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| Solid State Phono Pre-amp Recommendations If cost is no object you may as well save some cash. I have two suggestions preferable to most SS options at any price:Bel Canto Phono 3Jasmine LP 2.0se or MkIIPhil | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? I have my Def4s. I'll be posting a review in a few days, with comments relative to Def 1.5, Def2 and Def2 w/ HO drivers.Phil | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks Above:>>Spatial presentation is sacrificed to power, as often happens with gutsy push-pull amps.<<Has an error. I meant to type:Spatial presentation ISN'T sacrificed to power, as often happens with gutsy push-pull amps.Phil | |
| Thoughts on 845 set monoblocks I've heard most of the 845 amps on the market since the mid-90s. The very best I've heard are the Audion Black Shadow SET monoblocks. The Audion Elite is the same circuit in a three-chassis configuration that isolates the power supply to a third c... | |
| 845 Tube Amps AudionSophiaVivaMastersoundShuguangMeixingTriode Corp.MelodyNagra (may have discontinued their p-p monoblocks)ConsonanceNAFNATVerdierAdditional no-name Chinese and Korean producersKeep digging -- there are more.I think there are more consumer 845 ... | |
| Best current 845 Tubes Frankk,You have the 845A. It is most of the reason for the glare bothering you. Spring for a set of Shuguang 845B to smooth out your sound.Phil | |
| Best current 845 Tubes As with any task to designate a "best," a best 845 tube doesn't exist. First, it depends on your amp. One of the touted advantages of tube amps is the ability to "roll" or change tubes from one brand or build variant to another. Now, I say this as... | |
| 845 recommendations from actual experience You can experiment with the newer Chinese exotics and the KR 845, but the day-in-day-out 845 of choice is the Shuguang 845B graphite plate, modeled on the vintage Amperex. I bought backup tubes but my 845Bs are going over 6 years, sounding great, ... | |
| What's likely to happen when an 845 tube fails? There's nothing about a 300B that gives it an intrinsically "more interesting sound" than an 845. The differences are in execution more than the tube itself, though there are some characteristics that correspond to the power tube chosen. If you do... | |
| What's likely to happen when an 845 tube fails? I've been using hifi tube amps continuously since 1970, as well as guitar tube amps and of course I'm old enough to have had tubes in my life continuously, as I was born into the world of tube radios and TVs and hifi then ensured the persistence o... | |
| Sound difference between SET & SEP Saki70,My PSET 300B amps output 24w. They pair well with both my Zu Definitions (2x10.4") and Zu Druids (1x10.4") at any volume level from threshold of listening to max attainable volume before clipping. There is no special problem relating to low... | |
| Phono pre direct to amp, what am I missing? A very fine linestage will usually improve tone and dynamics vs. running a source (in this case the phono pre + cartridge sourcde plus preliminary gain) even though with a linestage you are usually throwing away some of the system gain. But someti... | |
| Sound difference between SET & SEP The preferred acronym for what your referred to as "single-ended parallel" is PSET, "parallel single ended." SEP usually is intended to mean "single-ended pentode." Of course this convention collides when SET, usually intended as "single-ended tri... | |
| Restoring a Transrotor Skeleton...help I sold Transcriptor TTs when they were originally imported. Send me a message via Agon or post here with your questions.Phil | |
| Favorite 845 tube monoblocks Audion Black Shadow, in my case driving Zu Definition 2. Against Mastersound, Viva, DeHavilland, Cary, Nagra P-P and others, the Audion consistently reveals more of what's in your recordings, more convincingly than other 845s -- though it's hard t... |