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    Audio Grade Fuses

    As so much in audio, it makes me laugh that the very energy, electricity needed to power systems is almost totally neglected, no ignored and the idiots start moaning - there's nothing I can do, yes there is.   In the UK right now property is a crazy price, to give yourself totally clean power...
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    Tung Sol 6f8g versions

    Thanks seamaster, I will take a look on ebay as I still have that tube.   A very old thread this one but still relevant to me. The RPs are for me still head and shoulders above any other 6F8G or indeed any other type of pre-amp tube. Having both a hybrid h/amp and power amp using for the...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    negura/setamp, inrush current is a problem that should'nt exist but does because most of the audio industry can't be assed to solve this simple problem by using soft start modules. Some companies do and the Chinese company Bada is one of them. Both my Bada PH12 h/amp and PH32 hybrid...
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    Bada ph-12

    Did'nt see this thread until now,   The fan is useless, I disconnected it and have used a Noctua SF-12B FLX fan for years now and below it's rated spec, it was the quietest at the time. I had an open bottomed and backed slate box made for it when I lived in Spain very cheap and lined it with...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    The Attorney, sorry to burst your balloon but conductivity still applies regardless of the microns involved, it's basic science and many are influenced by snake oil salemen who otherwise would go out of business.   A fuse is no different from any other component it should not influence or...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    Hi negura, silly money and I would'nt touch anything with rhodium plating a completely hyped metal with conductivity way below copper, gold or silver. I once wasted money trying rhodium plated plugs, yeilding a brittle and slightly distorted sound. There are so many products that set out to...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    First I must apologise to Russ Abbot who is a very good comedian and not a snake oil salesman.   Negura - that's the company - Airlink Transformers. Sadly I see their prices have rocketed. As their BPS gained popularity so they have raised their prices, an all too common practice in rip-off...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    negura, sleepy one gave you an answer that should relieve any doubts you have. Some years ago now a new design of Schuko was introduced, the old ones were an absolute bugger to wire up. It really is a no brainer. If you make the move don't get conned into buying an expensive dis-block. A...
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    Audio Grade Fuses

    Why on earth do Brits carry on using the fused 3 pin plugs, they just are'nt nec. at all. I moved to the mainland over 13 years ago and bought myself a really cheap dis.block from Lidls. It out-performs a very expensive UK dis-block. Nobody in Europe has any problems using Schuko plugs which...
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    Small cd transport

    Looked at the Project CD Box S but not sure about the o/put level with my hybrid amp, so decided to seek out a Project CD Box SE.   As usual the price difference between the US and Europe made me angry -US $499/UK £499 and in Euro land even more expensive. Saw an ex demo model on Ebay.de and...
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    Why do you prefer passive speaker/monitors?

    vermillions, you've got it all wrong - active x/overs are introduced after the pre-amp, so that the amp drives the speakers, for a complete understanding of actives v passive x/overs take a look at Rod Elliot's ESP site - you won't find a better explanation - all sound science and no mumbo jumbo.
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    Bada PH12 vis-a-vis Meixing MC66AE and Lehmann BC

    Art, nice to hear from you - re. the PH12, there is one change that is easy to do without the hassle of removing the PCB and will hugely uprate the sound.The coupling cap is 1uF/250V - just cut away the cap leaving the legs and solder your replacement cap to these legs. I have made many...
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    Bada PH12 vis-a-vis Meixing MC66AE and Lehmann BC

    Hi Art, the Toshiba mosfets are great and as capable as tubes in portraying delicate top notes and in most cases way better bass and like you I hav'nt blown a single mosfet since buying the PH12 in 2007 but being a cautious Scot there is no way I'm going to sell my 2 spare sets of mosfets -...
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    Best antivirus for Windows 7?

    Panda cloud, I have the free version. Maybe because I have an English language PC and live in France but I have had only one serious attack and that was  from ransomware. I phoned my Dutch mate who is an IT man who told me that there was free software available on the net to deal with it.  ...
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    Small cd transport

    Did anyone buy the TEAC PD-H01?   If so it would be nice to have their findings.   I'd like to know because even though TEAC have withdrawn both the H01 & H600 they are still available at least in Europe.   I've already asked one poster on this thread for his impressions about the...
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