Recent content by tubeman victor

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    Scare me away from tape...

    Listen to some 15 ips tape this week,and I,m hooked.
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    Hello from Australia

    Hi Neville, Catch up with you soon. Cheers Victor.
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    VTL 7.5 MK II preamplifier

    Hi Marty, I have auditioned Gyphon Poseidon in 2007 at my local dealer with ref600mKIII and MBL cd transport/Dac with ref 3 preamp in a room smaller than recommended with 20 other speakers lining the walls MBL,wilson X2 etc but they were still impressive and toe tapping.Shame my rooms too...
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    Audio Research Ref 600mkIII bias levels

    Good news amp checked and fine ,only owner a little paranoid :confused:.Trace melted was from previous resistor explosion,did some checks etc all ok.:cool: Cheers Victor.
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    Martin-Logan Owners

    I use prodigy,s logos,request with Audio Research Ref 600mkIII mono,s,Krell T.A.S 5 chan amp(centre),Bat vk-500 rear speakers and 4 subs. Cheers Victor.
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    Audio Research Ref 600mkIII bias levels

    Just an update, In my cleaning amps,I found 1 trace melted and it,s resistor damaged(3 times normal size),check with A.R. tech he said to see if tube will bias or not.Checked today (Waiting for some sparks) and tube will bias fine all tube have been stable for 1.5 yrs.So amp is working...
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    Audio Research Ref 600mkIII bias levels

    Thankyou Steve and DonH, The ref600mkI ,did have problems with tube quality control and with dust inside amps it did end with flashes of light and sound. In my case 2 were tube failures,and the all others were dust on circuit traces and thus jumping trace,s with moisture in air(note room...
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    Audio Research Ref 600mkIII bias levels

    Hi, I,m interested in bias levels for ref 600(mk2,3 )and ref 300(mkII) used by others in their amps.The factory level is 65ma and I do use this(6550,but will go kt88 as rec) but even the factory approved tech (only 1 in oz ) when he visits always rebias down to 55ma / each tube.He states that...
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