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| Scanspeak 10" driver replacement - blown woofer Mike- Are you certain the voice coils are burned? Is there any sound from them with signal applied? If so- It's possible, with a sudden high input transient(ie: If a tonearm were dropped), for the voice coil to exceed it's linear range, bottom on ... | |
| Audio Research LS-7 LS7 upgrades suggestions Just for the general info pool: The four rectifier diodes are right next to the transformer and would take all of 20 minutes(if one were really challenged as far as dexterity) to change out, at a cost of less than $16.00(if IXYS soft recovery FRED... | |
| Scanspeak 10" driver replacement - blown woofer Any aftermarker speaker reconer(unless an authorized warranty station) will be using Waldom parts with which to affect the repair. Your speakers will never sound the same(or even close) if this course is taken. Unless you replace the driver(it's n... | |
| Dahlquist speakers Most of the opinions you'll get will be from those having listened to the Dahlquists almost 30 years ago, and playing with the equipment and cabling of that decade(obviously). Very doubtful that they can actually compare what they heard then with ... | |
| Audio Research LS-7 LS7 upgrades suggestions The easiest path is to install some NOS CCa's or, at least 7308/E188CC tubes. Depending on your taste in presentation, you might try Siemens/Telefunken(very transparent and extended in both directions, w/o bloat or glare), Mullard/Brimar(warm, "tu... | |
| Aestheix Calypso owners,tube advise needed 2nd what Samhar said about buying NOS, and the mentions about low noise tubes. Kevin at Upscale is very stringent in his testing procedures, and his noise grading is spot-on. You are assured of getting exactly what is stated/promised from him, in ... | |
| Dynaudio breakin period They'll get better faster, the louder you play them. Lots of bass is good too. | |
| Can you lower gain requirements on tube amp? Hi Tholt- Your CDP's voltage output depends on the recording level of the disc being played. Some aren't putting out enough to adequately drive your system. I REALLY enjoyed my Placette Passive with certain discs. Others just didn't get it. That's... | |
| Can you lower gain requirements on tube amp? Your only option, if you want to continue using the equipment mentioned, is to up the output voltage of your source(which you didn't mention). Do you find that some of your recorded material provides adequate SPLs? There's a wide disparity in reco... | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? Kevine- I'm using a pair of modded Cary SLM-100s on top, and a modded TransNova 9505 on the bottom. A modded TacT RCS 2.2X does the crossover and room correction duties. By, "correctly" I mean balancing the levels of the top and bottom, as the pow... | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? I should have stated, "Done correctly; one can enjoy the speed, definition and dynamics of SS on the bottom and the delicacy, timbre, liquid mids, open sound stage and natural decay of notes that tubes can provide on top." | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? Kevine: I've been actively bi-amping my home systems since 1980, and most of that time with tubes on the top. Done correctly; the presentation is excellent. | |
| Are mono tube amps my best choice? Even at a sensitivity of 93.5db(2.83V), I wouldn't bother with a 9wpc amp(or pair) for viewing movies with your speakers. There just couldn't be enough bass drive for any realism. You never mentioned what listening levels you enjoy(BTW). Yes- It's... | |
| Pope Holland Tubes for Cary SLP98P Some excellent notes of the 6SN7 family of tubes(and their presentations), most of which I can verify from personal experience, having tried all the top contenders: (http://home.att.net/~chimeraone/6sn7sound.html) Contact Kevin at Upscale regardin... | |
| Speaker cabinet construction.. Few understand that a transmission line IS NOT simply a vented enclosure, and that a properly designed TL can afford some of the lowest distortion bass available. The transmission line speaker was first described and patented in the 1960's. In a c... |