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• RE: Eico HF-65 - FenderLover 08:06:53 03/21/18 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Eico HF-65 posted by Kindablue on March 21, 2018 at 07:41:22

  So you would need an HF-14, or some similar mono amp? Right?
  

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• RE: Eico HF-65 - Palustris 08:05:02 03/21/18 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: Eico HF-65 posted by Kindablue on March 21, 2018 at 07:41:22

  That old preamp with its many 50 year old capacitors in the signal chain is going to sound like you draped heavy quilts over your speakers. Even rebuilt with new caps and resistors, it will sound vague, opaque, and drab. If you really need a preamp you could rebuild the unit to only incorporate the voltage amp and the cathode follower (eliminate all the switches and signal shaping components) after rebuilding the power supply to dramatically reduce the internal impedance.
  
  "Has the sliker on the bottom phono tuner tape TV like that. Correct me if I am wrong."
  
  It is hard to argue with that.
  

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  • RE: "It is hard to argue with that." - 1973shovel 12:22:01 03/21/18 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Eico HF-65 posted by Palustris on March 21, 2018 at 08:05:02

    Thank you, you made my day!
    
    
    "Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
    
    

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