Vintage equipment sounds awesome

I have been an audiophile for over 40 years and have been in the business of repairing, installing and selling the equipment as well for over 30 years and I have to say I have barely scratched the surface as to all of the audio gear that is out there from sources to speakers and all that is in between. It has been a lifelong venture and hobby and it has bought me great pleasure and the friends I have made along the way and continues to this day. Sometimes we get wrapped up in all the newest gear or tweaks and improvements that we sometimes are listening to the gear instead of the music itself. Just have to remind myself of that from time to time. Happy listening! To the music!

Well I just replaced all the "REL CAP"s and the filter caps with new ones in my Audio Research SP10 pre amp as the old one were over 30 years old and I have to say on first impression there is a bit more detail and depth to the instruments especially the ones in the background. I will start replacing the tubes (6922) when they come available.

Well I finally changed some tubes in the Audio Research SP-10 power supply (6L6WGC and a 12AT7) and the four pre amp tubes in the line drive section of the pre amp. I got to say Holy Crap! What a change in the sound field that my system produces. The depth and presence of the music has increased along with the detail that is now more present than before. The bass and treble have improved as well, also the nuances that I did not really hear before are there as well. Most of this is I believe is due to the fact that one of the line drive tubes showed a shorted condition on my B&K tube tester and one other showed weak, the other two tubes checked ok, but by replacing all four with better tubes (7308 vs 6DJ8) I have taken my vintage equipment to a new level and as I stated earlier I did replace a lot of capacitors with new original ones from the manufacture. And just prior to this there is that one time you listen to your system as it finally "breaks in" I am hopeful that after these new tubes break in that I will experience that again. Listening to some of my music it really moves you to tears on how much enjoyment and pleasure and that your hard work pays off in this endeavor and made it all with while. Happy listening. I know I will!