The Dehavilland ultraverve is not overly tubey sounding. If you have the stock input 6sn7 tube in the Ultraverve then you may get the sound you're describing. However, in changing the one input tube (6sn7) you can get either softer tube sound (RCA/vt-231) or a fast sound (Syl Vt-231, GTA). The Syl 6sn7 input tube would definately give you a faster sound with less mid range. Because there is only one input tube in this preamp the sound will be noticably dependant on the selection of the one 6sn7 tube. Works just fine with Solid state amps and noticely better than the small tube 12at7 preamps (such as VTL or Manley based 12at7 & 12au7 preamps which worked ok). Also consider the IC going from your preamp to your amp.
dehavilland ultraverve preamp with ss amp
Anyone have experience with this combo. I recently tried ultraverve with mccormack dna 1. While I enjoyed alot about the ultraverve, found the combo to overemphasize the mid to upper bass. I haven't heard this in either component before, ultraverve with dehavilland amp or mccormack with ss preamp. ? whether tube rolling dehavilland would help or just not a good match and why. The midrange with this combo was fantastic though. Appreciate any info-thanks- Joe
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