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| Which group of speakers do you favor? In no particular order I look for components that are not status quo in design and technology:Avalon Indra Verity Audio ParsifalMagico V3Vienna Acoustics The Music | |
| 300B replacement How about sending in the good used tube to a select vendor to test it and perhaps get a better match before buying a second tube. Sophia are great tubes. Have not listened to the Western. | |
| Rel sub question? What is the rest of your system? | |
| When to change your amplifiers tubes? Popping. Cracking. And then my fuse clipped days later.The driver tubes effect the sonics the most so try changing them first.Spent $800 plus on 2 Quads of Genalex Gold Lion KT88/6550 and 12 Mullard 12AX7 types.And for something different try EAT ... | |
| Rel sub question? Should be.Connecting yellow and red together to the positive speaker terminal and black to the negative terminal. | |
| Sub or Amp If you buy a second amp use jumpers on the speakers upper and mids. Then wire the exiting speaker cable to upper (+) and mid (-).If you get a REL B3 you connect the speaker leads to the power amp. No need to use Preamp.My vote is to get a sub if y... | |
| Good budget alternative IC's with Shindo preamp Clarification. The DH labs IC I have not heard with the Shindo preamp. But I have to agree with Restock on the Au24. | |
| Office Speakers for Vincent SV-236??? Vienna Acoustic Haydns in rosewood. | |
| Good budget alternative IC's with Shindo preamp DH Labs Air Matrix or Revelation. | |
| Simaudio I5 to separates? Tough call...depends on how bad you really want that magic sound. My system sounds the best with separates. | |
| MDF versus Baltic Birch? Titebond II or III is what I use. | |
| MDF versus Baltic Birch? What type of glue are you going to use? | |
| My MC275 has a clueless sound-change... Do you have dedicated AC for the MC275? Tubes like stable power. My fuse blew in the first couple of weeks which really bothered me so I ended up upgrading the fuses first. Later I added Mullard 12A7T and 12X7A along with Genalex KT 88/6550.Expect... | |
| MDF versus Baltic Birch? Most speaker cabinet makers use special dampening glue or material. Depending on the designer they may use braces or special glue to provide better rigidty for MDF or layered Birch. | |
| My MC275 has a clueless sound-change... Examine 12 type tubes and double check the fuse.Double check connections to loudspeaker and amplifier. |