rrog
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| Fleetwood Mac Thanks for the link to The Plant. I remember Elvin Bishop from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. When he went on his own he was a regular in San Francisco. One place where he played alot was just off Union St. called The Cock's Inn. He always drew ... | |
| Tube Bias Adjustment and Tube Testing I quit using DeoxIt a long time ago because of the film it leaves behind. I prefer a good cleaner with no film such as cleaners available at the Shack. | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block I am not familiar with EH KT88s. They may need a little burn-in time to sound their best. Quicksilver has been selling Chinese KT88s for years. They sound very good. In fact I was considering Gold Lion reissues for my Dynaco MKIIIs, but all recomm... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? Agreed, It has to do with the crossover and not all speakers with two sets of binding posts are designed for bi-wiring. However, I believe your B&W 804 Nautilus do benefit from bi-wiring. | |
| Any transport suggestions for AR DAC1? Krell md2? Why wouldn't you use the matching Audio Research transport? Aren't they designed to work together? | |
| Best power conditioner? First you must determine if you need a power conditioner. | |
| Fleetwood Mac Neilspeed, Fleetwood Mac was not afraid to spend time in the recording studio to get perfection. Recording studios charge by the hour and it was understood Fleetwood Mac's last few albums were extremely expensive to record. It is no wonder the sou... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Do manufacturers of passive preamps and attenuators assist in matching? | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block I was going to recommend trying KT88s in your amp. I don't have experience with your amplifiers, but I have owned other Quicksilver amplifiers with KT88 tubes and the sound was very good. | |
| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? It is my understanding the taps are slightly lower impedance than marked by most manufacturers. VTL and Manley set theirs at 5 or 5.5 ohms I believe. It's all a matter of taste. Try both taps and see what you prefer. The 8 ohm tap usually sounds w... | |
| Fleetwood Mac I was living in the Bay Area in the 1960s and 70s. I enjoyed live music at the Carousel Ballroom/Fillmore West, Winterland, and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, the Boat House in Sausalito, the Bodega in San Jose and many other places where g... | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block I would replace the output tubes in both amps. With fresh output tubes in both amplifiers you should get a powerful balanced sound. Also,I recommend ordering the tubes from Quicksilver. They know best when it comes to sorting and matching tubes fo... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Pubul57, I thought this thread was closed a long time ago and here you are still carrying one. Maybe dynamics can suffer because of what I said in my very first statement here. The source is not designed to drive anything. The source signal is des... | |
| To bi-wire or not to bi-wire? Try bi-wire and single wire with the cable you have now and see if you hear an improvement. As with most things in audio, you just have to try it. | |
| Noise at start-up of one mono-block Call Quicksilver Audio and talk with Mike Sanders. He is a great guy. I am sure he will help you out. |