astolfor
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| Best Integrated Amp You Ever Heard? my 1990 Kondo OnGaku signed by Mr.Kondo and the now gone DarTZeel CTH-8550 which I replaced with the NHB 458 and then by the NHB 468s | |
| Tannoy anyone? Cheviot Legacy vs. Stirling GR I have a couple of Tannoy Kensington and Canterbury, IMHO there isn’t much of opening/breakin. The day I received the Canterbury, I connected them to an amp and a streamer in a room I never use, left them for 5 weeks 24x7 the sound had changed b... | |
| 6H30 replacement @tsushima1 he sold them to someone else although we had agreed. maybe it is for best, something else will show up. | |
| 6H30 replacement Hello @jjss49 some here suggested to also change the other tubes in the Heritage, and I will try different tubes there. I have some EH gold pins and DR coming. This weekend match a few Telefunken that my dad bought many many years ago, and I am ... | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey @ozzy62 thank you.. I forgot to add that I had a similar experience with my son, although he didn't continue to build amps into his adulthood, helped so much to showcase others that autism is not a bad thing, and although sometimes very difficult... | |
| 6H30 replacement When I get back to the USA to receive my TT, I will have the Telefunken and EH 6H30s with me. I also talked to Andy, Brent and Jesse and since I have the Telefunken the common tubes they recommended are: Mazda France SILVERPLATE TRIPLE MICA. 12... | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey So many...which date to the late 69-early 70 when my father bought me, I was 5 years old, a tube amplifier that needed a LOT of restoration, and after 8-12 months was ready to be plugged into my father's Tannoy. Still bring chills when I remember... | |
| 6H30 replacement @tomic601 I like my seats in the middle center, maybe a touch forward than back, I like to feel the music and look at the musicians expressions. I will look at the 12AX7s, after this roll to my Telefunken 803s and Electro-Harmonix 6H30Pi Gold P... | |
| 6H30 replacement Wasn't in 1999 when the factory got bought/reopened? | |
| Power regeneration - good idea? PS audio? A good multimeter like a Fluke 789, but I bet there are cheaper ones. | |
| 6H30 replacement @dekay I will give it a try to the 12ax7. thank you for the advice | |
| About users with hidden agendas @oldhvymec I never claimed to be the pinnacle of anything, or that my sound is perfect because it far from it. This was the sole purpose of joining this forum, to exchange ideas, learn as much as I could and have fun. But all of the sudden, som... | |
| 6H30 replacement @pesky_wabbit the adapter route would not work because the very tight space in the tube sockets. the tubes are 3/4 of the way down the chassis. The last thing I want is to start replacing sockets in the amp...😶 | |
| 6H30 replacement @dekay I have the Telefunken ECC803S-diamond mark-gold-pins, which are magic, I just checked and I have over 40! not 20 as I thought. My father was a tube madman so the Heritage will get a pair of them in the input sockets. The thing I want is t... | |
| 6H30 replacement @jjss49 the tubes are for my Heritage in the USA home. I called Andy and he only deals with Western and USA tubes and will call Brent and Jim. I am Basque/German and live in a neighborhood from Barcelona. @tomic601 I am jealous, last week I wa... |