czarivey

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my preamp wont power up
There should be internal power supply fuse than. Also rectifier tube has to be inspected again.It seems that tubes in ARC last substantially shorter vs. other tube amps/preamps. 
mixing brands
I don't remember the brands I use at all. Definitely on speakers I have Kimber 4tc unterminated on both ends.Interconnects are mostly pro-audio XLR Mogami gold/silver 
my preamp wont power up
As far as I know most of preamps don't use power tubes... 
my preamp wont power up
Zd, So I shall say 'turkey' perhaps :) 
Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended?
The last one and the most weird was with Gretchen Parlato(voice, marakas, hand-claps and beat-boxing) and Alan Hampton all instruments.Normally Alan Hampton would play string double-bass, but he expanded himself to play other instruments: guitars ... 
my preamp wont power up
Any power transformer sound? 
modest DACs: any real improvement, 8 yrs on?
not really bcoz everyone loves vinyl now. 
Output level inexplicably reduced- help
check tubes on both preamps especially ref3. 
You know you're an audiophile if--
...and when you look for apartment, all you care about is placing your audio. everything else is optional including bedroom. 
my preamp wont power up
Lemon? 
Advice needed in Spain
Everyone will have it's own opinion and I'd go with Nottingham. It's universal for any music with detail and precision 
Whats the weirdest concert you ever attended?
I envy you to see Faust live.I mostly attend weird concert so it's fund to list:1. Art Ensemble of Chicago -- early 90s2. Larval at NYC Jazz festival at South Street Seaport3. Nils Petter Molvaer at NYC Coney Island High4. Gong with Daevid Alen an... 
Any comments on DAC directly to Power amp with no
depends on input/output impedance matching, input sensitivity of amp and output voltage ranges of DAC 
Audiophile Fuses
so audiophile fuses not precisely measured to the blow current? did you try conventional ones? 
Your favorite recent discovery
I discovered Chris Campbell and Cyrillic Typewriter. Both artists are ambient and sophisticated electronics. I also came upon the EP Sweet Convulsions which is post-punk-gothic project of early 90's and pretty hard to find.