Interesting how every tube and system is different. I have some RCA 3 mica black plates and do not like them in my steup as they seem to not have a good depth of field and are more two dimensional.
What capacitors are you all using?
To answer Wrayman's question, the op amps, in my system, gave a lot more detail and everything sounds closer to live. I also think that the mods I have made make the JD9 sound more alive because it is well...more fleshy and organic.
I am still wanting to play with the JD9 adjustments on the back. The gain is higher than what I hear with my CD player and I suspect that if I get the gain down a little bit more, the sound will improve further.
I have a Ric Schultz modified Oppo 105 that is really quite good. In fact, I think it is as good as $5K Esoteric I had for an in home audition. Ric Schultz's mods took the Oppo 105 to another whole level due to more detail and more weight while remaining musical.
However, I prefer the album sound which I think is the tubes.
Again, in my system.
What capacitors are you all using?
To answer Wrayman's question, the op amps, in my system, gave a lot more detail and everything sounds closer to live. I also think that the mods I have made make the JD9 sound more alive because it is well...more fleshy and organic.
I am still wanting to play with the JD9 adjustments on the back. The gain is higher than what I hear with my CD player and I suspect that if I get the gain down a little bit more, the sound will improve further.
I have a Ric Schultz modified Oppo 105 that is really quite good. In fact, I think it is as good as $5K Esoteric I had for an in home audition. Ric Schultz's mods took the Oppo 105 to another whole level due to more detail and more weight while remaining musical.
However, I prefer the album sound which I think is the tubes.
Again, in my system.