Odyssey candela

vmaxer

Hi,

I bought a Odyssey Candela here back in April and just hooked it up a few days ago. It works great except the remote, absolutely no response at all.

Any ideas?? The batteries are good.

VR3

I would call Klaus

vmaxer

VR3 wrote: »

I would call Klaus

I will,but thought I would ask here to see if anyone had any ideas.

Thanks a lot!

VR3

Hmmm, it is a simple set up -

I will say the remote is garbage unless you have the fancy $200 version, chances are the remote is crap.

The Harmony universal has a selection for the Candela to program if you have one.

vmaxer

The one I have is plastic, i sure hope it didn't cost $200.00. I bought the unit off the forum here used. I will say I like it a lot, my first tube pre.

I do have a small Dared that I used in my office. I like it also,hard to believe the sound from such a small unit.

vmaxer

I forgot to mention, butI do have a Harmony one I bought some time ago that I don't use. Where do I find the program for it, on the web site?? I never really got it set up before.

VR3

It has been years but once you plug it into the computer, load the software, there should be a setting

drumminman

Congrats on your Candela. I've had one for the last 3-4 years and I love it. I bought it I also got the remote from Odyssey for the sole purpose of volume control. It performs a lot of other functions as well, just not for the linestage. I believe the remote was originally designed for the Symphonic Line CD player.

As Trey said, call Klaus. He'll make it right.

I've found that the Candela is very responsive to tube rolling. What tubes are you using now?

vmaxer

drumminman wrote: »

Congrats on your Candela. I've had one for the last 3-4 years and I love it. I bought it I also got the remote from Odyssey for the sole purpose of volume control. It performs a lot of other functions as well, just not for the linestage. I believe the remote was originally designed for the Symphonic Line CD player.

As Trey said, call Klaus. He'll make it right.

I've found that the Candela is very responsive to tube rolling. What tubes are you using now?

I will call his a soon as I get a chance, work is crazy busy now so I don't have much time at all during the day.

I haven't opened it up to see what tubes are in it yet. What are some good ones?? I have it feeding a GFA 555 going to a stock set of 2B studios I just got from the original owner. The system is dead quiet, I can pause a CD and crank the volume wide open and dead quiet.

kcoc321

From their web site it takes (2) ECC82/12AU7 tubes
http://www.odysseyaudio.com/products-candela.html
You'll have to wait for the tube experts to weigh in as to which tubes are the best to use

vmaxer

kcoc321 wrote: »

From their web site it takes (2) ECC82/12AU7 tubes
http://www.odysseyaudio.com/products-candela.html
You'll have to wait for the tube experts to weigh in as to which tubes are the best to use

Yes, I had looked and saw that, just don't know which tube to go for. Hopefully someone will chime in and let me know which ones to go for.

Thanks for the tip though.

drumminman

Mine came stock with JJ Tesla 12AU7's, which sounded good. I then rolled in some RCA clear tops, which are not all that expensive. I paid $40 for a matched pair. The improvement was dramatic. Then I rolled in some Amperex 7316's late 50's vintage. Those brought the same degree of improvement over the clear tops that the clear tops did over the JJ's.

I've also read that Candela owners like tubes in the 5814 family, which I'm getting ready to try as the Amperex's have gotten noisy. Brent Jessee is a respected tube dealer; not the cheapest, but I've had good luck dealing with him. Here's his website: http://www.audiotubes.com/

vmaxer

I pulled the tubes out of mine, no info at all other than the 12AU7???

I will check around and see what I can find. Thanks a lot for the info!