johnss
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| Vintage MC-75 restoration I would contact Terry Dewick, he has been doing them a long time, and a bit closer to you than the east or west coast. http://www.mcintoshaudio.com/dewick_repairs.htm | |
| Will 2 watts monoblock 45 tube amp work for 90db speakers ? think I would be looking for speakers in the 94-98 db eff range for use with a 45 SET amp....they are really about 1.5 watts, 2 watts is pushing them pretty hard. | |
| Reel to Reel is Alive & Well! all you need to do is watch the prices of both quarter track and half track decks over the last 3 years to see R to R is far from dead. There has been a small explosion in interest for the format and these decks. Hard to find a really clean 2 trac... | |
| Seeking tube 12AX7 recommendation for a Conrad-Johnson Premier 3 for 12ax7s, the PSVANE T-II. triple micas are my top choice now....just an extended musical sounding tube, that outperforms many NOS varieties. Try a set, you will be pleasantly surprised..... | |
| phono preamp for Primaluna for 5 bills or under only one to buy, the Nobsound clone of the EAR 824, available from doukmall on ebay for about 400. install some PSVANE 12AX7s in it and will be tough to beat until you get into 5 figure gear. best | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Bluesy41, yep like the others, agree. Have been down several mfgrs amps an pre amps. for your amp, populate the sockets with Shuguang nature sound inputs and outputs.....much better than stock tubes, more resolving, better imaging. etc. happy list... | |
| Tubes or stick with S/S If I had a pair of the K-horns, only one place I would be looking for an amp....one of Dennis Had's Inspire Single ended KT88 amps...they work great with efficient speakers. | |
| Best pre-amp with a C-J Premier 11a Amp would agree with georgehifi, the 3A can sound good but is a pita to use. and those vol controls always get noisy over time. I used to have a Prem 11a, ran it with the 3A, and a few others. Last pre I used with it was the PL Dialogue premium, which... | |
| Where to Buy Fuses for my OTL power blocks? go to allfuses dot com on the web. they sell tons of unique fuse types. | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic Bob,Have used both Jupiter and Jensen in a number of my own amps and amps I have upgraded for friends. would agree with jmolsberg, the Jupiter copper caps are really good souning caps; very organic sounding. The Jensens are very similar, maybe a t... | |
| Reel to reel don't forget, 30ips half inch was the original standard on Ampex machines back in the early 1950s, 15 and 7.5 came later. And yes, 30 ips is very nice. I have a few masters of 1/2 inch at 30 ips, and they do sound wonderful...The big drawback is 1... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? 12hz, before you start dropping coin on a new phono stage, you may want to look at the load resistors in your current model. Replace them with Vishay foils and you will be shocked at the reduction in noise, and improvement in low level detail with... | |
| Reputable source for Nagaoka MP110? have had excellent luck with LPgear dot com.they are out in the Vegas area, so if you are in the western US really fast shipping, eastern US is a few days longer, but always prompt service. | |
| Reel to reel as far as output level, as several posters already noted, the consumer output level was established as -10db, while the pro level was established at +4 db. so considerable difference. if you plug a pro level deck into a consumer level pre amp, wil... | |
| Parasound service problems yep, Erik is correct. call them. very good service. if one channel is out, likely not a huge problem. I have owned several pieces of Parasound gear over the years. all of it was built very well. and never had an issue...... |