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In Reply to: RE: HK/Limage...Hopefully Sadie will pipe in again... posted by Mark Man on February 10, 2015 at 07:42:14
Markman can you please post a pic of your sound room so I can confirm what you are saying? That would be very much appreciated if you could. Thanks in advance
Jim
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Yes, those are Mye Audio stands in a custom color, silver vein...
This set-up is something I would have never tried on my own, thanks to Sadie, I took a leap of faith and it paid great benefits...I will be relocating to in the near future...my current Condo/Townhome search is being based on a living room that this Limage set-up will work...how is that for drinking the Kool-Aid...
Thanks
Mark
This is a heads-up for those Maggie owners living in dry winter climates, eg. the Canadian Prairies and U.S. Great Plains. Last weekend I replaced my Tympanis with my MG 12's. After packing and moving the Tympani boxes around I connected the 12's. The music was sounding good but of course I had my tape-measure and was tweaking their position as we Maggie owners love to do. I had the end of the tape close to my metal rack and Wham!!
The preamp ramped the volume to Max with the expected distortion. I finally recovered and hit the power button but it was too late.The damage was limited to 2 blown fuses. Needless to say any thoughts of fuse bypass have disappeared. After talking to my local dealer I learned that this is quite common in our climate. He has seen it happen with Bryston, and Boulder pre-amps and now we can add my Bel Canto to the list. Apparently a spark of static is all it takes with some of digital volume controls.
While not on the damage scale of his washing machine escapade, Sparky's tape-measure picture reminded me to post this caution. Be careful with that measuring tape Mark!!!
Edits: 02/10/15
DES
I have major Static issues, when it gets cold and dry my Preamp, a CJ CT-5, will kick itself into the stand-by all by itself...I have to re-select the input and then it is just fine...
When I go to shut it off, I ground myself 3-times...once on the rack, once on the wood plinth and once on the side of the Preamp, then push the power button...
I had a post on Amp/Preamp board on this site all bout static...many CJ owners have had similar issues with their tube preamps...
As I am typing this, it just kicked out, when I pushed the source...the speakers just popped big time...that has only happened a couple of times...but I hate it...
I have never had anything happen when I touch my speakers...BUT I have not touched them with anything Metal...so thank you for that great safety tip...
Nice to hear nothing serious happened to yours...add CJ to your list, too...
thanks again
Mark
This is Helga...she passed away 5 years ago this week...I still miss her still...
She was much smarter than her owner...When I would visit my family members, they were much more excited to see her than me...
Static in cold DRY Minnesoooota, has always been an issue...especially with CJ's I have owned...If I did not like the CT-5 as much as I do...it would be gone on the static issue...
6N30P tube is definitely not a 6922...the 6N30P has much more of "clinical clean" sound than the more romantic 6922...
Thanks for sharing your Sparky...
Mark
Yes and your Helga looks like it.
I was not too happy with the 6N23 either. It isn't as if they can't make good sounding tubes, the reissue tungsol gold lion and mullard label tubes are rather good if not quite to the standards of the best NOS Amperex Mullard and Siemens or Teles. They are all made at the same place.
My dearly departed Beagle Dachshund was also called by that name. Unlike you she never managed to make a flammable situation out of everything.
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