roberjerman
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| Please help! Tube amp issue It would be a lot easier if you got a photo of that Magnavox amp and copied the parts layout and wiring scheme! Trying to build any amp (tube or transistor) from a schematic is not a guarantee of success! See my post above! It is always best to di... | |
| Please help! Tube amp issue Parts layout is very important in any amplifier design! Keeping the power supply/transformer away from the input stage, wire length and routing ... Grounding issues? Did you use star grounding (tieing all grounds to a single point on the chassis)?... | |
| What will a preamp do for me? Maybe the PS 4.6 would be more appealing if the price was $3995! Don't be fooled by the belief that "if it costs more it must be better"! That is a rabbit hole that too many have fallen into! | |
| What will a preamp do for me? There's a one-owner PS Audio 4.6 preamp for sale now on EBay. $395.95 and free-shipping from PA. Seller is "buy-wrightjtt". This is an excellent sounding preamp, equal to units costing thousands! I have owned two of its predecessor - the model IV.... | |
| Can you live with your current speaker until you die? @shkong78 : I will bring a gasoline generator and ferment/distill vegetation to produce ethanol for fuel! And a SS amp (Bedini 25/25) plus a CD player with variable output, along with CDs. of course! | |
| My first Tube Amplifier @atomheart411: see my two posts above! I'd go for a pair of W5's or a nicely restored Dyna ST70 with 6L6/KT66 output tubes! | |
| My first Tube Amplifier Alternately, you could buy a nicely restored pair of Heath W5 mono tube amps. 6L6 PP with outstanding transformers (Peerless). A true classic! I have a pair, so it's an easy recommendation! Can be found on EBAY! | |
| My first Tube Amplifier The venerable 6L6 (late '30s) is an excellent output tube. Limited to about 20-25 watts for a PP pair. Its sound quality is limited to the make of the output transformer. Cheap ones, like in the Mesa Boogie, have problems with bass and high freque... | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Tony Martin with Black Sabbath! Superior to Ozzy! Sadly unappreciated! | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? @noromance I own enough amps and preamps to equip a store! I have my favorites, too! Same for speakers - their sonic signatures are certainly more easy to discern! | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? @noromance With two amps of different gains the bass and mid/high sound levels won't match! That would hardly make for good listening! The OP wants to give his father the Denon and keep the Yamaha for the Polk's. I personally would do the opposite... | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? @noromance The OP is a novice! My advice is correct! The two amps must be identical for bi-wiring to work properly! Let him install two jumpers per speaker and use just one amp at a time! | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? Yes, the top diagram is correct! Just get two jumpers (a few inches of wire will do) for each speaker. Forget about bi-wiring (the correct term). Use only one amp at a time with your two speakers - after you install the jumpers! | |
| Setting up 2 power amplifiers to setup at once help? There should be jumpers between the two reds and the two blacks. Get them! You still cannot bi-wire the A7's because you don't have two identical amps. | |
| Discontinued equipment that you wish were still here. What do you miss or think will miss? Too bad JBL couldn't re-issue the L166 Horizon! A much better speaker than the L100! I have a pair! |