k4rstar

Curious, with a transformer like this, do you have to do any refurbishment to get it working as well as you want?

Specifically, do transformers like this ever require you to vacuum impregnate them with a resin/ similar to prevent humming?

No, I've had dozens of pre-war transformers I have taken from old radios and sound equipment, they all work as well as they did when new.

Just curious - you mentioned you don't have big boy amps anymore but keep posting all these hhnnnnggggg level tubes - are you about to embark on a long DIY journey?

Yes, I have 4 amplifier projects underway, 2 of which I am building myself from scratch. These tubes are all for those projects. I don't have any headphone amplifiers anymore, only loudspeaker ones.

This is the original RCA 2A3 from 1933 without support rods.

hhhnnnnngggggggggg

Alright that’s cool and all but what feeds it

that is for next week

Glad to hear you're back on the tubes and not shilling Mac headphone jack supremacy these days. Welcome back to sanity!

and what do you think feeds the tubes? =)

It's a Telefunken RES964 from 1933, output pentode. By the late 30s they had switched to a standard ST shape reminiscent of the 2A3: https://i.imgur.com/5QWOmai.jpg

1933? It's 90 years old? How is that even possible... its condition is fantastic

Oh my God, it's full of stars.

Merry Christmas 1941!

Actually it's a Telefunken 512WL from 1935! The 1941 is a service stamp, I guess the output tube was changed at that time, as it was otherwise original. I 'renovated' it by removing the RF section and simplifying the AF section as much as possible. It sounds wonderful now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCpeVsbH9lE

this hurts brain bad. many bad.

wake up the members of my nation

I like Cat's older stuff, my fave album is the Greatest

Not pipes

For some reason, I read "out of" ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not that this is about giving up, but I favour patches. Gum gives a hit, patches just keep the nicotine level below hit but above craving. But what counts is Making The Decision. The rest is just stuff that may or may not make it less painful.

Never really knew anything about her except 'famous for pop and pretty' until now. It seems intolerable that someone who is patently able to run their lives, including being a part of a multi-million-$ business, to be subject to the situation she is in. Such a thing should, at least, be independently and regularly reviewed.

Serious mental health problems do, of course, call for serious attention, treatment, and even protection. Equally a shame that the ordinary folk on the street who /need/ it may never get it.

Thanks @k4rstar im humbled by the name :)

you have to be open minded to accept that

Depends on how much air you wanna let through the gap.

"The mind gets stiff long before the body does." — Wittgenstein, 1930

not me, but I feel for others spending money on products that offer no return. I doubt any of these hot DACs coming out of China are much better than the $99 helm bolt dongle, if at all

Helm Bolt Dongle- I learn something every day. K4rstar, what would be on your short list for good usb (no add on to fix) dac under $500 new or used. May be downsizing my Prism.

not sure, my main DAC is SPDIF only so I use a converter for USB. I don't really think the desktop sized stuff is going to be better than the helm bolt other than I/O really. maybe keep an eye on reviews for the new geshelli DAC.

never tried sw51 or MQA, just wanted to fit in

"Made *me* laugh to beat the band—"

I love 30 year old transducers and dac technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZhG9YSY_c

Bootleg sound but a great show https://youtu.be/w7yMQRwFVNA

Is this the start to a new monty python sketch based on the dead parrot, if so , then I will start.

"No they don't"

My buddy used to have a 9090 until he sold it for more modern stuff. Damn, that amp sounded good.

I still kick myself for getting rid of a TU919 I had - that thing sounded great!

Saurav, do add a sentence or two once in a while

Buy a 16 core cable and review every strand.

By posting in the other forum where there are no pictures of turds but be warned reading to much over there might give you diarrhoeah

@bixby i've already failed the blood pact as this popped up on my hifishark hits https://www.ebay.ca/itm/224207401747
I will be entering a fierce bidding war with the Japanese

Noooo! I still need yet another Cavalli amp (Crimson), another DAC or two (I have more amps than I have DAC outputs), a full proper tube amp (I don't yet have a full tube amp) and another better headphone or two that pairs well with the new gear. And a turntable for the records I have. And another shelf in the audio rack. And...

I'm in. Unless my Theta dies. But dammit, I need a 2 channel amp for the JBL cinema surrounds I just got on a great deal. Crap.