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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.You nailed it. That was the linestage I was talking about. It finally blew up and I replaced it with a Sonic Euphoria PLC transformer...
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barondla reacted to TomSix's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.The well-engineered high-quality Dynaco output transformers were arguably the best thing about the Dynaco tube amplifiers. The driver...
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barondla reacted to Paladin79's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.Well said. A person can also consider a tube amp and tube pre-amp such as the Freya +. I run a Freya with a couple different amps...
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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.In a design that doesn't push tubes to the max, life can last many years. I used to think tubes were horrible because of a preamp that...
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barondla reacted to Paladin79's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.You obviously know what you are doing, I try to help when I can but the thought of my lifting those older amps makes my Physical...
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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.According to JGH of Stereophile "one of the least sensitive speaker systems we've ever encountered. It does, however, seem capable of...
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barondla reacted to Paladin79's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.Yikes, I am reminded of a gentleman down South who collected civil war cannon balls, until the floor in his closet collapsed.😜
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barondla reacted to valiant66's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.
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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Thanks for the info. I don't own a Variac, but a friend does. Perhaps when I retire someday. Thanks, barondla
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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Thanks for the info and offer to help. They are relatively heavy, but light weights compared to the amps I built from scratch. The...
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barondla reacted to JohnnyCanuck's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.A 60 W incandescent light bulb makes an ideal ballast resistor. JC
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barondla reacted to tincanear's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.+1 about the capacitors which have been sitting for a long while and not advisable to just power them up. it might be possible to...
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barondla reacted to Paladin79's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.After this amount of time it is the capacitors I would be concerned about. Maybe early 80's construction? 40 years is a long time. I...
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barondla reacted to OldRoadToad's post in the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up with Like.I used to hang with a Van Helsing.:beerchug: ORT
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barondla replied to the thread Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up.Built 2 Dynaco 416 kits while in highschool. Used to biamp Magneplanar Tympani speakers. Still have the Dynas and their matching C100...