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Great experience with Linear Tube Audio

I ordered up an LTA MZ2 the other day but, before I pulled the trigger, I had some questions in regards to his amp and tubes/sonics etc.

Now I’ll be the first to admit a lot of my questions were very basic especially to someone as experienced as Mark is at LTA. My emails were all answered promptly and he explained everything to me in layman terms in a totally non condescending way.

But the coolest part is I gave them a call today to upgrade some tubes and change the shipping address. He wanted to see what the status was on my order. So while I’m still on the phone I hear him say "Hey, what’s the status on Jon’s amp?". The guys obviously sound like they’re in the same room and they’re testing my amp as we spoke. Not going to lie, some kind of man child excitement came over me. I can’t wait to receive it.

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hfaddict OP
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@wig I certainly will. I had also seen it mentioned a lot of the potential benefits of running a separate pre to the 518/508. I almost feel a little bad because I don't even have my 508 entirely broke in yet. But the reason for the MZ2 wasn't entirely to improve my sound although I'm certain it will. It will also allow me to directly power the DI's from the MZ2 while using the Line Mag for a second system when/if desired.

I just couldn't resist the rave reviews on the Tekton thread regarding this unit. Take care Wig. 

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hfaddict OP
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@joeinid  Excellent news!  What are you running for an amp?  Have you noticed the MZ2 required much break in time?
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hfaddict OP
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@mac48025 As I'll also be playing around with running the MZ2 solely to the DI's from time to time,  I have to ask... How well did the 1 watt run them? My main genres are modern folk and blues at low to moderate volume levels. Is everything there in the music? Dynamics and bass? 

I've read everything Teajay and the other boys were saying about this unit but it's just beyond my comprehension. It's killing me that I still have to wait a week to find out for myself! Lol. 

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hfaddict OP
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@joeinid Nice gear my friend!

I ended up with the Brimar White T 12at7's on the input side and NOS 12sn7 output tubes. No upgraded power supply unfortunately. 

Still saving up for cable upgrades now. 
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