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| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I have not heard the CAST or VSF caps, but this whole "natural" vs plastic thing is a bit much for me. Are the Duelunds certified organic, too?It seems to me that synthetic materials can be engineered to provide better, more consistent electrical ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century So to settle this once and for all I emailed Mick, to see if he would weigh in on this. His typically succinct reply:"33's are fine - good tubes actually."So I would say that everyone should feel free to use the GZ33 if they so desire, since the d... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Agreed. My Chenin is not stock anymore. By the way, the Radio Museum site lists the current draw of the GZ33 as 2.8 amps, same as the GZ37, which is why I figured that there would not be a problem since the Chenin is approved by Mick to run GZ37s.... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have to say, I just went back and listened again to the difference between the 5AR4 and the GZ33 in my preamp. It's very clear to me that the Mullard GZ33 is superior to the GE 5AR4. The sound is clearer, cleaner, more focused, and overall just ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I am only reporting back what has worked for me, YMMV. Remember, my unit is not exactly stock anymore, as I stated above. The Mullard GZ33 is actually less expensive than the Mullard GZ34 - I bought two for the price of one GZ34. I am very aware o... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century So, I tried the Mullard GZ33 tonight, and I like it a lot! I bought a pair, and both had good getter flashing, full lettering, and tested 100%+ on my tube tester (set to 5V4, 5U4 and 5AR4 settings). Compared to the GE 5AR4, the background is clean... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Well, I think my GE 5AR4 with the copper sides on the plates sounds great, but I just bought a Mullard GZ33 on e-pay, and I'll try it out when it arrives. If it doesn't sound as good as the GE, I'll take it out. I'm not running 6SN7s anymore, I'm ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Experiences with GZ33 vs GZ34? I'm looking for anyone who has compared and contrasted these two rectifier tubes in a Supratek preamp. The GZ33 is very cool looking, but how does it sound versus the GZ34/5AR4? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just checked with AES - they're out of the GE 5AR4s, even though they're listed on the website. Bummer. Glad mine still have many years of life in them... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I'm using a 5AR4 rectifier in my setup, but not the stock one. I'm using a NOS GE 5AR4, the one with the copper sides on the plates. I think it sounds excellent and it is nowhere near as expensive as the Mullard GZ34 (I haven't heard those, howeve... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I think there is a real synergy between the Solens in the PS and the 7193 tubes. Since I put the Solens in, the highs I'm hearing a really astounding - they seem to float out into the room with me; everything sounds much more 3-dimensional than be... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Those square blue caps are probably Wima caps - OK at best, not what anyone would call high end. My Pre has the Auricaps and I'm really enjoying the sound now; I've though about replacing the Auri's a million times, but still haven't done it yet a... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have made another mod to my Chenin that may interest some. As you know, I have converted it to run 7193 tubes in place of the 6SN7s; that's still humming along fine. I recently decided to replace the no-name electrolytic filter caps in the power... | |
| Zu Druids - Two years after I was running the Druid MKIVs with a pair of Gilmore Raptor monoblocks (class D, 250WPC into 8 ohms) and they sounded excellent, but I was using a tube preamp as well. One thing's for sure, they will get LOUD with that kind of a setup, but the Dru... | |
| Krell FPB 400CX, Bel Canto Ref1000 MkII Or maybe a hill, even.If you're looking for more weight, Dave, maybe you should give the Gilmore Raptor mono's a listen. They are 37lbs each and are class D. They have a massive linear power supply, a 1/2 thick aircraft aluminum case, and double t... |