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  1. Wing

    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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
  8. Wing

    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...
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