Theaudiotweak: Brass? That's a surprise, I would have guessed rubber or wood or maybe glass or plastic. Do you also feel that the metal screen transmits electromechanical vibration and or electromagnetic induction? It seems like the metal screen would be a good electromagnetic sink or do you feel a polyester screen would be preferable?
DK Design VS.1 Reference mkII - Optimization
I would like to know what tuning, customizing, hot rodding, tweaking, what ever.. that you owners of DK Design VS-1 MK2 are using to bring out the best in this amp. It seems to be responsive to changes in interconnects, tubes, power & speaker cables, speaker dynamics, etc. most probably to both the positive and negative.
Please share your work. I would like to know what improved it's performance, what caused no real change and what made it sound worse. Thanks in advance!
Please share your work. I would like to know what improved it's performance, what caused no real change and what made it sound worse. Thanks in advance!
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Theaudiotweak: Brass? That's a surprise, I would have guessed rubber or wood or maybe glass or plastic. Do you also feel that the metal screen transmits electromechanical vibration and or electromagnetic induction? It seems like the metal screen would be a good electromagnetic sink or do you feel a polyester screen would be preferable? |
The Eichman Power cord with Mullard Tubes. Synergistic Alpha Quad Active's at the bottom and Guerrilla Audio Silver for the top end in a bi-wire configuration. The transformation is absolutley amazing. The bass and mid-bass response is now among the best I have ever heard anywhere at any price. Does anyone have a short list of materials that would be considered acoustically and electromagnetically inert and a better choice for the cover? |
Jomionc, I have come upon a tube that just seems to synergize with the DK beautifully and this is it: http://www.tube-classics.de/TC/Tubes/Valvo%20E88CC/E88CC12.htm It is designated a Valvo, sold to me as a Mullard, but evidently is a Phillips/Amperex according to Tube Classics. All of a sudden there is this deep structured, detailed bass response with neutral and transparent mids and highs. Look for it as a Valvo E188CC. Here is a German site that features it: http://www.jogis-roehrenbude.de/Roehren-Geschichtliches/ECC88-Familie/Valvo-E188CC/Val-E188.htm The difference this tube made in my VS-1 was nothing short of amazing. |