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| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? As I said earlier, I have had Don's preamp for several years now, and it is by far the best preamp I have ever had in my system. It is the last preamp I can ever imagine acquiring. | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Jim,I am flying in from California to attend the show. I look forward to meeting you and hearing the Crimson for myself. | |
| Power strip for sequenced preamp/amp turn on and turn off? A follow up: today hooked up a Panamax MR4300 power strip, which has RFI, EMI, and surge protection that the Uberbuss does not, and my music sounds just fine. I can see on the front of the Panamax that my wall voltage has varied between 121V an... | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Great to learn that the bias setting in not much vary over time. How do you actually do the biasing.... does it entail using a small screwdriver to adjust a potentiometer, confirming the correct mA setting on the meter on the front. If so, wher... | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Thanks for the reference, shown below. I don't doubt that the Crimson would be a good mate for your JBL speakers! For me, personally, a tube amp without auto-biasing is non-starter. Tiny screwdrivers and a power-up amplifier are the not the way... | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp A question to Jim Clark. It is not clear how the biasing function on the Crimson unit works. I am guessing that one would not need a voltmeter for biasing, but it doesn't appear as though it has auto-biasing. Can you explain the biasing procedu... | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Very impressive, no doubt. Thanks, Jim. | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Jim,I appreciate your feedback on this thread, and I would suggest that you encourage, if possible, audiophiles to whom you have sold the amp to chime in on the thread with their experiences with their particular systems. I think this amp might w... | |
| How to value a used CD collection? Ladies and gentlemen,This potential purchase is a vexy one for the reasons you have mentioned. I appreciate the feedback. Selling CD's on Amazon is a losing proposition with the nick they take out of the sale. I guess I need to investigate other... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? Let me chime in on this thread. I got one of Don Sachs first preamps and now with his latest upgrade, I think he has pretty wrung every bit of sonic goodness out of his derivation design. It is far and away the finest preamp I have every had, ... | |
| Carver Crimson 275 tube amp Well, this thread is over three month old and nobody has yet responded who owns a Crimson amp. I note that the Crimson amp only 19 lbs and Don's amp is around 65 lbs. Presumably the Crimson has much longer tube life. Nobody seems to know why. | |
| Power strip for sequenced preamp/amp turn on and turn off? This one: https://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/powervar-12-amp-power-conditioner.5258/ | |
| Power strip for sequenced preamp/amp turn on and turn off? That is a fine feature, thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Power strip for sequenced preamp/amp turn on and turn off? Gents,I reconnected my amp and preamp to my power condition with the power conditioner turned off, and then powered up them up with the switch on the power conditioner and there was a gentle startup with zero noise. One switch handles is all with... | |
| Power strip for sequenced preamp/amp turn on and turn off? Mr. Miller,Thanks for the response, which assuages my concern. My tube preamp and amp were made by Don Sachs and he just got back to me with his preferred solution, alleviating the potential of this noisy problem when, on very rare occasions when... |