chmaiwald
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| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Thanks for pointing that out. For whatever reason on the website you link to I´m onlyn shown three Linlai 805s, while it even says there are 4 results. Strange. Here I found the 805 I think you are talking about: https://btb-elektronik.de/en/pr... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @jbhiller I´m not at home at the moment, so I can´t say with a 110% certainty, but I´m pretty sure they´re not Linlai. I haven´t noticed the star shaped thing at the top and as far as I remember the socket is golden – just like the PSVane Hifi. I... | |
| When CDs first came onto the market in 1982 ....... Some early CD just sounded horrible. I still loved them because I didn‘t listen to the sound much. As much as some remasters are bad in their own respect, in some cases they were just neccessary. I‘m glad I didn‘t have to fully go through the earl... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @jbhiller Yes, I think you are saving money not buying the Cossors. And the PSVane Acme really shine but they do cost a lot. Luckily we won a court case this year about a faulty installation. It dragged on for years but in the end the decision wa... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i Finally I found the time to do some tube rolling. It really started bugging me when I wrote recently that I didn´t properly compare the new ones I´m using with the stock tubes for example. To cut a long story short: The tube combination I was run... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I must admit that I still have to find the time to put the stock tubes back in. I started rolling more or less right away when I got the amp so I can´t say for sure if the Cossor is better than the factory 805 (now I´m using PSVane Acme 805s). It´... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i That is strange indeed. I hope it’s not the amp. Did you swap the other tubes? Today I exchanged the beautiful Svetlana 5U4G for a RCA. Whenever I started the amp recently there was a little blue flash in the Svetlana. Maybe that’s ok but I took ... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @jbhiller Good to hear that the amp arrived and is leaving a good first impression. As I said before, I have nothing much to compare it with and it´s good to hear already that the sound it produces is nice right from the start. Also: You also own ... | |
| 6SN7 GT instead of GTA/B? @mulveling Thanks for the explanation! That´s very helpful! I basically take from it that the amp is able to use them all, which is great. And easy to keep in mind when looking for possible replacements. I did find some Mullard ECC33s and I´m te... | |
| What's the oddest thing in your music collection? One of the weirder CDs I own is one called „Never alone again“ („Nie mehr allein“, it´s german), it consists of sounds and noises a person that lives with you would make. Tracks are called „Taking a Bath“ or „Coming home from grocery shopping“ and... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i @mlsstl Even considering that 1970s $2.70 is about $20.70 in today's money, that´s quite an increase. I guess I´m far from alone wishing I had started getting into this a long while ago. @jbhiller Congratulations! It´s a nice piece of gear, that ... | |
| So I bought the Willsenton R-800i I don´t know if it will be of use for anyone here, but I was asked if I can send someone the manual. So I scanned it, along with some more infosheets that it came with, and you can download a PDF below. It´s far from comprehensive but sufficient... | |
| Klipsch Speakers @silverfoxvtx1800 The EQ is a Technics SH-8020. It was build in the 80s and works really well. I bought this particular one because it has sufficiently many bands so I can adjust just the right ones. | |
| Klipsch Speakers I have the Cornwall IVs and run them with a tube amp. Even after tube rolling I found them to be a bit too bright - the problem I had with them from the beginning. A few weeks ago I bought an EQ and wow does it make a difference. I‘m bringing up t... | |
| Hi-Fi and the Folly of Perfection @grauerbar good post! Probably the desire to go back to these golden moments of the past gets transformed into some people‘s audiophile journey. Covering the inability to get back there with an ongoing quest to improve, which is naturally futile.... |