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    My little happy place.

    How does the A8 compare to the A6/Cyan combo? Asks the guy with A6 ME with the aforementioned PSU upgrade and a separate Antipodes server + Spring.L3 KTE...
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    What are you listening to right now ?

    I still love this album.
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    80's / 90's alt playlist

    Ahh... the theme song for many of my HS dances....
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    DIY Woody's Altec Valencia-19 project

    I bet you'll need another to get rid of the knot bleeding thru. You're painting the base gray, right? At least that would help that issue.
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    Bug Screens

    I have also read that on Altec drivers, removing the screens introduces a gap where dust and magnetic particles can accumulate to the point of "buzzing".
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    DIY Woody's Altec Valencia-19 project

    I don't recall, it was 35 years ago! Just ask at the paint shop.
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    DIY Woody's Altec Valencia-19 project

    Primer and sand. You will get a smoother finish with less grain. Latex should be fine. But the knots may be an issue. I painted my uncles 60s house in Mill Valley, which had old knotty pine T&G ceilings. The knots bled thru something fierce. Had to get a specific oil based product to keep...
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    Bug Screens

    Well my bugscreen is not full of gunk. Nor have I empirically tested them individually. My hearing has a slight dip at 4k, and I am 60. You dont have to listen to anything I say. Ever.
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    Pink Floyd to sell music catalog for $400m to Sony

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/02/pink-floyd-catalog-sony
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    Bug Screens

    I asked Bill @ GPA and he was adamant it made no difference. I have one 604 with a screen and one without. I can't hear a difference.
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    Happy Audiophile Day 2024

    Didn't know it was Sake day, bit coincidentally I had cracked one of these. https://zenkuro.co.nz/pages/our-sake
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    Sold Hickok 752A Tube Tester, serviced and calibrated, $500

    I love my 752. Have had it for 15 years and had it fully serviced by Roger Kennedy before he got ill and his service went downhill. Still functions brilliantly.
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    The brightest spotlight for an Empire.

    Less is more. Very nice.
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    Sun Audio SV300B

    @paul_b is that a 5U4GB? I think these are specced to run a 5U4G and do sound better that way.
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    Soon...

    Or maybe a 70s blacklight poster?
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    Sun Audio SV300B

    I am not so worried about the gain, I have lived with it like this for 10+ years and thought if it was significant for simply pulling the cap, that would be easy.
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    Soon...

    Veneer. You likely won't regret it. If you don't, you might.
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    Sun Audio SV300B

    Roughly how much? I run the pots about 10am on the dial (range is about 8am--5.30pm).
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    Sun Audio SV300B

    And yes, this amp has a lot of gain too!
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    Sun Audio SV300B

    This is the pic of the insides of my SV2A3 SE. I dont see that extra loose cap. As you see, my IEC ground terminal was not connected either. The IEC socket is also supposedly notoriously noisey, and Thorsten Loesch recommended replacing them. I replaced mine after this pic from when I first...
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