The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Terry P

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Topic - My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Terry P 18:47:58 02/26/06 (41)

Thanks everyone!!! I've gotten some good ideas and - Terry P 17:05:02 02/27/06 (0)

See if you can borrow some Cardas speaker cable... - Steve Parry 12:40:48 02/27/06 (1)

Re: See if you can borrow some Cardas speaker cable... - Terry P 16:55:16 02/27/06 (0)

Re: My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Ozzy 02:47:03 02/27/06 (0)

Oz - you could be reading my mine! - Terry P 11:11:03 02/27/06 (0)

Re: My vinyl system is sounding lean......... - Michael J. 22:24:04 02/26/06 (3)

The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Terry P 02/27/0611:47:54 02/27/06 (2)

Re: The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Michael J. 14:38:58 02/27/06 (1)

No condemning here, I wouldn't ever call any of it a POS. - Terry P 16:48:41 02/27/06 (0)

Give it at least 100 hours to break in.... - tubesforever 22:19:43 02/26/06 (8)

Good suggestions! - Terry P 10:46:47 02/27/06 (7)

IMHO - tubesforever 18:00:07 02/27/06 (6)

If you find the Benz on the bright side - unclestu52 20:51:05 02/27/06 (1)

From the perspective of actual live music. - tubesforever 23:08:41 02/27/06 (0)

Thanks! - Terry P 20:47:17 02/27/06 (3)

Sounds a little like my Grado break in. - tubesforever 21:10:51 02/28/06 (2)

Mysterey solved! - It was subtle tube degradation - Terry P 09:54:36 03/1/06 (1)

Glad you got your Mojo back. Tubes are the best! - tubesforever 06:49:31 03/2/06 (0)

Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Nasty 19:12:38 02/26/06 (22)

sound too thin, so go completely solidstate ??? - J.D. 19:46:25 02/26/06 (11)

I've run the Cardas sweeper many times without - Terry P 10:16:01 02/27/06 (2)

Re: I've run the Cardas sweeper many times without - J.D. 10:59:37 02/27/06 (1)

J.D. - Thanks for the input! I was curious as to what - Terry P 11:24:14 02/27/06 (0)

the key to solving problems like this is - Nasty 07:19:04 02/27/06 (1)

I plan to either swap in some EH tubes or use the Plinius - Terry P 16:57:39 02/27/06 (0)

So JD do you own, or have experience with a Benz? - tubesforever 21:59:18 02/26/06 (5)

guess you got me there - J.D. 08:13:03 02/27/06 (3)

You are so easy to bait, I should just leave the worm off the hook....why waste a good worm? (NT) - tubesforever 18:32:36 02/27/06 (2)

let's talk. - J.D. 20:52:25 02/27/06 (1)

JD I would love to talk, but you would rather preach. (NT) - tubesforever 23:13:37 02/27/06 (0)

good point tubes - Nasty 07:23:11 02/27/06 (0)

Re: Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Terry P 19:42:40 02/26/06 (9)

Re: Well, just a wild flyin' guess here but - Tre' 19:48:08 02/26/06 (7)

That's what I thought as well, but it could be premature - Terry P 10:22:42 02/27/06 (6)

Subtle tub failure? - Nasty 10:45:09 02/27/06 (5)

I would like to test your pulls. - Tre' 22:51:10 02/27/06 (0)

Wow! After all I've read about the long life of 12ax7's - Terry P 11:32:16 02/27/06 (3)

Re: Wow! After all I've read about the long life of 12ax7's - Tre' 19:20:19 02/27/06 (2)

Just to be clear - Nasty 07:04:46 02/28/06 (0)

Ask Nasty, its his preamp that eats tubes....... - Terry P 20:55:20 02/27/06 (1)

addendum: none of the components are phase inverting. -nt - Terry P 19:45:43 02/26/06 (0)

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The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Terry P 02/27/0611:47:54 02/27/06 (2)

Re: The tonal aspects of the Benz Ruby 3 have changed. - Michael J. 14:38:58 02/27/06 (1)

No condemning here, I wouldn't ever call any of it a POS. - Terry P 16:48:41 02/27/06 (0)