New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions

Posted by Terry P on August 13, 2014 at 14:45:37

Just got it, letting it burn in on triode. EH tubes were a little harsh in UL mode. I'm a newbie to power tubes so I have a few questions:
- I tried switching from UL to triode with the volume all the way down and still got a loud pop from my beloved speakers. The manual does not give guidance on changing mode so I'm now doing it with the unit shutdown which is not convenient. Is this normal?
- any guidance on which order to power up equipment? I have a tubed phono pre and a tubed DAC. The phono pre (AAV1) manual says it should be powered on first so I've been doing it that way without issue. Again very inconvenient if I want to switch to LPs after tuner or CDs for warm up and I need to shut everything down. Also, my tuner is really a Mac mini and DAC for Internet radio. I usually turn on the Mac mini first so it can boot up and start Pandora. I get a soft pop even with the DAC shut off and the Cary volume all the way down.
- any tips or input, including tube rolling but I've already read quite a bit on that, are appreciated!
None of the noise issues happen with my Plinius 9200.

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Topic - New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - Terry P 14:45:37 08/13/14 (19)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - watchdogsg 23:05:21 09/06/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - fantja 12:05:12 08/23/14 (0)

Thanks everyone for the feedback and the recommendations on tube rolling! - nt - Terry P 10:05:50 08/14/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - Jack G 09:11:46 08/14/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - Palustris 08:30:15 08/14/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - petercapo 06:01:48 08/14/14 (8)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - Terry P 10:02:20 08/14/14 (6)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - petercapo 10:32:20 08/14/14 (5)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - Terry P 11:28:07 08/19/14 (4)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - petercapo 12:05:46 08/19/14 (3)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - Terry P 12:17:41 08/19/14 (2)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - saki70 11:31:45 08/21/14 (1)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 tube "dates" ? - Terry P 19:48:22 08/22/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - Terry P 09:34:54 08/14/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - Blackdog 04:37:17 08/14/14 (3)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - dirtyvinyl 06:01:02 08/24/14 (2)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - marlin 12:22:56 09/03/14 (1)

Thanks for the input, especially regarding new production tubes! - Terry P 09:24:07 09/07/14 (0)

RE: New Cary SLI-80 signature owner has questions - ahendler 18:31:38 08/13/14 (0)

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