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| Vacuum Tube Snake Oil Salesmen This person seems to treasure his stash. They are for sale too. | |
| Vacuum Tube Snake Oil Salesmen Use it as target practice. | |
| Do you own gear from defunct brands? Thorens is still in business. Thorens | |
| Anyone have a suggestion for a tube tester? I second the B&K Dyna-Jet 606 for your application. | |
| Warped Take Up Reel Not if they are plastic, however the metal ones can be straightened. Remove the screws and the spacer so you only have the discs. Put the disc on a smooth flat surface and take a wooden rolling pin and flatten it out. You might have to tape it to ... | |
| Looking to Develop A Short List For An Interconnect You might try some solid silver interconnects, in your price range, for more upper midrange & highs. | |
| 6DJ8 vs. 6922? I would use all 6922 tubes in your application. | |
| Best place to buy used ds? Discogs and eBay. | |
| New house, wife reveals she hates my Maggies- looking for stand mount speaker suggestions Go to the link below and show it to your wife. Ask her to give you an idea of what she would be happy with and go from there. High End Stereo Speakers | |
| Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff? 2 new Technics models have Auto-Lift. | |
| Time for some housekeeping: Best contact cleaner? "91 or 99% alcohol works" Yes, just make sure you avoid contact with some plastics. | |
| Time for some housekeeping: Best contact cleaner? "@dill Why not the CAIG product?" Caig Deoxit contains a lubricate, I don't see a need for one when it comes to cable terminations. I understand the use of it on switches and rotary controls. | |
| Time for some housekeeping: Best contact cleaner? Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to get tarnish or goop off, then apply GC Electronics De-ox-id. NOT Caig Deoxit. Been using this combo for many years. | |
| ??? Pathos Classic Remix Mk.II OR Copland CSA-100 *** Which Hybrid Would You Buy??? Go with the Pathos. I had a Pathos Classic One MKIII for over 10 years and only sold it to down size. Get the best 6922 tubes you can, they make a difference. | |
| Old SS amps 20 years is not old for high-end quality amp and replacing the capacitators is not a big deal. You can have it done at a reasonable cost, many times locally. Over the years, I have had at least a dozen amps recapped. |