amandarae
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello,Anybody using their Supratek with BAT VK series (particularly the VK100 and the like) or Krell KSA series?Comments/suggestions will be greatly appreciated!Speakers are Magnepan 1.6QR.Thanks! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jay461,I highly recommend the Tungsol round Plates VT-231/6SN7. There are three types that I have. Looking at the top (clear glass), both filaments are horseshoe shape but one is oriented on the same direction, and the other type is 180 degrees fr... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Wowwits! Let us know when it arrives slowhand! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Nickatkins,Huh? The manual shows the tape loop toggle switch. It is the one (on top of the chassis direcrly in front of the right 6SN7) near the selector switch. Looking at the front away from you is "On" and towards you is "Off". Did you get the ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I am using the Tungsol Round Plates Black Glass VT-231 as well on my Chenin. I stock up with several pairs because I noticed that the price of them tubes increases everytime I check them. I tried Kenrads, Sylvania, RCA, etc. recommended here by ot... | |
| Stupid Question: How to take out tubes?? Pull the tubes in an "upward/vertical" motion. Try to hold it as far down from the base as possible if you can. A soft cloth rug can help you hold the tube more solidly. If it seems that the sockets does not want to let go, use a few drops/spray o... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Roy,Agree totally! Have you tried 5V4G yet? Different flavor IMHO. Also, have you tried rolling the regulator tubes (I tried Tungsol 5881, GEC KT-66 Clear and smoked bottle, metal Kenrad 6F6G with good results).Exertfluffer,Does anybody here poste... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecmlee,Yep! I too have the same "noise" when switching to a Bendix 61006 tube. As for a different tube rather than a 5AR4/GZ34, have you tried RCA 5V4GA? I found this tube "pleasing to the ear" as well when use as rectifier comparing them to my Mu... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Longho68,Caveat the waiting period (as painfull as it is!), remember that those of us who bought the units brand new went trough the same agony. The only difference is that us who have the units now, ordered them earlier than you do. Nothing else,... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Stephen,I do have the original 6C4/6922 combo. But I think the phono preamp section can be re-wired to use 6J6 as well. In my case, I am very happy and does not look into that avenue at all. Besides, 6C4 is not that hard to find here. I also found... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mrmb,The phono stage of my Chenin is the best thing that ever happened to my vinyl set up! Less cables, more flexibility, better sound purity, you name it. Now instead of worrying how to improve my system, I am accumulating tons of LP's!Congratula... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mlkiz,I had the same exact experienced (see my previous posts above sometime during April). Be patient, do not roll tubes yet. I posted here regarding the same complaint and Cello, Ecclectique, etc. sent me e-mails privately (thanks a lot again gu... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century From what I remember, Mick mentioned 2.5 mV max for the Chenin phono stage (In fact it is written on the manual, Page 1). Reason being is that the circuit is capable of amplifying 0.1 mV input so the lowest gain setting (of the two pots all the wa... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Congrats Saint2!I agree with Jphii, if you can resist swapping tubes until about 100 hours or so it is easier to get a feel of what tubes synergize well with your system. Scrolling a few post above this, you will find my experienced by swapping th... | |
| SS/Mono Amps Warm,Musical,Detailed Odyssey monos with caps upgrade for me running Martin Logan Ascents for my SS base system. Although I have a 300B amp, before it arrived I drove my MLTL Fostex 167E speakers with them and it sounds great.Second what Polara mentioned! Support from ... |