@decooney @mulveling To this day Kevin Hayes will work on any VAC unit. (that I know of) Secondly before it leaves back to it's owner he personally auditions it to assure it is voiced was designed to be. I had them upgrade my CLA1 Pre amp to Mk III this summer and they did a great job on it. The upcoming amp upgrade is rather extensive so I am excited to see the outcome. |
I fixed up an ST70 and a PAS 5 many years ago. Just replaced all the resistors and caps. I thought it was bass-heavy in my system, but the midrange and highs were great. For the PAS, I replaced all resistors and caps and bypassed all the tone control stuff. I am a HUGE Decware fan. Had a couple of their small entry level amps, and now have a Torii - 20WPC - EL34 based amp. I love all their stuff. Also have one of their phono preamps for a hi output cartridge, and I built an 8" full range open baffle using their cabinet design. The 'AH HA' moment for me was when I replaced my SS pre-amp with the PAS5? PAS3? I forget - and I could not believe the musicality that came out of my system. That was my conversion to tubes. |
NOW most definitely unless you like flabby Bass response and such. And Yes Kt-150’s or KT120’s If the amps been built for it like a CJ Art etc. There’s zero comparison imho from the newer designs vs the older stuff from most manufacturers especially CJ and VTL (I have had several of their earlier versions including Ichibans and 450’s etc) and would not trade any of them in exchange for my current S200 signature as sounds incredible & with no fuss whatsoever. I love vintage gear like old motorcycles to look 👀 at period. “Nuff said” |
But do they sound better. I’ve ridden old Harley’s and recently owned a new Road King Special. There is no comparison that the new is a better bike, which doesn’t even come close to my BMW 1250GS. I like vintage stuff too but it doesn’t mean it’s better. Any engineers? How about shop owners who have 20+ years of experience? Any thoughts? |
