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Tube cracking problem on MG-Head.
My expensive Mullard CV4004 (driver tube) just developed a crack and bit the dust today. Pulling out "Getting the most out of vacuum tubes" by Robert Tomer, I found out that the most probable cause for the crack are the tight tube sockets. The contacts on the tube pins are supposed to float...- Wing
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More MG Head info: Svetlana SV83s are great power tubes for the Head.
Hello all, I've been away for quite some time but I had to come back to report something quite nice. The stock Valve Art (?) EL84s were OK but I felt it had had a touch of cold brightness/brittleness. Doing a little research I found a modern, inexpensive tube that is almost an equivalent to...- Wing
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MG Head owners, unleash your amp! (My life changing revelation)
Lately for the last 2 months or so, I've pretty much dropped off headwize and headfi. The reason for this is I have been spending time pursuing a profound audio revelation from a simple tweak I made to my MG Head. To put it simply, I have discovered true Single Ended Triode amplification without...- Wing
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Strange phenomena: op amp break-in. Re:upgrading MF X-DAC
So I gots me some op amp engineering samples for free (wow) from TI (2132P,2132PA,2604AP) and National Semiconductor(LM6172, 6182). They arrived next day with free UPS next day air (wow!). Popped the X-DAC and started swapping. Initial impressions were the chips sounded softer and more laid back...- Wing
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Upgrading/tweaking MF XDAC - op amp suggestions to replace NE5532(?)
So I got me an XDAC from KurtW. This thing sounds better than the HK FL8550 changer but it is not the last word in DACs. It has 4 op amps which look like they are NE5532s. I hear these could be improved upon. lcaudio.com has some AD825 packaged units that they are touting, but they cost $20 a...- Wing
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Getting the SB Live digital out to work.
So I got me a Musical Fidelity XDAC to play with. It has got a toslink input. I start thinking, my SB Live MP3+ has an optical digital out, so why not. Bought a mini to toslink cable, plugged it in. Nada. I was expecting light to come out of the cable just like my DVD player. Went to the volume...- Wing
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Activation of account?
Hi Jude, I gave a spam masked email address when I registered and did not expect that an email back would occur for the purposes of activation. Please activate me. Wing.- Wing
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The unofficial 2nd B.A Headwize meeting report.
It was Saturday a week ago, KurtW came over to pick up the cables he lent me after the first BA Headwize meeting. It so happened that I had arranged with Music Lover to buy her Silver Sonic ICs at the same time, thus the unofficial get together. KurtW surprised me by bringing over a nice Musical...- Wing
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