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Hello Everyone, I got a second hand Graaf GM50bII recently. After purchasing a complete set of new valves, I was listening last night and thought I would try the PS Audio tracks that come with the book The Stereo. There’s a couple of tracks that have Paul saying “This is the left channel” &...

Hello Lovley Wammers, [EDIT 05/01/2023] If you've come here because you're wondering about valve placement on a Graaf GM50BII, the short version is the manual is correct. From front to back it's KT90 x 4, 6H30 x 2, 4 x 6922. [END] I took delivery of my first valve amp today. Yippie! It's a...

Hello all, First and foremost thank you for having me in the forum! Also thank you in advance for any guidance you can offer. I’ll try not to ramble but have a lot to cover, so please humour me. I’ll be moving house in the next couple of months and will have a little money left over, some of...

Oh WAM, please help.  I’ve just arrived in the fortunate position to upgrade from B&W CM1’s for a bookshelf + sub configuration, driven by a peachtree audio nova 65se (Class D USA integrated dac amp). Budget is £2k for speakers, and I am leaning to Dynaudio but wonder if I am out over my...

Hi everybody can anyone advise on setting up of a dac bought from eBay Italy. Below is a copy of the email sent to Kog Audio who have kindly forwarded it to T + A. But this is driving me crazy and I don't know if I should return the unit or if I am missing a vital piece of info. I have advised...

Hi folks, I’d appreciate some advice on a now very dirty sounding Audio Note Kit 1 300B amp that I bought recently. The amp was purchased with the original valves which have never been changed, it’s an earlier kit 1 (I believe built around 2004 give or take).   Circuit diagram below if it...