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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.  
300B, 2A3 experiances wanted
I have had a 300B amplifier with a 6f6 driver for many years. I upgraded and rebuilt it many times. What was an essential upgrade is adding an interstage transformer between driver 300B instead of RC coupling. My experience shows that monoblock... 
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Hi @creativepart    I agree with you that ET3 is a good audio device and a great value for money. But we use a different set of features.   
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Hi @creativepart ET-3 Plays DSD from USB memory and does it great! I can use PCM oversampling though coaxial. But don’t need oversampling. My DAC has AKM AK4191 that is built to work with AKM 4499 DAC chip and does oversampling job better then ... 
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Hi @tweak1 I use ET3 SPDIF and USB outputs. I2S is tricky. It is not a HDMI standard. Each DAC producer connects I2S to HDMI pins differently. Some sellers on AliExpress make custom HDMI cables. But in this cas you can’t choose your cable by s... 
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Hi @tweak1  Do you want to use it as CD transport only? It has a very good sound quality for it price, but a number of drawbacks.    
Acoustic Sounds Series
Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra – Blues A-Plenty https://youtu.be/a9b-JxHuO3I https://youtu.be/_HNX2HHJHNo  
New Vinyl Jazz and Classical Reissues
Thelonious Monk Quartet – Misterioso  Analogue Productions  https://youtu.be/RuxDYpmfdDA https://youtu.be/y9Qraq3XdW8  
New Vinyl Jazz and Classical Reissues
Duke Ellington - Ray Brown – This One’s For Blanton https://youtu.be/xhFfhV7HgwI    
New Vinyl Jazz and Classical Reissues
Here are new Analogue Productions The Pablo Series: https://youtu.be/vRAEDSaGVUg    
New, Very Interesting CD Transport
Guys,   Did you listen to ET3 transport yourself?   Ho can you judge any piece of equipment just by retail price?   My experience shows there is not price- sound quality correlation in audio equipment.   Especially if you go to vintage equ...