my first vintage system...
I'm putting together me first "vintage" system and thought I'd share the first few steps.... Last summer (or was it the year before :confused: ) I picked up a set of Klipsch's Chorus II's and although not so "vintage" (dated '94ish) their sensitivity (101db) made them a great keeper for a tube set-up. Being the cheap SOG that I am I've been waiting for a deal I can live with in picking out me first tube amp/amps. I know little to nothing about tubes so without knowing what to look for I've been just hunting and pecking my way 'round for a year...then "BLAM"... I ran into a gent at the thrift store while going through some records. He is an vintage collector and within two weeks I am the proud owner of a Dyna SCA-35! I fired her up the other day for the first time and for the first 60 seconds or so she was a poppin' ...humming.. ground-loopin'..poopin' and then out of the blue she snapped one last time and smoothed out like hot butter on the highway! At 35 wpc she was plenty loud and sounded so different from my current set up (which of course is no surprise) very smooth but way less detail but all in all just as much fun! (maybe more!)....I'm pullin' my turntable out of the attic this week sometime and hook her up which should be a hoot! So I guess I'm off ta get some info on tubes and such but thought you guys (and gals) would enjoy seeing another audionut gettin' into a mess (and loving it). Any comments and/or advice would be great....off to the races!!
Here's a link to the amp just fer fun...
http://home.indy.net/~gregdunn/dynac...A35/index.html
Comes with the territory...
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Originally Posted by 92135011
Problems!!!
the tuner is having a VERY hard time picking up signals. how come?
the volume knob for the amp crackles when changing volumes.
the crackle is especially annoying!!! ITS SO LOUD!!! its so bad that i have to turn off the thing, change the volume, then turn it back on.
The tuner is "old school" pre quartz lock technology... hence they tend to "wander". You can help this by either getting an on roof FM antenna, a powered indoor antenna or buying a cheap tuner with quartz lock and run it in the aux input.
The crackle comes from old "pots" they tend to get dusty and crackly. Either replace the pot or open it up and lubricate it with some silicone spray...
Da Worfster :D