ethifi
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| Do failing tubes give off burning smell? Hi Hotsauce, I swapped the left/right tubes today and noticed that the lower bias reading switched sides. I would conclude that the tube is failing and won't bias. | |
| Do failing tubes give off burning smell? Thanks Spatialking for the clear explanation. | |
| Do failing tubes give off burning smell? Thanks guys for your prompt comments. Looks like I had bought myself some problem amps and lots of trouble. As a recent buyer, I didn't expect a trip to the tech doctor so soon.Is there any other test I could do? I was thinking of swapping tubes o... | |
| Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009 Thanks Tabl10s. I am in Asia and sending these heavy amps half-way around the world is not cost effective. | |
| Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009 Hi Tabl10s and Tpsonic, any idea? | |
| Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009 For the V-cap, is 0.22 uF 600 DC the correct value to use for this amp?On the VH Audio website, the picture of the V-cap shows red and green wire on each end. The ASL 1009 shows white and yellow wires to the existing caps. Do the wires on the V-ca... | |
| Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009 Hi Tabl10sThe amp comes with paper in oil capacitors - these were highly recommended by high-endaudio.com. What kind of improvements do one expect from changing to VCaps? | |
| Which NOS tubes on my ASL 1009 for more warmth? Hi JmanI've just bought a used 1009. Which tubes did you finally get? Can you share what you have tried, how they sounded in your system and why you settled on the current ones? | |
| Tubes for Antique Sound Lab 1009 Thanks, Tabl10s and Nutella.No, I am not going to spend big bucks for NOS 845 tubes like to KR845. I plan to just get Shuguang 845M, as recommended by Ed Sawyer at Audio Asylum. However, I plan to change the 12AU7 and EL34 to NOS tubes. Any recomm... | |
| Replace the Supratek Chardonnay with Accuphase? Jay,I have the Chardonnay too. In my own system, tube rolling to Ken Rad Black Glass VT-231 and changing power cord to Black Sand Silver Ref bring big improvements in the bass - tighter, better control and resolution. I am planning to change the o... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mick wrote me in Nov that "... Gain is from 5 to 25dB depending on switch." The master switch at the back of the preamp controls the amount of gain from 5 to 25 dB. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Fiddler, thanks for sharing. In your opinion, which of the two upgrades (V-CAP or DACT) make a greater sonic improvement?Thanks | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Fiddler, I am thinking of doing the mod too. Can you provide more information about the V-cap and DACT mod? For the DACT, did you use CT1 or CT2? 2 decks? Which resistance value to use? Is it difficult to change? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Earlier, I have asked a question about the output impedance of the Chardonnay. I got my answer from Mick himself - it's about 200 ohms. Just in case someone might want to know. | |
| video squeezebox? Try this - TViX HD M-5100SH. It's the best I've evaluated so far.Read all about it here:http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/5100sh.aspxhttp://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=825089 |