On the other hand, though, there are some who would consider using $59,500 worth of cables and power cords in conjunction with $13,500 speakers to be drinking Kool-Aid. Which is not to say, however, that it can't produce fine results. As can a multitude of other approaches, including the converse.There's more than 1 way to skin a cat!
Tube preamp troubleshooting
Hi everyone,
As I posted on the general forum, I have had a tough run of bad luck and mismatches with tube equipment. I just purchased a used Modwright LS100 for the following system:
1. CD - Marantz SA8004
2. Amp - McCormack DNA-125
I had been running it over the last few days with the pre-out on a Musical Fidelity M3i with no problems. Upon putting the Modwright in the system, I got some fairly loud tube rush from both channels. The right channel is a constant sound and the left channel seems to have some variation (much like the sound of wind over a microphone). Turning the volume knob up doesn't cause much change in the right channel. In the left, it makes the sound increase, crackle, whoosh louder while the knob is turning, but once the knob stops it returns to the same level of intermittent tube rush.
I assume the first step is to order new tubes, but if anyone has a suggestion of something else I might try, I'd appreciate it. The Modwright sounds quite good, but the tube rush is a major problem.
Thanks,
Scott
As I posted on the general forum, I have had a tough run of bad luck and mismatches with tube equipment. I just purchased a used Modwright LS100 for the following system:
1. CD - Marantz SA8004
2. Amp - McCormack DNA-125
I had been running it over the last few days with the pre-out on a Musical Fidelity M3i with no problems. Upon putting the Modwright in the system, I got some fairly loud tube rush from both channels. The right channel is a constant sound and the left channel seems to have some variation (much like the sound of wind over a microphone). Turning the volume knob up doesn't cause much change in the right channel. In the left, it makes the sound increase, crackle, whoosh louder while the knob is turning, but once the knob stops it returns to the same level of intermittent tube rush.
I assume the first step is to order new tubes, but if anyone has a suggestion of something else I might try, I'd appreciate it. The Modwright sounds quite good, but the tube rush is a major problem.
Thanks,
Scott