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| When do you turn off the tubes? My pre (ARC Classic) sounds at it's best with tubes that have become almost unobtainium. There are no NOS Siemens & Halske 6922 Cca Grey Plates left in this world as far as I'm concerned. .. except maybe the couple hiding in my closet. Not l... | |
| How do you move HEAVY speakers with sharp spikes without lifting? Rent an aluminum hand truck from Home Depot or Lowes. Slide bottom under, tilt back and roll. | |
| Best Speaker cable in the $400.00-$500.00 range for 2 meters A used pair of Straightwire Maestro on eBay. | |
| Best tube dampers that you have used I use the Pearl Tube Coolers with a bit of a modification. I solder a wire to them which I run to chassis ground. Not only do they drop tube crown temp 10 to 15 degrees they eliminate any RF interference via the grounding and provide damping. | |
| Newbie needs help on Audio Research and DynAudio Quality Had an LS22 in my room to compare to my LS2BMKII (stock 25 year old) preamp. The LS 22 went back, not even close. | |
| AUDIO PRICE INSANITY PRICE VS. PERFORMANCE WORTH IT? Much to be said for this post I think.... " Myself, I collect and use the best vintage gear from the Golden Age of High End - 1965 - 85! That was when the most innovative (and affordable!) stuff was made! Since then prices have only risen for N... | |
| Question for tube aficionados I have a near 25 year old Audio Research pre-amp that came new tubed with Chinese 6DJ8. I liked the sound quite a bit and decided after a few years to experiment with tubes. Holland, Bugle Boys, Amperex and so on came and went. ..many different ... | |
| Tweaks for a new ARC preamp? Well, it wasn't an SP 17, it was an LS17SE. If there is anything, and I mean anything the LS2B MKII has taught me over the years, and it's almost 25, is that it's sound and musical involvement is directly related to the vacuum tube in it. Chines... | |
| Tweaks for a new ARC preamp? Well, at the end of the day the LS2B MKII ran the 17 SE right out of the room. Not even close. Sold to a jerk on eBay who returned it against my wishes at 600 hours and then resold to dealer.Have always played with tubes... anything 6DJ8, then... | |
| Balanced cables In my experience moving to balanced from single ended prodiced a slight increase in articulation, most noticeably in the bass. | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? My system has been basically the same for more than 25 years except for the CD player. ARC pre, LS2B MKII + remote takes a 6DJ8 but has been on a diet of late 1960's to early 1970's 6922 Cca Siemens and Halske grey plate NOS for the last 20 years... | |
| Cable Survey When I first built the system I still have (twenty-five + years ago) Fatwyre was a cable lending company. I tried about 10 or 12 different speaker cables, and about the same amount of interconnects finding out what worked best with the components... | |
| Audio Research I’ve been using the same Audio Research pre for about 25 years, and that isn’t for lack of trying at anything resembling a sane price. LS17-SE, LS27 .. dog meat compared to Filet Mignon. What is it? An Audio Research LS2 B MKII with remote volume/... | |
| Tuner or Receiver Look up the Tuner Information Center.... http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/index.html#audiophileand you will have subjective sonic results of lots of tuners.. Based on extensive reading I acquired a near 45 year old Sansui TU-9900 fully modified by Mik... | |
| What type of Audio Gal or Guy are you? Do You Know? Eureka moment.... discovered late 50's and early 60's Siemens and Halske 6922 Cca grey plate tubes. |