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| Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III crackling static in left channel I believe they were some NOS (now) EI tubes (Telefunken wantabe's). On the cheap side you can use JJ's or EH tubes - both have gold pin versions. I like the JJ's much more - they have been reliable and had a tone that fit the needs of my pre-amp, ... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III crackling static in left channel Possibly poor contacts of the tube pins with the tube socket. I had a similar problem. For years I thought it was a faulty tube. Ultimately I identified the underlying issue. I solved the 'problem by using either gold plated tubes, which add a ve... | |
| Seeking best sounding El-34 tubes for my power amplifier Pretty much depends on the sound you expect, but in the economy class of new production, inexpensive, tubes you might try JJ/Tesla which will give you a clean brighter sound or Mullards which will give a more full-range sound. Personally, I prefer... | |
| Best online source for music CD's Presto in England gets most all of my business. They have a great site, great service, and low prices. The only thing they do not exceed Amazon is the delivery of hard stuff which has to go thru Royal mail. You can get CDs etc. from Amazon, usuall... | |
| Classical Music - Check this out!! Goldberg Variations by Beatrice Rana is my go-to Bach. Music choice, performance and SQ. It has gotten some great reviews as well. | |
| Personality mahgister, although, strictly speaking not a by a ’Russian author', since you mentioned ’dying’ you might enjoy ’The Fixer’, a 1966 novel by Bernard Malamud, which depicts the working of the Russian Judicial system, at least for Jews. It made a la... | |
| I miss scarcity mahgister, FWIW, the 5th paragraph/sentence of your 5:35pm post sets forth my views on the effects of AI for most folks that will be using it. IMO AI will never be a substitute for 'critical analysis'. A great tool used properly, perhaps. But no m... | |
| I miss scarcity ghdprentice, John Galt appears (so to speak as no one knows where he is) in Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'. An interesting book and person with a point of view. Google's AI has a paragraph on this. | |
| I miss scarcity budjoe, Good analysis of what AI is (or isn't). John Galt would be turning over in his grave if he knew. :-) | |
| Replacing Conrad Johnson PV-10 "....no matter what I do". Dumb question time....did you change the tubes? I agree with others, the PV10 is a good pre-amp, worth fixing if you can. | |
| I miss scarcity I love your cartoon! One's brain rusts from non-use. AI, IMHO is the best way to commit intellectual suicide. AI's great for finding facts quite quickly (I do this all the time) but for subjective stuff, not so much. All you get is the mother of a... | |
| Help! Advice and Recommendations please (system sounds bad) Looked at your old room set up, it looked like it might sound great. I'm not so confident about your new room set up. I suspect that your issues might be helped by moving your speakers forward or backward to find the best balanced location so your... | |
| I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile. Personally I've always preferred the term 'hifi enthusiast'. 'Audiophile' has aways sounded a bit more than a little pretentious than I like. Too much like a title than a description. I hate titles. I just bought some stuff from England online. I... | |
| I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile. Goldilocks and the three bears story works for me. Papa bear - sound of the system; moma bear - sound of the recordings; and, Babybear - the music itself. As we get older it is said we start to return to our infancy. Or perhaps, we begin to sense... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player I have one (a 11s3) and use it infrequently. I find the bass response to be somewhat fulsome, and it bleeds into the upper bass and lower mid range. I bought it because it was SACD but, frankly, I really haven't found the SACD format all that supe... |