alexberger
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| 300b lovers Another thing that drove me mad, my SET sounded too analytical and sterile. It took me 6 month to find the source of this issue. It was a Vishay Z-foil resistor in input stage 6sn7 cathode. When I changed it to a Shinkoh 2W resistor all this so... | |
| 300b lovers Diar @lynn_olson Thanks for the informative answer. I used a 6f6 driver in my single-ended amplifier, which I have been improving for many years. For some reason, Shindo used this tube in the driver of his 300V amplifier, and the person who mad... | |
| 300b lovers Hi @lynn_olson @donsachs When did you play with the driver tube to your amplifier? Which tubes did you try except 6v6 and kt88? Did you try 5881, KT66, 6L6, EL34? If yes can you compare the sound of these drivers? | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? SMSL do300ex DAC. Lenco l78 turntable. Croft preamplifier with phonostage. | |
| Six DAC Comparison Hi @facten I’m not @classicrockfan but I have a similar experience. I had in my system Chord Qutest for many years. This May I bought an SMSL DO300EX built on the AKM 4499 chip. This DAC looks like a toy relatively to Hi End DAC but it sounds b... | |
| 300b lovers Hi @lynn_olson I upgraded my 300b SET amplifier. I replaced 6f6g Torvac driver tube to 6v6 Psvane. 6f6 worked with idle current 26ma. 6v6 with the same cathode resistors gave 24ma. I changed cathode resistor to get 29ma. In result much better ba... | |
| CEC Belt Drive CD Transports vs Jay's Audio CD Transports Hi @no_regrets , If you want really low budget transport and very high value for money you can go for SHANLING ET3 or SMSL PL200. | |
| 300B, 2A3 experiances wanted I upgraded my 300b SET amplifier. I replaced 6f6g Torvac driver tube to 6v6 Psvane. 6f6 worked with idle current 26ma. 6v6 withe the same cathode resistors gave 24ma. I changed cathode resistor to get 29ma. In result much better bass control and d... | |
| Do You Have to Play a Component to Warm it Up? Hi @fleschler Did you compared your cdt3 vs et3 transport head to head? If yes, what is a difference in sound? I always leave my cd transport and DAC on. My 300b SET starts sound better after 1 hour and continue to improve. After 2 hours the s... | |
| PSVANE Discussion & Impressions Thread Hi @alightronics , I just ordered a pair of PSVANE 6V6GT on Aliexpress. I didn't find any information or reviews of these tubes. Do you have any information about PSVANE 6V6GT? Regards, Alex. | |
| 300B, 2A3 experiances wanted There are a lot of vintage 6v6 tubes. Which of them sound good? The new 6v6 I see Psvane. I have Pasvane 5u4g and 12ax7 and they do sound good. On the level of good (but not the best) vintage tubes. There is a new JJ 6v6. But I have a JJ ECC803S... | |
| 300B, 2A3 experiances wanted Hi @kmtang The link you gave doesn't point to any 6v6 tubes. Which 6v6 did you mean? | |
| 300B, 2A3 experiances wanted I think I'll try another driver for 300B - 6v6 instead of 6f6. I already bought new cathode resistors to adjust the circuit for 6v6. The question is what 6v6 can you recommend? Which NOS and modern 6v6 do sound best? | |
| 300B, 2A3 experiances wanted Hi @bruce19 My amp is DIY. The set of tubes was always the same 6sn7, 6f6 in triode and 300B. But for 15 years I did different upgrades of this amplifier. A year ago I added IT between driver and output. Then I made a separate PS for the driver... | |
| New, Very Interesting CD Transport Hi @tweak1 If ET-3 plays DSD files from the USB memory - both USB and I2S output work. If ET-3 plays CD and upsamples it do DSD you can use I2S output only. If ET-3 plays CD and upsamples it do PCM you can use I2S or Coaxial outputs. |