recommendations? It sounds like some sort of protection switch. If the amp is over driven or over heats, then it turns the amp off. You may not be able to over ride it safely. Though I do agree that ARC service is not what it once was. | |
| Tube question: any sonic difference in 6SN7 vs 6H30 vs 6H80 in the amp's signal position? It is a different version of the amp. You can't replace 6SN7 tubes with 6H30 ones. They are not interchangeable. | |
| Power Cables - Which Is Best For My Setup? If you do go with Shunyata, make sure to get the HC version. There is a big difference between the regular and HC versions. | |
| Power Cables - Which Is Best For My Setup? I am not a big fan of mixing and matching cables. I prefer to have all one brand. That said, Cardas is not a great match with ARC. Shunyata and Synergistic are both good matches. I have all ARC Ref gear and use Shunyata Zitron Alpha HC power cord... | |
| VSi60 Bias Adjustment I agree, you should never run the amp without speakers attached. I would replace all the tubes since you don't know how old they are. Could well be that the tube was at the end of it's lifespan and that is why it failed. Email Jim McShane, you ca... | |
| VSi60 Bias Adjustment The tube with 0 bias is bad. When it went bad it took out the protection resistor. The resistor needs to be replaced, It is a simple fix. Bring the amp to your local ARC dealer and he can replace the resistor. He will charge you very little if a... | |
| Analogue Productions Jazz, Blues and Classical 33RPM vs 45RPM advice needed!!! I have both 45 and 33 1/3 versions of some albums. I tend to play the 45 versions far less because of the constant flipping of records,For me the sound difference doesn't warrant the added hassle. If I had it to do over I would probably not buy m... |