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| Nola Contender? Martin Logan Electro Motion ESL? I wondered yesterday while listening how the Electro Moion compare to the Source, but am working on getting the Motion's fully broken in before putting them to a side by side test.I am not done yet for I am just putting the finishing touches on my... | |
| VTL ST-150 vs... ? I went from the ST 150 on to the 185 Signatue Mono's and have not looked back. The 185's were noticeably "leaner" sounding, even after experimenting with different tubes,but I have come to appreciate that in my current set up.I also sent my VTL 5.... | |
| Nola Contender? Martin Logan Electro Motion ESL? I grabbed a pair of the ESL's about 4 weeks ago.They are not fully "run in yet", but the synergy between my Wadia cdp, VTL LS5.5, and VTL 185 signature mono's work splendid in my man cave.I came from a Klipsch RF 7 series set up, and they don't ap... | |
| Has anyone used the Electro Harmonix 6550 tubes ? I have about 100 hours of run time on my 6550EH tubes from the tube depot, and so far so good.They biased in very nicely, were all very closely matched(which wouldn't need to be given the manual bias)and have held there bias spot on for the 100 ho... | |
| Has anyone used the Electro Harmonix 6550 tubes ? Bea @ VTL said that is what they are using for OEM nowadays givin the revamping of the SED factory.I just ordered a set tonight for my 185 Signature mono's.I am a little nervous being I ordered 6 matched pairs from a different vendor for about 1/2... | |
| TAS and the Martin Logan Source Jvan3,I agree completely, in all aspects.I grabbed a pair recently, and am amazed at their sound for their modest price. I run my Wadia cdp thru my VTL 5.5, and on to my VTL 185 Signature mono's, and they amaze me @ about 20 hours of play time. In... | |
| Need suggestion on VTL TL-5.5 tubes Yes,except the 12AX7A's are now suffixed with AW. Wasn't concerned enough to see what the extra charecter meant.The 12AT7's are just that.I have had good luck @ audiotubes.com.Brent Jesse has been very trustworthy to deal with. My local dealer get... | |
| Need suggestion on VTL TL-5.5 tubes I just received my 5.5 back from VTL with the V3 upgrade, and with it was a new set of o.e.m. tubes (jj tesla).I let her burn for about 100 hours and then pulled the tubes, put in a nos set of RCA gray plates, which I prefer sonically, but was sup... | |
| Rotel RB 985 MK II From another Rotel fan since gone tubed.I still use their stuff for HT. If it were me I would feel better using descent rca's vs the DB-25 at least for 2 channel, and the 980 does that very well. Try it and tell us if its "an improvement". | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Ah yes Jc,I attribute the "sterile" or "digital" to tubes vs ss.Even the whimpy little ASL AV 20's I first tried enlightened me to the possibilities of tubes. The VTL's are music makers with authority. I never would have believed tubes (transforme... | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 Jack,with the speaks I have used it is a Rotel RB-1080. | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp 95% power supply.Steve had some brackets machined that set where the phono stage would reside, and added 4 big caps.All of the supply diodes were replaced with the high speed variety, and added extra filtering to the incoming ac.Some of the critic... | |
| What can I expect from Klipsch RF-7 w/small tube? I have had my RF 7's for 1 1/2 years, and won't part with them. I have the RF 3's for surround detail in my ht (and have swapped arrangements numerous times).I initially ran them on Rotel sperates, with the RB 1080 (2x200) being my favorite (tried... | |
| VTL ST-85 vs. VTL ST-150 or rather EL34 vs 6550 I hear ya Jc, piano along with acoustic guitar are so life like it isn't funny. I have listened to Clapton unplugged swapping between my favorite ss amp and the 150, and the difference is not subtle. Fingers sliding on strings, or the hammers stri... | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp I have owned mine for about a year and 1/2. About 6 months after having it I took it to Steve Huntley @ Great Northern Sound Co. and for $700 he transformed it. It certainly wasn't "bad" to begin with, he just said there was room for improvement, ... |