Recent content by RichardA1

I am hoping for some experienced comments on this post. I am wondeing about the cable from the lps to the wall socket and also the cable to whatever device the lps is powering router,modem,switch,etc.

I am having alot of fun listening to these amps.

I found this tube in a huge box of vintage input tubes my father-in-law had received from one of his ham radio buddies. It was a little dusty but my main question was the pins. I see different pin counts on different pictures of WE 274b's. It has a number 5926 so I think it was made in 1959. Can...

I have to say after only a couple hours I'm kind of amazed at how good they sound.

I was just wondering if anyone had compared both and had a preference? I had rca and used a jumper when breaking in my xa 100.8's and then switched to xlr. I know some equipment and designers seem to favor one or the other for whatever reasons. Any thoughts on the subject with pass labs amps?

A new match for my Pass Labs .. .

I just wanted to say how happy I am with my Pass Labs XA100.8's. I thought I was going to stay with tubes forever but things change. They continue to bring me joy daily. Thanks again Mike. :celebrate008_2:

How important is the quality of the USB cable that runs from a external hard drive to a music server? I have a friend with a Playback Design Syrah server an Merlot dac and he was asking about the quality of the cable needed from an external drive to the rear connection of the server. I had no...

The Los Angeles Audio Show starts this Friday June 2nd. This is close to home so I will be there having some fun. http://www.laaudioshow.com/

Does anybody use thes on tube amplifiers? I have seen these but do not know much about them. Does anyone have any opinions good or bad ?

I was thinking about a second arm for a mono cartridge on my Classic 4. It would not have to be a vpi arm. Any ideas or advise on this subject ?

Im having an issue with my lumin U1 not seeing some flac files over MinimServer. Roon can see and play them, also foobar 2000 but I can not see these files on the Lumin. Ive been thru the restarts of minimserver and reloaded my library checked permissions. Ive been using Lumin for over 3 years...

I'm looking at upgrading my balanced lite7 to a single ended big 7. Does anyone have any configuration suggestions pcm engine, tubes, etc? I was sorry I had not read enough about the r2r ladder before my lite7 purchase. Any help would be appreciated.