richardp01
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| Anyone have experience with the new ELAC DDP-2? If you try one I hope you will post your first impressions. I'm in the market for such a device to replace my DAC, toslink switch, network player and preamp which all sound great but are a nuisance to control even with a programmable remote. | |
| Audio Research VT100 Mk1, Mk3; VS115 Jea48,Thanks for your concern. I seem to be blessed with regards to my VT100. I ran it for a month on new input and driver tubes without even checking the bias. When I did do the biasing I found the 160 volt measuring points to be within the sp... | |
| Audio Research VT100 Mk1, Mk3; VS115 I just ran through my set of test tracks to check the new sound of the VT100 with proper biasing. One is always uncertain in making comparisons without A-B switching but I detected less silkiness in the highs after properly biasing the input tube... | |
| Audio Research VT100 Mk1, Mk3; VS115 Jim,I owe you a big chunk of gratitude for turning me on to that tutorial and scaring me into doing the bias adjustments to the VT100. I just finished the procedure which indeed took about four hours. I lucked out in that my new tubes did not ha... | |
| Audio Research VT100 Mk1, Mk3; VS115 Thanks Jim, You just ruined my evening. The boxes the tubes came in had numbers for triodes1 and 2. They were all marked either 80 and 85 or 85 and 80 for triodes 1 and 2. I guess I have a plan for what to do tomorrow.Rick | |
| Audio Research VT100 Mk1, Mk3; VS115 Thanks for the link to the tutorial. The ARC instructions for rebiasing the input tubes by themselves are useless. I just replaced the 8 input tubes without rebiasing them. I learned about the need to rebias them by accident, it's not mention... | |
| Audio Research VS110, VS115? I started a new thread. See Audio Research VT100 Mk1. | |
| Audio Research VS115 and VT100 Questions ? I've started a new thread, see "Audio Research VT100 Mk1." | |
| Does the WATT/Puppy 8 image as well as the 7? I have W/P 7's. I found violins and sopranos on certain recordings just a bit too brittle. My speakers are in my rather hard living room. I've tried two different cables. One tamed the upper register but also the bass. The other is better a... | |
| Pass Labs vs Mark Levinson vs Parasound - best 2 channel amp used under $2,500? With his size room, about five times the volume of my room, I'd say he needs some real juice to play sound at realistic levels. With average efficiency speakers we're probably talking 200 watts minimum. | |
| Wilson Watt Puppy, which version? Hey Marktomaras,I just got some W/P-7s that I drive with a VT100 Mk1. I think they work well together. Certainly the best system I have ever heard, but I am not one who has heard every speaker out there. I auditioned them with tube gear and had... | |
| Thiel Owners Unsound,I have had audionervousa for some time now; don't worry you're not the cause. Cheers,Rick | |
| Thiel Owners I have been reading the strong opinions about the 3.5 equalizer that I eliminated from my system by using a subwoofer so I tried it back in my system again. I get the same result as before. The midrange is a bit more veiled and the instruments, ... | |
| Thiel Owners Flatter is better. I did some careful listening to mens and women's voices comparing the boosted bass mentioned in a previous post (which sounds closer to the bass with the CS3.5 equalizer ) versus the bass adjusted to have a flat response and gu... | |
| Thiel Owners I scored a replacement midrange driver for my 3.5s by placing a WTB ad on Audiogon. I soldered it in and voila! no perceivable change even though the mid driver I replaced had three holes on the surround. Since I thought the speakers sounded fin... |