moredes
Head-Fier
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Hello,
I'm just getting into headphones and HA's. My toys have arrived and I have some really dumb questions that I can't find answers for with 'search' or Google...
1) Is it bad to remove the headphone jack with the amp turned on? Can I plug in headphones after the amplifier has been turned on?
2) What's the proper method for removing tubes? Muscle it straight up or rock it and pull? (I barely know enough to know not to twist the tube, but what if one of them is in there good and tight?)
3) It seems obvious that tube amps ain't "Plug and Play", so I'm sure I can't swap tubes while the amp is on... but how long should I wait to pull a tube after I've turned the amp off?
4) Do tube dampers work?
5) If an amp hums, can you hear 'hum' when the source isn't playing? (I hear something like *very* light pink noise when listening to some of my SACD's, but nothing when the source isn't playing. It's like the background hiss that the Dolby process used to remove.)
Thank you, All... do the questions ever get any dumber?
I'm just getting into headphones and HA's. My toys have arrived and I have some really dumb questions that I can't find answers for with 'search' or Google...
1) Is it bad to remove the headphone jack with the amp turned on? Can I plug in headphones after the amplifier has been turned on?
2) What's the proper method for removing tubes? Muscle it straight up or rock it and pull? (I barely know enough to know not to twist the tube, but what if one of them is in there good and tight?)
3) It seems obvious that tube amps ain't "Plug and Play", so I'm sure I can't swap tubes while the amp is on... but how long should I wait to pull a tube after I've turned the amp off?
4) Do tube dampers work?
5) If an amp hums, can you hear 'hum' when the source isn't playing? (I hear something like *very* light pink noise when listening to some of my SACD's, but nothing when the source isn't playing. It's like the background hiss that the Dolby process used to remove.)
Thank you, All... do the questions ever get any dumber?