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On 7/9/2019 at 1:38 PM, RT FAN said:
I agree, having just filled a prescription for $123 for a tiny bottle, that my MD said that in Canada it is $5 for the generic version. Ouch!
www.planetdrugsdirect.com I get almost all my prescriptions here. But only the ones that are manufactured/shipped from either Canada or Great Britten. If they don't list one on their website call them. It can be a hassle sometimes but much cheaper. My doctor is linked to them & just puts the order in from his computer.
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On 6/23/2019 at 8:03 AM, guf said:
Don't know if this has been mentioned or not but I glued/screwed 3/4" plywood on the sides of my La Scala I's & put carpet under them & it made a noticeable difference in Bass...
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Not sure if I should post this here or somewhere else? Where's a good place to buy albums? On-line? Big Box? Local music store? And what's up with some albums being remastered? Which is better? Or is asking "Which is better" like asking "which is better, a Ford or a Chevy"... I like oldies like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Country Western, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Dylan, etc. And Michael Jackson's Billy Jean sounds incredible on my Jubee's... As always, Thank You! Bill
New Turntable; Technic's SL-1100A with a Jelco SA-750D Tonearm & a New Ortofon 2 Black Cartridge...
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On 6/13/2019 at 9:16 AM, artto said:
A bad transformer can certainly take out tubes. And if that's the case I would contact McIntosh directly. Be persistent. It may take months to get your way. Doesn't matter if the tubes are out of warranty if their transformer is responsible for the damage.
On the bright side, don't feel too bad. Consider what happened to me. Way back I had my (3) Luxman MB3045 in storage for a few years. When I began using them again I didn't reform the power supply caps. Within about 30 minutes the power tubes started to go, one by one. Five of the six were shot by the time I caught it. FWIW, NOS 8045G output tube for those amps sell for $300 each or more. Fortunately I basically have a life-time supply but that's still a lot of $OUCH.
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9 hours ago, richieb said:
=== I have a 430 that, IMO, no way competes with modern amplifiers. Albeit the new pieces are many many times it’s value I’ve tried with Jubes and LS - didn’t listen for more than a couple hours at best — not my cup ‘o tea I suppose —
Going to use the H/K 430 with my La Scala's for my bedroom set-up. Used La Scala I's $1000 + $100 for plywood & glue to stiffen sides + $350 for refurbished H/K 430 =$1450... Living room set-up, McIntosh amps + pre amp + Jube's + K 402 horns = $30 grand... Does my living room setup sound better. Of course it does... Spend another $28,550 for my bedroom setup? It sounds fantastic for what it is...
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5 hours ago, Jeffrey D. Medwin said:
Good to see. I am very glad for you. See if you can have them tell you HOW to adjust the bias of the tubes, lower the dissipations, so they will last longer. You don't need 75 Watts, and stressed tubes ( thermally ) sound worse when listening. VERY VERY GOOD.
Jeffrey
Thank you Jeffrey! I will ask...
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And I'd like to do a big "Thank You" shout out to HDBRBuilder for the help in setting up my La Scala's with a Harman Kardon 430 receiver. A 40+ year old amp & it kicks a**!
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ALRIGHT!!! Got this e-mail from McIntosh this morning! They are sending me a brand new Mc 275!
Good afternoon Bill,
We have completed our evaluation of your MC275 and have determined that it is once again a failure of the power transformers internal thermal switch. Since this is now the 3rd failure of the thermal switch, I will be replacing your amplifier with a new amp. I have already begun the exchange process and will notify you once I am able to ship the replacement amplifier. Please allow me a few more days due to the short holiday week and end of month activities.
I’ll be in touch shortly with UPS tracking information.
Thank you,
John
John C. Messemer
Customer Service Manager
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.
Wadia Digital, LLC.
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I also got the headphone jack with split L/R RCA outputs. I thought it'd be a skinny little cable like other cables I've gotten but it's bigger around than a pencil!
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Wow! A wealth of information! Thank You! Got my H/K today. I'll post a pic of the receipt from the audio store that shows what they did to it. Looks like they 'cleaned the pots' cuz it says "cleaned switches & controls". It says they took the amp in cuz it was 'cutting out'. And they 'soldered the suspect connections' to fix it? My daughters stopping by tomorrow to help me carry the speakers upstairs & I'll hook it up! Need to get some speaker wire also... Thank You! Bill
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7 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said:
That's it!!
Whew! You had me worried! Lol... And I have the adapter to hook up the amp to my i Phone too...
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59 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said:
Computer stereo headphone out jack/split RCA inputs cable to 430 pre-aux-in...that's how I do it, anyway...worked great on my Heresys...sometimes kinda hard to find the underlined part of what I just wrote, though but can find it on eBay for sure.
Thank You! Got it on Amazon & it'll be here Monday!
Bill
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On 5/8/2019 at 1:45 PM, HDBRbuilder said:
I bet the H/K arrives well before you get the Mac back...when you get it just PM me if the pots need cleaning...it has a crap-load of fast blow fuses on its rear and inside of it, and they ALL need to be the correct fast blow ones in the correct amperage...I will send you the tech and user manuals in PDF, too!...but its best to do that in e-mail! It is ALWAYS best to do what needs doing before using it very much...since they were made so long ago! (early to mid 70's!)...so before you even hook it up, just send me a PM!
Thank You HDBRbuilder! The amp should be here Monday & I'll PM you when it arrives. My e-mail is billwhoo@reagan.com... And I watched a You Tube video on 'cleaning the pots' ... Whats the best way to hook up my Mac Book Air (I run the music through Amarra) to the H/K 430? I googled it and just got confused.... Thanks again! Bill
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17 hours ago, ILI said:
You sure are right. When you 'bought a lemmon', whether it's a solid state amp or a tube amp, it doesn't matter. Fact is, that in that situation, the consumer is often on the losing end. Some companies will do the honorable thing, which is to take back the faulty product and replace it by a new one. They should, of course, but some will only do so when you push real hard and threaten to take them to court, perhaps backed by some consumer protection organization.
In this case, the tubes were damaged by a malfunction in the amp, with obvious cause and effect. That would be enough legal ground to take them to court.
As a first step, the OP could send them an official letter of complaint. There is help online for this:
https://www.usa.gov/consumer-complaints
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Thanks for the links. They sent me a return mail label to send the amp back so we'll see what happens.... Bill
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19 hours ago, polizzio said:
$6400 for a brand new McIntosh tube amplifier and 80 days in you have zero warranty on the tubes? The local Mac dealer is denying warranty coverage on defective tubes?
Actually I just searched the Mac warranty in the USA and Canada. Its 3 years electronics, 90 days on the tubes.
An iconic manufacturer like McIntosh where today you pay a hefty premium for a high quality product, and you could be spending $300-400 for replacement tubes 92 days into ownership?
Read the warranty....within the warranty period the owner pays for shipping both ways. Mac doesn't even cover the cost of return shipping to owner if you must return unit for repairs.
No thanks, I will stick to quality solid state amplification/receiver.
Tried to attach the Mac warranty pdf here but the file is too large for site limits. But there's more than one way to skin a cat.
I only had the amp hooked up for 80 days but I'd owed it longer. So hence over 90 days & out of warrantee on the tubes...
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46 minutes ago, HDBRbuilder said:
It seems that you have either a wiring issue or a bad power transformer to me!...or both! Don't worry about it....after all you can find almost all the forum tube guys always saying that Tubed Mac's and heritage Klipsch are a match made in heaven...just lean back on that heavenly cloud and relax! And maybe search eBay for a good used H/K 430 twin-powered receiver for "MAC-back-up" …"just in case". Honestly...it would be SO MUCH NICER if all the U.S. companies which USED TO MAKE TUBES (RCA, Westinghouse, etc...)...still did so! Does Telefunken still make them???...or just re-badge Chinese made tubes nowadays?? I'm not even sure if Russia and the former Warsaw Pact countries even still make them, anymore! My take is that if they DID still make tubes, it would cost even more of a fortune to run them!
I certainly agree about being on a heavenly cloud when listening to Jube's on Tubes! Last couple of times my amp broke I've hooked up my bass bins to my Crown amp & it's just not the same... How would you hook up the H/K 430? Run the Jube base bins with it & the K 402 horns with my other Mc 275? Seeing as how I've been looking for an amp to run my La Scala's with I just went to ebay & got an H/K 430! Thank You! Bill
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McIntosh is sending me a shipping label & I'll send it back to them. I told them it was a lemon & I wanted a new one. We'll see what happens. I looked & the 2nd time it broke it flashed the power transformer thermal protection switch. No idea what that is... The first time it had an 'Open Transformer', that it 'dead shorted' & it blew 4 K88 tubes. One tube had 'flashed', One tube had an 'open filament' & two tubes had 'low emission gain'. No idea what this means either. And that it had excessive wear on it. Which is BS, I had & still have very few hours on it... Thank You for the replies! Bill
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Yep, the factory fixed it free BUT it just quit working for the 3rd time! I have a $6400 lemon...
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Thank You Everyone! I'm still using Apple iTunes running through Amarra... Other than the obvious answers to me such as CD or Vinyl the other stuff just confuses me... Bill
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Thank You for the replies! Maybe I should go for an over 55 park cuz they won't hear as well? Bill
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I'm considering getting a Mobile/Modular Home. A double wide. Anyone have them or something similar in a Mobile/Modular Home? Worried about how they'll sound with paper thin walls. Anything I can do to make them sound ok? I'm imagine my Danley DTS 10 will bring the walls down... Thank You , Bill
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Only speakers I've ever owned other than my current ones were Bic Venturi 6's. Bought em at Pacific Stereo back in the early-mid 70's... I loved 'em... My Jube's sound better though!
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Thank You guys! I e-mailed the guy at McIntosh that agreed to send me the tubes by replying to the last correspondence we had. He had added 3 other people from McIntosh to receive copies of our e-mails. So 4 people at Mc read everything we write back & forth. I think this is the best/quickest way to handle it. The stereo shop I got the amp from is quit a drive from where I live (the local place didn't have an amp in stock). Dealing directly with Mc cuts out all the middle men... Oh, I checked the fuse & it's good... Bill
Bill
Tubes for Heritage speakers
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I'll second the Mc275...