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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!
jomoinc

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artmaltman
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I found that tube rolling made a big difference, but the choice of tube preference depended on equipment and also personal preference in sound.

Also, I found that leaving it on virtually all the time made a big difference. It takes many hours to warm up. To play it in the morning turn it on in the evening.

Art
artmaltman
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I mean that I leave power on. Standby helps but it's not enough. I'm guessing, hoping, that the tubes have a low current and will last a long time (change annually?)
Art
artmaltman
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If I recall correctly I used the top of the line Audience power cord with the DK. Not sure but I think so.
Art
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