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| Need advice on how to sound insulate my room Liz, the answer to your questions is yes and yes. Check my system gear. Was wondering if there is such a thing as sound absorption tile panels that I could glue to the ceiling. Maybe cork board for the walls would help.Shame is, the room and my sy... | |
| Retubing an ARC VT100 mkll Just a footnote comment about the KT-120s. I had about 3000 hours on my KT-120s and thought it might be a good idea to retube my amp. I bought a complete set of tubes from Upscale Audio and dropped them in. The price is about half what ARC would c... | |
| ATC Monitors vs. Paradigm S8? I own the S8s. It's the most under-appreciated and under-respected best deal in audio. Many reviewers and owners, me included, have opined that the S8s sound as good as many other so-called high end speakers costing multiples more. The trick is th... | |
| Transition Audio Design modded Altec 1570B Just want to add my own approbation. If you check my threads, you will see that Tom made a custom impedance buffer device that enabled me to drive a low impedance sub woofer off my ARC Ref 5. He does terrific work. A great resource and a gentleman! | |
| BIAS TUBES VM220 ARC Hi Wholesale, Anything to report re tube switching and/or need for repair? Did Cal help you advance the ball any?Bruce | |
| BIAS TUBES VM220 ARC My electronic gear is all ARC. Check my system thread. My phono pre is a PH-7. Looking to swap it for a PH-8, which I understand is almost as good as the Ref Phono 2 (not SE). Obviously, I like ARC equipment, so take what I recommend with a grain ... | |
| Is this dangerous ? Listen to Al!!!! | |
| Is this dangerous ? Hopefully, one of the electronic techs will weigh in here. But until one does -- I advise don't do it. As Meiwan surmises, I too suspect that if both amps are tied in simulataneously, the outputs will short unless the amp not in use is disconnecte... | |
| BIAS TUBES VM220 ARC Wholesale, assuming the VTM and KT-120s are compatable, definitely go the KT-120 route. Check with ARC to confirm compatibility. I dropped them into my VS-115. Major improvement across the board. Now as far as the possible need for an electronic r... | |
| BIAS TUBES VM220 ARC Wholesake, how did you make out with the tube switch? I own an ARC VS-115. Tube switching may help and I hope it does. If not, the problem could be a blown bias resister. I have had to replace bias resisers twice already. Bias resisters often blow... | |
| Audio research REF 5 SE / REF 40th Ann compared ? Let's change the Q. Has anyone critically compared the Ref 5 to the Ref 5 SE version? If so, please share comments. I ask because I am on ARC's wait list for the SE upgrade. At this point, because of component supply issues, ARC will likely not ge... | |
| Biasing Question: ARC VS 115 Hifigeek Hey Gary, is the 4th word a typo, i.e., "shift" or "sh*t." | |
| Biasing Question: ARC VS 115 Hifigeek Thanks Gary. Sounds like its much ado about not a lot. | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Thanks Lew and Dover. Yeah, I meant cross talk. Sounds like much ado about not a big deal. My system sounds great. My wife yells at me so I know bass kicks! | |
| Azimuth observations and importance I've mentioned my set-up technique in other threads, but it may be worth mentioning it again for additional comments. First off, I own a Classic TT with a Classic 3 waand. My cartridge is a Sound Smith VPI Zephyr (MI) which was jointly designed by... |