noromance
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| I give up on new vinyl I bought an all analog, all tube amplified audiophile release from an Agon contributor. While the music is fine, and the vinyl silent, the sound quality is quite poor. It is dull, lacks any dynamics, and sounds veiled. Did they not use a Red Colum... | |
| Where to Purchase New Tubes for Audio Research Preamp? https://www.upscaleaudio.com/collections/vacuum-tubesCall Kevin. | |
| My Personal Gift The Luxman PD-171 A Turntable. Congrats on your recovery. Ease up on those long work weeks. Unless it's your own business, don't kill yourself for the man. | |
| Really...My favorite power tube is reissue that's not widely popular Solid recommendation from @wolf_garcia and yes, the blue glow is sweet. | |
| Has anyone tried the Sun Valley 211/845 amp kit? Check and double check and then check again all connections and layout before you power it up. Power it up with a variac.Safety from when I used service CRTs many years ago.When prodding around checking voltage, ensure your meter probe handles are... | |
| Has anyone tried the Sun Valley 211/845 amp kit? Even a small pentode power amp is going to have dangerous voltages. But maybe it's a place to start. Bottlehead? | |
| Has anyone tried the Sun Valley 211/845 amp kit? So you want to build AND get some big triode sound?! If you can solder and know the basics of electronics AND how to discharge a power supply with a wooden stick and a 100k 25 watt resistor, you should be all set (sic)! | |
| Really...My favorite power tube is reissue that's not widely popular @jbhiller you sure do like them.I'm still running them in 2 sets of monoblocs since your first recommendation in 2017! | |
| Why do some manufacturers reverse preamp polarity in the first place? Each gain stage inverts polarity. A phono amp generally needs 2 amplification stages for gain and RIAA and an impedence matching buffer stage to drive the power amp. 3 stages = inverted polarity. 3 stages are better than four -less is more- so the... | |
| Has anyone tried the Sun Valley 211/845 amp kit? Dan, have you seen this? | |
| Want to get into Analog @orpheus10 Will you quit ruining it for me? I'm starting to get annoyed by pops and clicks on otherwise superb 60s analog LP recordings! | |
| Anyone Know What's Up With Townshend Audio? A little research. It was actually 2014. From Stereophile:"Wes Bender is sufficiently tireless and gracious that he has actually visited me here in Cherry Valley; you would think that by now I would have visited his Brooklyn audio salon, Wes Bende... | |
| Anyone Know What's Up With Townshend Audio? I honestly have no idea. It might be on the record of the event. There were tubes and fat cables but I had to run to save my hearing. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Marcy Lutes - Debut Julie London - Love LettersJulia Lee & Her Boyfriends - A Porter’s Love SongTalk Talk - The Colour of SpringThe Osborne Brothers - Up the Hill and DownMarianne Faithful - Go Away From My WorldEddie Haywood - At the Piano | |
| Soundsmith Progression: MIMC Star > Sussurro Mk II Yes. Good thread. I'd love to hear the SS against my Decca Super Gold (paratrace tipped from the Reference). Like most of us, I wish you could try before you buy. |