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| 12at7 with 12ax7 tubes Rodman or anyone else, have you actually substituted 12AT7s for 12AX7s or other swaps mentioned in the links?It would be great if we could swap tube types but the Tube Store writeup says:"These substitutions can also work in home audio amps, but w... | |
| Replacing 12AX7 to 5751 for pre-amp You can't substitute 12AU7 or 12AT7 for 12AX7. There are many 12AX7, 5751 or 7025 that you can try. Good Luck. | |
| what makes a good CD player I am impressed with the Ayre Minimum Phase (MP) filter. Other players and DACs using similar technology are PS Audio Perfect Wave, Meridian .2 players and Esoteric SA-50. | |
| A headache of choice over CD player Check out the MP upgrade of tha Ayre players. The Minimum Phase filters are a significant improvement, especially in the area of digital glare or listener fatigue.All Ayre players are built as MP now, older players can be upgraded for $250 or so. ... | |
| Hickok TV-7/U owners Yes the shunt setting is actually -. I assume it would be best to set it at 0 although it could mean that the shunt is irrelevant. I guess you could test it by trying different settings and see if it changes the tube's readings. I'd gradually turn... | |
| Hickok TV-7/U owners What I have for the KT88 is:6.3 HS5-3481 12 0 D 3 44If that doesn't make sense let me know and I'll label the numbers. I don't have the settings for an EL84. | |
| The CD Player Lie? You're listening to the wrong cd players if they all sound the same. A little research will give the names of players with distinctive and superior sound, some much better than a VPI Scout. | |
| Cary, Cayin or Primaluna EL34 for Merlin VSM-MME Primaluna has the advantage of continuous autobias. There's no need to ever bias the power tubes, match tubes, or wonder if you're getting the best out of your amp.The power tubes are always running in their sweet spot so they should last longer a... | |
| Meridian G08 vs Meridian G08.2 I'm not familiar with the Meridian players but I have an Ayre CX-7e MP, which has filters similar to the .2 Meridians. The apodising or minimum phase filters make a big difference in my opinion. | |
| XM Online Hi Craig, I have listened to XM online and it sounds good, like XM satellite but is probably not up to the quality of cds on your system. I found the info below on Wikipedia:Audio (MP3)32 kbit/s MW (AM) quality96 kbit/s FM quality128160 kbit/... | |
| Modern Jazz Pianist recommendation I really enjoy Lynne Arriale. She's a little more straight jazz than Bob or Joe but her music is very accessible and melodic for the most part. Like all jazz musicians she has to throw in something a little harder to appreciate every now and then. | |
| Top 2009 recordings These probably do not fall under the audiophile recording category but The Allman Brothers sell recordings of some of their concerts on their Hittin' The Note website.The band celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2009 and dedicated their run at the ... | |
| Why CD players so expensive when the fomat is dead Here's what I found at this web page:http://www.marketingcharts.com/interactive/music-stats-for-2009-fab-four-king-of-pop-among-top-selling-artists-11620/nielsen-music-sales-highlights-type-2009png/For 2009 in the US:295,000,000 cds were sold 76,4... | |
| How are Mullards supposed to sound? Layman, yes tube rolling is a roll of the dice, especially if you are buying tubes say on Ebay. Those tubes that look like they just came off the production line may be all used up. It takes a lot of study, purchasing a tube tester (another advent... | |
| How are Mullards supposed to sound? I suspect that Kevin has dealt with many people who like to get his advice or a demo unit and then buy elsewhere. I'd guess he's gotten very good at detecting these people in a brief conversation. If he's wrong some of the time, that's just the pr... |