Equipment Recommendations - The Home For New System and Upgrade Advice
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AnthonyI
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All kidding aside, if your equipment gets to the PL level, in my opinion, you should get a "nice" set of cables. You don't have to spend a ton, I use Pangea cables and I think they're great, the BJ are awesome as well. I used the Pangea for the Cardas copper, so a bit of synergy through the system from point A-Z. I would highly recommend swapping your stock power cable on the PL
Splunders
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That's certainly something to explore, but I'd let that sit until you get a strong sense of your new system first, otherwise you'll never really know what the cables add or subtract from the equation.
Splunders
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Does having it on, but idle, use up the lifespan of the tubes, or does music need to be flowing for the tubes to start breaking a sweat?I agree with everything @HiFi Guy mentioned, especially this part.......
What I've gotten into the habit of doing is turning it on first thing in the morning and then turning it off before bed, whether I'm using it all day or not, in the beginning this will also help that break in a bit and it being on all day isn't going to hurt anything
Can't wait to hear what you think.
AnthonyI
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As it was explained to me from the folks at Uncle Kev's place, the tubes need a load, just being idle doesn't contribute to wear.
Tfw even I've given into the hype and controversy of snake oil and plan to buy some audioquest evergreens (U-turn has them cheap)
AnthonyI
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But hey, listen to Buck, he know's what he's talkin' about
Splunders
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But hey, listen to Buck, he know's what he's talkin' about
Suuuuuch a great movie! #tickupthequads
Just having them on does reduce their lifespan. That said, with the adaptive autobias circuitry and running the tubes easy, I don’t really worry about it.
I agree with everything @HiFi Guy mentioned, especially this part.......
What I've gotten into the habit of doing is turning it on first thing in the morning and then turning it off before bed, whether I'm using it all day or not, in the beginning this will also help that break in a bit and it being on all day isn't going to hurt anything
Can't wait to hear what you think.
Argh! That’s insane! Tubes eat electricity! I really hope your electric company uses mainly or all renewables!
AnthonyI
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This would have been my "common sense" assumption, but when I had that problem with the first PL and was working with them, this came up concerning the replacement and "burning it in", which is when I was told it wouldn't effect the tubes life span. That being said, They do sound better after warming up, AND, 90% of the time mine is on, it's in use anyway.............thanks WFH
Yeah I’m with a company that uses solely wind generation, that’s a bit more viable than solar over here
I just know that mine has doubled my electricity bill for the whole apartment when just on for a 15 min warm up and playing so the thoughts of one always on and fossil fuel electricity horrifies me!
AnthonyI
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Yikes! Seriously? I know they draw a lot of power, but I gotta be honest, my electric bill really hasn't changed much since adding the PL, it is pretty much the only thing on most of the day, but there may have been a slight increase, but nothing anywhere near noticeable.Yeah I’m with a company that uses solely wind generation, that’s a bit more viable than solar over here
I just know that mine has doubled my electricity bill for the whole apartment when just on for a 15 min warm up and playing so the thoughts of one always on and fossil fuel electricity horrifies me!
Yeah it did. I am pretty energy conscious and was starting from a very low usage but still!
AnthonyI
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That's crazy though that it doubled, that's a "Big" percentage regardless of where your stating from.
Exactly! There are 2 of them I suppose, but still! Hence there is no way I’d leave them idling!
MikeH
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But how do you get power when it's not windy outside????? haha
Im mean we’re a small island in the Atlantic Ocean that’s the first significant landfall for the Gulf Stream. That and a shortage of rain water are two problems that we don’t have!
MikeH
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I was kidding
. It's sadly the question that a lot of dumb Americans ask (including a certain president* of ours...) who are for some reason anti-green energy.