Sold on USAM @shotgunshane @jexby please close, thanks!
Here are some better pics from the hf post, I wrongly assumed sbaf was more familiar with these. Tiny manufacturing indentation on one cup in the...
To be clear: the TH610 donor pair only supplied the headband/mounting hardware - these had new TH900 drivers from a Fostex parts supplier and cups...
another price drop, $600 all inclusive CONUS.
Not the greatest looking video, but enjoyable music. I love Subramaniam's carnatic violin albums, interesting to hear him paired with Ali Akbar...
Good point, they do serve useful purposes - noise, microphonics, pair matching, triode matching, etc. Although, since tubes are not linear and...
The problem with tube tester results is that there's a very small window of time where they will tell you if a tube is dying, and only if you've...
These are on HF for $700 now, I'll do $625 all inclusive CONUS only for friends here.
We're looking into generators to run the furnace and a few lights until we figure out if a solar/battery system will work out here.
Looks great, but next time please shell out $5k for NOS blackgate caps on the low voltage sections.
Probably need to invest in a battery backup high dissipation tube amp for safety reasons. Maybe even one per room. It's the most practical solution.
That's why it's important to have an amp with 11 tubes and 400V at the plate on the outputs. Warms the room back up quickly when electricity returns.
Power went out again, 3 degrees F outside, luckily it came back on before pipes started freezing.
@rhythmdevils thanks, I'm having fun working on musical projects and learning about recording, so I'm trying to stretch my hobby budget wherever...
@Thad E Ginathom I think it would be pretty neutral if it wasn't playing through an all 60's system other than the DAC. Chain is Prism Lyra 2 > HH...
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