mhwalker
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| Newbie Maggie question: Best bang for buck? I love you guys. Thanks again for your experience with your own Magnepan systems. It looks like the 3.7 may be the sweet spot - with the BIG caveat that your room must be able to accommodate their physicality. If your room is less accommodatin... | |
| which excels at Rock and Roll [breathes on fingernails, rubs against shirt]. I respectfully disagree with janewyman. They’re on the right track, but they lowballed it just a smidge. Interesting how some of our best systems were our most basic and cheapest. When it comes to r... | |
| Newbie Maggie question: Best bang for buck? Thanks Gang! Y’all read my mind, that’s the kind of experiential feedback I am looking for. Shout out to Northman and Ravimaui in particular. So, to help pull this thread together, what I’m hearing (ahem, pun intended) is that – basically – Ma... | |
| What going fully Class D has taught me. Fine, fine, I’ll chime in. Over many years of experimenting in my own system, I have concluded that it’s the preamp that is the heart of your system’s electrical performance fingerprint. The amp simply makes the preamp’s sonic signature louder. Fo... | |
| Forte amplifiers: design and specifications FYI I’m late to the party here, but for historical purposes in case anyone finds this older thread for research...: Yes, all Forte amps are easily stable to 2 ohms. The class AB models are stable to around 1 ohm, but like most amps they won’t like su... | |
| Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How? Since I often come across old Audiogon forum posts while researching various questions on both A’Gon and Google, I thought I should close the loop on this one in case anyone else has this same rectifier question / issue with their Cary SLI-80 ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How? Thanks gang. Yes, Almarg has helped me with other tube-related mysteries before. Knock knock, Almarg?I powered the amp down and removed the bad tube. It's getter flashing is "evaporated", and it looks like pictures I've seen of tubes that lose the... | |
| Is the Printed Circuit Board a Form of Musical Notation? Aaannnand, discuss. | |
| Cary SLP98 + Rocket 88R F1 vs SLI80 And now a word from our “Better Late Than Never” department: I came across this post while searching for something else. But the title grabbed my eye, since I currently own BOTH a Cary CAD-808R Rocket 88 amp, and a Cary SLI-80 integrated. Bo... | |
| Swapping 5AR4 rectifier for 274B in a PrimaLuna Preamp Hey t-bon3 – Thanks for replying to this thread with your experience in swapping out the 5AR4 with Upscale’s Phillips 5R4GYS. Interesting feedback, and is consistent with most other reviews I’ve read of the 5R4GYS. What I find especially in... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice - Cary Six Pacs Hey zm, I think you may have picked up that set of Six Packs I had my eye on also on the ‘Gon over the last few weeks. If so, good for you, I’m glad they found a good home. I opted instead for a Cary SLI-80 integrated, to drive my Infini... | |
| Infinity Irs Beta servo control There’s a guy on ebay who goes by the user name “magicmarksy”. He has a bunch of higher-end vintage Infinity stuff for sale and he also offers repair services. I have never dealt with him myself, so I can’t vouch for his reputation or anything, ... | |
| Tube Rolling questions from a recent addict: Thanks for everyone’s responses - I appreciate your feedback and guidance! I found Brent Jessie’s site and Joe’s Tube Lore very informative, and Andy Bowman’s Vintage Tube Services site looks fascinating. I've been hanging out at Upscale Aud... | |
| Best recordings to demonstrate soundstage? The Cowboy Junkies album “The Trinity Sessions”. Legend has it that it was recorded live (i.e. no multi-tracking), with one single point-source microphone, and in the Trinity Church in Toronto no less. So you can hear not only a very natural sou... | |
| Swapping 5AR4 rectifier for 274B in a PrimaLuna Preamp Like t-bon3, I am new to the wonderful world of tubes and am also learning fast. Regarding rectifier tubes, from what I’ve been able to piece together after significant research on the ‘net, is that the sonic differences between rectifier... |