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If my 98 had issues, I'd definitely get it fixed because I really don't have anything else I'd want to replace it with. Once I came up with a good tube combo, never wanted another pre. Still keeping figures crossed for ya. Sounds like they really went through it well this time.
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What was that tube combo decooney?? Was it sylvania/rca? I don't recall.
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Once my Sylvania NOS stetted in on my big V12R amp, it smoothed out even more so I never went back and tried intermixing RCAs in. May try it again in the future for fun. |
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I have heard nothing but good things about the Sylvania 6sn7s......
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well... did you get your fixed preamp back from Cary and how is it so far? |
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So far so good. The pre is quiet as is the power supply which was humming a bit when I first sent it in. |
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Awesome. Glad its working out. By chance do you know if it had anything more to do with the original or replacement tubes, or sometime else?
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I too thought - hey maybe a tube - because when I yanked out the phono tubes - everything was fine - put them in... and after awhile - I'd get a hum..and eventually blow a fuse.. So, I bought NEW tubes for the phono stage.... Same thing happened... So - I KNEW it wasn't a tube - told Cary this - and found it quite surprising that someone still thought it was a tube. Maybe that person just wasn't listening - or wasn't in the loop or whatever. So I thought it was one of two things ... 1) something in the phono stage - a bad solder since the hum occurred 1 hr after warm up.... or 2) something in the power supply.... It was the latter .... They replaced the transformer and other things in the PS which fixed the issue.... I am happy they found it... I just give some advice to folks sending things in.... 1) Take pictures of everything you send in the box. And take a pic of it IN the box. 2) When you check the RMA - and if things look good to you on receipt- take a screen shot of it - and save it off. I think they have people that can diagnose problems and fix etc.... but, I get the feeling that they are getting slammed with upgrades... fixes etc.... and I think sometimes things get a little 'hairy'.... I was told they received 5 slp98s in 2 days - when mine came in..... So to be on the safe side - document your stuff...... My issue did eventually get squared away though..... |
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This is a bit old, but I went the Mundorf EVO Supreme for the coupling caps in my new Elekit TU-8500 preamp build that will be pushing my Cary Rocket 88 amp. Will take a couple of months to get enough hours on them (and the rest of the preamp) to make any sort of evaluation. Am hoping for good things.
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Nothing further from the truth. At 90 days of serious play time, it started to pay off. At 180 days of intermittent play, things really changed for the better. "be prepared for the roller coaster ride". Try not to seriously listen until you've got at least 200hrs on them, no joke. The payoff comes at the end with the Mundorf EVO Supremes. Or, that's how it worked on my adventure. Yes, it was worth it but damn I almost lost my patience a few times with them. |
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