johnss
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| Tubes for VTL S200 NP. Have not purchased tubes from Sweetwater so no idea on what type of testing they may or may not do. As for input tubes you may want to look for either UOS or NOS Raytheon, RCA or sylvania black plate 12AT7s or 12BH7s (on the current model o... | |
| Tubes for VTL S200 I don't think you made a mistake. The GL KT88s are normally pretty robust. Each brand has a different sonic character though. All the VTL amps run the tubes pretty hard. You may want to buy a few spare KT88s in case you get a failure or two. You... | |
| Tubes for VTL S200 Have owned quite a few of the VTL monoblocks but not the S200. The EH6550s are nice, so are the EH KT88s. You may want to consider adding a 0.1uf film cap bypass to each of the main filter caps. Will remove a ton of the noise that gets modulated t... | |
| Should I use an external Phono Preamp @mooks005 The Luxman is probably a nice phono pre. Tough to say if it is equal to or better than the phono stage in the 12000. Not sure where you live but it may be worthwhile getting some listening time in with your cart on someone else's system ... | |
| Should I use an external Phono Preamp I used to have the same front end and cart with a different phono stage. you may want to consider a Sony HAT1 SUT with your Cadenza cart.and feed the SUT into your MM stage before trying something else. To outright beat the performance of the ... | |
| Fuse replacement @lanx0003 , Fuses may or may not make a difference. Just a suggestion. Before you start spending on fuses, you may want to consider looking into various power cords and main filter cap bypass caps. Each of these 3 areas are attempting to filter hi... | |
| Do You Ever Get Glare/Raspy Sound on High Pitched Female Vocal Lines? would think the harshness is not coming from your speakers. Most likely coming from the rectifiers either in your amp or preamp. Try adding some film bypasses to the main filter caps and would think that harshness will disappear. | |
| VTL 5.5 II owner here. Any tube recs for non-splashy high frequencies? The splashy high freq are likely caused by no bypass caps on the S-200 not the 5.5. I went through the same symptoms with a TL6.5 II and the S-200. Swapped amps and preamps to determine the cause. Added a couple of .1uf film bypasses to the S-20... | |
| D to A Converters really depends on how far you want to go. Am using a Pure2 with a 10MX clock. | |
| McIntoish C8 or PrimaLuna EVO 300 @retiredaudioguy before you replace your preamp, have you considered adding a shunyata Alpha V2 or Sigma V2 power cord to your current preamp first? That may clean up the harshness you are hearing. You can pick one up used. If you don't like it ... | |
| Microscope for cartridge inspection @audiorusty unfortunately, that is correct. really tough to find a high powered scope like that for an inexpensive price. | |
| Microscope for cartridge inspection You may want to look for a direct view microscope either stereo or mono view with a 1500X or 2000x magnification range. If you are looking to determine wear keep in mind you'll need to focus only on the stylus tip area not the entire stylus so t... | |
| Who would you trust with your Otari RTR deck ? If you are on the east coast another great person is Ryan at reel to reel tech. He is wealth of info on open reel decks and tape. https://reeltoreelhaven.com/collections/decks On a 5050 BII, the two first steps should be to pop the head bl... | |
| Microscope for cartridge inspection yes, that scope is fine to look for general close ups of the cartridge, but not enough resolution to determine tip wear. | |
| Who would you trust with your Otari RTR deck ? first thing to do is remove the head block and send off to JRF for inspection. Really depends on the age and model. The MTRs are getting old enough a recap of at least the power supply may be good. On the MX 5050s there was a mk1, mk2 and mk3.... |