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Thank you much Charles and i will read. You mean B+ voltage, right ? I can measure this and make sure it is still 450 .. My B+ now is on g2 and g3, if that makes any difference, but i will remeasure everything, once i get a proper ohmmeter

Thanks Air. i actually own the Ming Da but was surprised to hear it singing even better with one valve per side, when i lost 2 EL34s in the process or they were bad to start with and running them at 50mA did not help much i guess .. I checked the Manley .. very interesting, although how much do...

All i can deduce is that the Ming Da is not running in PP but in parallel "full wave" per tube (per side) mode. I may be wrong but cannot find another explanation.. Everywhere it is advertised as a PP amp and changing it to triode mode has nothing to do with phases and arriving signal into the...

Thanks Ampdog, now i get it ! As far as NFB goes i'm far for thinking it that way, for me it simply obscures low level detail, fills the space between instruments with a London fog, and gives me ear fatigue - the detail loss - very properly tested / heard with NFB wires out and NFB on / off, in...

This is a simple one .. Think of a 2 x EL34s per side amplifier, 4 EL34 design Can you name the amps in which you can remove one valve from the pair in each side, do this in both sides, thus, leaving only 1 valve from the pair in each side, while having still the same output / magic, albeit...

My take : just keep it simple .. make sure you have a great source before you have a great cable and powecon .. or very expensive speakers .. Go for integrated rather than for separates. Trust either hybrid dsigns with 6922 drivers into mosfets or minimalist EL34 designs which you have to change...

Hi everyone I've been thinking about this .. If there are 2 scenarios : 1. PP Pentode / 2 valves per channel 2. SET or single strapped triode per channel : can we say that there may be some timing issues, however small, when we consider the phase inverter and all after it - the end stage in...

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My experience as of recent months years and in a nutshell : The sound quality improvement I achieved by moving off CDs and into files is nothing short of game change. To achieve this sound quality - where file quality, combined with player, and then - the standalone DAC - is compared, I 'll...

Echoing some of above, i bought and read AVSA because oh him only.. Since 1992. RIP Deon

Coming into this one too late i guess, i cannot but agree with the Mission sentiment above - what a tiny little wonder whatever model they were,and which i had many years back .. Today, I'm listening to a slightly more expensive but small AE Radiance One pair, which sound sublime, but with the...

I have a first hand experience with this .. few times so far in fact. I had a 30 - 50K+ northern european integrated brought over here which sounded s**t : closed soundstage, 2D, etc .. the moment we put my home built solids on it, and it all changed like under a magic wand ! You can ask JT...

Just love all the replies here ;-) My experience - all below in one go : 1. Totally remove the AC fuse from your amp 2. Geyser and fridge off 3. Solid copper thick AC lines for everything 4. Volume up .. 5. Upgrade to E*****E There is more but these are the 80/20 .. try them in a tandem

Hi Hope I was out of here for a while, then i had to reset the password and all. I've read through the thread, which at some point went into a direction of it's own, that's OK, my curiosity and interest really came from their very high sensitivity, but approach and aesthetics too. I just wonder...

;-) Johny, if there was no new prog rock i'd probably kill myself .. Thank you for suggestions though - im always on the lookout. My life at home is not about which cap or resistor upgrade - it is about which prog rck band - neo prog rock that is after the Yes disappointment . So .. have you...

Yes. i have it . but.. this is not "my" Genesis

All I can say is YES .. i Love you guys ! Yet (an update) these bring tears to my eyes : Awaken, Starless ..

Well .. The lamb lies down is one album which made me in prog rock what i am Not to say their best ever, at least in the PG era.. I editing my post above .. I now am starting to believe that Genesis IS THE band of 70s - 80s prog if not the best prog band ever .. i used to love Yes to no end...

Mac Mini with a Amara 4 i believe will stand tall to anything digital .. Just a suggestion

After what i'm hearing here, i'm starting to ask myself about tomorrow, about the value of getting out of the house ;-)