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| Diving into the world of tubes...help needed! My Cayin A88T was designed in Germany, made in China, point to point wiring. Designed to sound like a McIntosh 275. Used, off warranty. The reviews gave me confidence. It's price very compelling. No regrets, it sounds terrific. I took the bottom ... | |
| Diving into the world of tubes...help needed! Getting into tubes. It is very important to define your system needs, think carefully about control options, both manual and remote. Inputs, future additions, ... Bias Adjustment of Power Tubes: external, easy, safe, is a very desirable feature fo... | |
| Diving into the world of tubes...help needed! It's about time you decided to get into tubes, I bet you will be very glad.Before tubes, speakers. Speakers, properly matched in the listening space is by far the most important in any system. Speaker efficiency more important when using tube ampl... | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? Just sharing stuff I find until I find a tube integrated with remote balancethis is using the Chase unit for remote volume of a subwoofer (not balance or tone). Probably before home theater had better individual channel controls, but still might b... | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? comments from others "I think channel balance control is an essential feature. It would be almost a miracle if a system is truly perfectly balanced absent a control (perfect electrical balance, perfectly symmetrical room, perfect speaker placemen... | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? found an old thread, 2017, from this site https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-it-ok-to-use-an-8-ohm-tubed-amp-to-power-16-ohm-speakers | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? http://blog.hughes-and-kettner.com/ohm-cooking-101-understanding-amps-speakers-and-impedance/ Case 1: running a 16 ohm speaker with an 8 ohm amp outputWith this combination, the voltage at the speaker output will rise, while the current will ... | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? another tidbit found" I had this conversation with Robin Trower about 5 years ago in the Marshall Theater. He told me he likes to run his amps on 8 ohms into a 16 ohm cab. He then played some while I switched the selector on the back of the amp b... | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? bdp24 , that is interesting, thanks.general info suggests a slight boost in mids if using 8 ohm tap for 16 ohm speakers. found this informative. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/25434/using-an-8-ohm-amplifier-output-with-a-16-ohm-cabin... | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? I guess it was 1958.http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.htmlI inherited it from my uncle. I have all the components, use the console for firewood. Originally the woofers shot out the bottom, unit was on 8" bronze legs. TT and tape deck ... | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? I guess it was 1958. http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html I inherited it from my uncle. I have all the components, use the console for firewood. Originally the woofers shot out the bottom, unit was on 8" bronze legs. TT and tape dec... | |
| Any experience using 8 ohm taps for 16 ohm speakers? Anyone have 16 ohm speakers? Whatcha got?Mine are Electrovoice drivers from 1956. I moved them from a Fisher President II console to new Enclosures I had built. 15" woofer, 37 lps, monster magnet, 15W (brother of 15B used in the big Klipshhorn). ... | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? manual shows how, but it is not a separate balance control, menu alternates to get there. | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? this shows McIntosh remote control, no balance controls obvious file:///C:/Users/ellio/Downloads/hr072-update-codes-01%20(1).pdf Off to the unit's manual | |
| Remote Balance Control: on Tube Integrated Amp? stereo5 , thanks, but I am frustrated to get specific answers.this unit, they don't even mention remote control, or show a photo of a remote control, and not a hint it it's specs. https://www.mcintoshlabs.com/products/integrated-amplifiers/ma80... |