I own a Mastersound Compact 845 and Mastersound PH5 Pre Amp and orderd two Pvsane 845 T Valves.I was advised by the valve supplier that they would work ok as they were the top of 845 range of valves.I was then advised by my dealer that a mod had to be done to the Cathode Resistor on the Compact 845 to take account of the voltage increase.Otherwise the uit could in the future fail.Any body out there using the 845 T in the compact without modification to the resistor should be aware of this .Any comments welcome
Hi Jonathan, Will do .The amp is curremtly back in Scotland with Jordan for repair and I have asked the dealer to ask his tech over there for his opinion in regard to modifying the resister.This was asked prior to recieving the excelent e mail from Phil.Mastersound are still of the opinion that the modification is required.However they cant offer much more advice as they insist on seeing the 845T valve to test/check it. The general feedback seems to favour the 845B. Regardless will gladly let you know the outcome. Regards Alan (Patal)
Hi Jonathan , The amp is now back and running with the 845Ts and sounds great.The tech thoroughly checked it out and put it on test for over a day with the 845Ts and advised it ran fine with no problems.Have not tried the 845Bs but the 845Ts sound fantastic and they are nowhere near burned in. I also bought a DAC from a company called Black Lion in Chicago called the Sparrow (White)this lifted the system to new frontiers totally.More than pleased. Kind Regards Patal
Hi Patal, Glad you like the amp more now with the Pvsane T's. Did the tech need to mod the amp in anyway or did the tubes just drop in and need re-biasing?? I have some Psvane T's here now but haven't tried them yet. Still lovin' the 845A's at mo. If the T's are better then it will be seriously good, Thanks for getting back to me,
Hi Jonathan, He put in on test for over a day and done the required measurements and said there was no problem whatsoever.He did say there was a significant re biasing but there was still plenty of room up or down to spare. Re 845 Ts they sound very good still burning in, indicators say they can take 70 Hrs so using Isoteck burn in disc to help the process. Hope this helps Patal
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